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Old 10-12-2008, 11:08
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Default Re: Facebook - friend or foe?

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Originally Posted by BigD View Post
The internet and specifically social groupings allow the rapid and wide distribution and dissemination of information which can be construed as inducing pressure. This information may not have hitherto been seen by the person affected.
So you feel the internet creates a greater social/peer pressure than that created by the spotty-faced teenagers in their classes/clubs/social groups in real life ? I believe the person affected is much more affected by the real-life interactions with his/her peers than spurious (dis)information propagated in the internet....
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