The Rules to Break, 2nd Edition

RULE TO BREAK

“The Internet makes you anonymous”

It’s so easy, sitting all on your own in your bedroom or back room with your pet computer (I think of them a bit like pets), to think that no one can see you. Well, that’s because no one can see you. You use your computer like a mask. But unlike a mask – or at least unlike the ones in Scooby-Doo – your computer doesn’t conceal your real identity. You may feel a level of detachment from your social networking pages or your emails, but the people who read them are very conscious that those words or pictures come straight from you.

So you have to take responsibility for what you say and do online. If you wouldn’t say a thing to someone’s face, don’t say it on Facebook either. Be considerate about ...