Can you really believe it?

@dfollin (24146)
United States
January 8, 2009 2:30pm CST
People can write and post whatever they want online.For instance if Iam checking out a company I will google it or use whatever other search engine and get mixed answers.There are some sites that are for them and I also read others that are not. How do you feel about believing everything that you read online?
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@ntmingyu (65)
• China
9 Jan 09
internet change the world and our life so much and let us become so close to each other. As there is no restrict in internet, many of the things are not true. Internet is a world with visional, you can not treat it too much seriously. And the anwer or reply in internet is only for your referrence or guide, but you should have your own sense to distinguish it is right or not. When I read something online, I normally believe what person write in their own"blog",which reflect their true feeling and opinion or write their experience. But for making friends or buying things, I am very serious, anyway, internet is not exist in practical world. So friends, not to believe too much online, use your own sense to judge right or wrong.Good luck!
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• China
9 Jan 09
Really good response. Really good idea. Really good English, I come from China too, glad to meet you here
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@dfollin (24146)
• United States
9 Jan 09
I agree the internet is great,it has made people closer.When my computer was broke and I could online go online once and awhile when I would get to the library or someone elses's house I was going nuts.And yes Iam smart enough to distinguish the difference between fiction and non fiction.But there are some people that aren't.I was just simply asking if there were more people out there like the ones that I know that think anything on the internet is gospel.
@myth0509 (33)
• China
9 Jan 09
Hi, dfolin, Have you received the message about panda I sent to you yesterday ?
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@dfollin (24146)
• United States
9 Jan 09
No,I didn't.My message section is working funny.Why don't you email me at research61@yahoo.com
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
8 Jan 09
No we can't believe everything we rea online. Some people think whatever is online is te truth. Not always, anybody can write anything. The sky is green, the sun is blue, the moon is orange and has little green men living on it. All untrue, thats how easy it is to write something online.
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@dfollin (24146)
• United States
9 Jan 09
People can make their own web page,blog or whatever.
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
9 Jan 09
I believe nothing i hear & only half of what i see these days...For example you can take a simple sentence about something & you tell it to a few people,most times the people you tell it to,interpets it another way ...then you have the repeaters that tell it again & get it wrong...By the time it gets back to you,its a messed up....
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@dfollin (24146)
• United States
9 Jan 09
That's exactly right.people twist the story to suit themselves.It happens in my family all the time.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Jan 09
If you are going to believe everything you read online, you are going to be really confused.
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@dfollin (24146)
• United States
9 Jan 09
There are people that I know and they will tell me something.And i will say something like,"Come on,that can't be true" And they will respond back to me,"Oh yes it is,it was on the internet."
@myth0509 (33)
• China
9 Jan 09
What I read on line just supply informations that help me understand the whole trueth, more information means closer to the trueth
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@dfollin (24146)
• United States
9 Jan 09
Your right.I find that some stuff that I read on the internet only confirms what I already knew or have heard from other means of the media.Maybe even I had heard it from someone else.
@Msnforum (631)
• United States
8 Jan 09
There's a fine line in reading something and believing if something is true. In most cases, many things are constructed for different purposes. if you want true stories and news, go to a proper news website. Sites like that have good reputations and are always on the first few search entries and if it's really good, they have affiliation with other sites. Keep in mind of that and you will be fine.
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@azeemjz (445)
• Pakistan
9 Jan 09
Look every person just write whatever he/she have knowledge about that particular thing or have an experience. Well my experience is that whatever you read is the knowledge like if some persons send you junk mails then you learn lot of techniques with them. It's also an expereience or knowledge. and when your knowledge exceeds you are able to write a book against such persons. And the only persons who believe that they read are those who are in trouble like if some lectueer gives assignment to a student then student believes true what ever he/she reads online.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
9 Jan 09
I don't believe everything that I see or read online. I have seen alot of scams over the years.
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@amitksing (1323)
• India
9 Jan 09
Yes, very true. Different people have different opinions about things. And we often get mixed opinion about things we try to know about on the internet. What I do is, just read different opinions about my search, and try to make my opinion by restricting my search to the most narrow level possible. Different news media and domain related specialists should be considered for a better review.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
11 Jan 09
Nope!! I am bot believing everything that I read online. I will look for other opinions, Well, If I could find at least 70-80 percent the same opinion of what I would want to know in a certain subject then i will go for it. I am not believing in one opinion only. I have to compare and get the percentage before i will go for it.
@camomom (7535)
• United States
13 Jan 09
I don't believe anything that I read online without doing extensive research first.
@aisaellis22 (6445)
• United States
9 Jan 09
Hello dfollin! I really don't believe what I read online. Everybody have different opinions so it's still really up to us whether to believe them or not. Sometimes we have to be very careful what we read online.
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