Thursday 23 December 2010

Bye Bye India (from Hollyoaks)


I have often slated Hollyoaks for their outlandish storylines, but they have definitely come up trumps with their latest one, it has a real shock factor.


The online safety storyline has definitely made me more aware of my online presence.

I myself had previously signed myself up for a dating website, just to see what all the fuss was about. Since watching the episode, where we see character India’s meeting with cyber date ‘Cameron’ end in tragedy; I have since removed myself from the site.

I have also changed the privacy settings on my Facebook profile and have removed any ‘friends’ who I don’t actually know.

I know websites where you get to meet a whole new bunch of people is the new way of socialising, but you have to be safe and smart.

It may be fun and games, but you don’t know what the person on the other side of the computer screen is like unless you know them personally. This is not me saying that you should meet them; it’s me saying that you need to wise up before you exchange anything with someone you don’t know.

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