Is Facebook Dangerous?

Any website where you interact with others can be dangerous or safe depending on if you use commen sense or not. You can meet some really great people online. But there are also people that use the internet to hurt others. If you are careful and use commen sense. Don't give out personal info, etc. to people you do not know. Then you should not have any problems.

I'm not sure I trust the news outlets anyways. Everything is always something like, 'Tonight at 11, tune in to find out why your doorknob or floor might KILL you'. They thrive on scaring people into tuning in and because MySpace has had some problems with perverts and stalkers, Facebook is an easy target to add to their scare tactic news stories.

Childern are just so niave and too trusting that the person whom they are talking to are telling them the gospel. Even women are vulnerable. The more info you provide and the more access you provide for public knowledge predators will pounce on it. I don't use Facebook I have an account but I do use Myspace and this site and I set barriers so those type of people get a hint!

Perverts seek out children online in almost any social application. It started out I think on IRC, where there are some real sickos to chat with if you just wait for them to seek you out. You really have to pick and choose your friends carefully on any of these, and young people need to have their activity monitored by a parent for their own safety. They aren't doing it to bug you kids, they are trying to protect you because they love you.

When Facebook first began, you had to have a college email to enter an account. So it was geared specifically towards adults. Now that anyone can join, there may be some fears that people could stalk children, but I don't think it's as bad, by far, as myspace.

I believe that it is very dangerous because people basically know your entire life: who you speak to, who you are in a relationship with, and your update status. There's so much information. there was a case at my university where this girl was getting weird calls from a guy who was threatening her. When she finally found out who was doing it, the guy admitted to finding her phone number on facebook. I dont think its a good idea to put your phone number, address, or anything of that sort on facebook.

I think all social networking sites can be dangerous for children to use unless they are very closely monitored on them. They are a known haven for paedophiles. I guess they can be dangerous for adults too unless they are cautious about the personal information they give out. I think Facebook came in for particular criticism because people can see more personal details about members than they can on a lot of other sites. I think that was what it was all about anyway. Personally I don't use it. I have an account there - heck I have an account everywhere lol - but like most things I sign up to I haven't done anything with it.

Facebook isn't anymore dangerious than any other website on the internet. This kind of behaviour can happen on any site. Before we start blaming individual websites for being dangeious we need to start looking at our own website. Safety on Facebook is the same as safety on any other site, and we all need to take responsibility for our own actions.

Well I dont think myspace, facebook or vampirefreaks are dangerous at all....what IS dangerous however is parents who DON'T monitor their childrens online activity....My kids have accounts at all three places and so do I....I monitor everything they do and they know it.... Kudos to you for being a caring and careful parent!!

I am a member of facebook as well I don't know if you could really consider any sight not dangerous to be honest,, It could happen in any forum, Facebook, Yahoo, MSN, Tagged you name it...I guess if we just keep an eye on our kids happenings on the computer and who they are talking to it shall be okay.

I'm not sure how face book works exactly I have an account but I only started it recently however I know on myspace you can set up your account on private and then only people that are on your friends list can see your profile and send you messages this gives your kids protection for the weirdos. Also it is good to monitor her account as you said you do. I wouldn't let my child have any access online without supervision until there at the same age where you would let them out into the world without supervision because its virtually the world at there finger tips and this can always be dangerous.