My Social Networking Opinions:

2. Should you accept friend requests if you do not know that person?



I don’t think you should accept requests from people you don’t know. On an online profile, a person usually has personal information such as date of birth, city and state they live in, the school they attend, and sometimes even a telephone number. You don’t want strangers knowing this information about yourself. Sometimes strangers can look at your information even if you haven’t accepted their request. Always make sure you check or have someone else check the security settings on your profile and make needed changes. Some people will accept requests if they can see a lot of their friends are also friends with the person, but your friends could be accepting strangers’ requests and may not really know them.


29. Do you think it should be up to schools to educate students about social networking?



I think it is a very good idea to teach about social networking in schools. Most students will probably use it in the future or they already are, and they need to know about it. Schools should teach about the security on social networking sites and how to have a safe profile. They should teach the students about the dangers. Instead of trying to keep them off the sites, we should educate them so they can be safe, since they will eventually create a profile anyways. Many parents do not know about using the internet, blogging, or creating a profile on these sites. This is why the schools should educate on the subject so we can ensure they know about the dangers and how to stay secure.