How "real" is the Internet?

[magus113]

The thing with sites like Facebook is that you know the people you speak to, so if there's slander, while it's not to someone's face, it honestly might as well be.

I dunno. I think the funniest thing is, is that the Internet is something we created. It's not like it was something that was just there that we made use of. It started with some people sharing data and it just grew and grew to this huge (I guess we could call it) information superhighway that it's been called nowadays.

Anonymity on the internet is very important, but there are things like privacy filters on Facebook for a reason, so you can connect with other people you know, and set boundaries for people you don't.