Social networking sites allow users to express themselves and keep in touch with friends/colleagues/family by...

• exchanging messages or comments and posting personal profiles describing...
  • who they are and
    
  • their interests,
    

• creating blogs or online diaries,

• Sharing...
  • photographs,
    
  • creative writing,
    
  • artwork,
    
  • videos, and
    
  • music.
    
• using Instant Messaging (IM: see separate section).

If practiced safely, there are many positive aspects of social networking. Users can connect with friends and seek like-minded individuals.

However: users should understand how posting too much information in their profile and communicating with people they’ve only met online can put them in potential danger.

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