My mum won't let me join ANY social networks!?

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Emily is the only one here with solid advice. You really should listen to your parents.
They will usually try to do what is best for you (though sometimes it also could be whats best for them).

But i know computers and the internet very well

And even though your mom probably isnt basing her logic on anything but maybe a feeling or blind paranoia, but she is correct in keeping your form social networking.

Social networking is a VERY bad thing, especially for younger people. Here is some reasons

You are keeping all your information in one place and open to ANYONE on the internet. Dont think the, o you have to be friends with someone thing really stops it. Its pretty easy to get the information from someones facebook without even having a facebook account lol
Now why is that bad?
well the biggest one is identity theft... you are just begging scammers in Nigeria to become rich and put you into debt lol. Also there are alot of creepers to the internet, so ya it could definitely lead to things you dont want, especially if you are a female...
Also people seem to hate invasion of privacy, yet you are compiling all your information, and all your activities and photos of yourself online open to anyone. Well you definitely save the government time and money on keeping tabs on everyone...

Another thing is lots of employment places and even schools now are turning to these sites to keep tabs on their students/workers.. not only are they knowing what you are up to all the time, but it can get you into alot of trouble...

So if you want to use a social network, you shouldnt be using ANY real information or any real pictures of yourself. Actually it applies to the internet in general, you should not be posting any real and important information about yourself where its accessible by the public.

When you go to amazon or ebay, ya its fine and you need to use real information. But that information is secured, and also those pages use SSL encryption for your traffic while on pages containing your personal information. So really only you, your household, and the server will know the info you are inputting for that.


So even if your mom might not know as much about computers as you do or something. And even if people around you think you are amazing at computers, because they dont really know how to use them.
I guarantee you dont know anything >.>
so id get the idea out of your head, where you think you know everything, and nothing bad can come of social networking lol