I see what you mean.

As much as I like the internet I believe the world would be better off without it sometimes because it is full of every weirdo imaginable from bed humpers, paedophiles, psychopaths, rapists, serial killers, stalkers, terrorists, obsessed fans, incestuous lovers, cannibals, porn addicts, people that enjoy being peed on, people that enjoy eating ****, men that pose as women, 50 year olds that pose as little boys to talk to children to megalomaniacs hell bent on taking over the world. You can name any weirdo in the book and they are bound to be somewhere on the internet and the disturbing thing is unless you are some kind of expert you wouldn’t know who they are. People these days especially Gen Y appear to be way to trusting and naïve when it comes to using the internet and a good example of this is the recent hacking scandal where naked photos of many celebrities found their way on to the internet.

Personally, I have trouble trusting people on the internet and I don’t use Facebook, Twitter, Myspace or any other social networking sites simply because I don’t trust them. My Wife and I were both paid moderators on an Australian Music Channel’s forum for over three years and we meet some ****ing crazy obsessed fans on that who cyber stalked and hacked people when they wrote bad things about their favourite artists and after that experience my Wife won’t even use the internet anymore when she is alone because she doesn’t feel safe on it. She thought I was crazy joining this forum but I have chosen not to use my real last name and I have better security than I did back in 2009 so if I piss off a hacker on here I don’t particularly care because I have all my files backed up.

I grew up in the pre-internet/pre-texting era and when I spoke to my friends I would go over to their houses and speak to them face to face and while I don't mind meeting people online and being friends with them I just prefer the old way more and think teens could benefit from it.