Comment on Cyberstalking

Comment on the blog about cyberstalking: http://theurbanfoxbeingbad.blogspot.com/2009/04/cyber-stalking.html

The internet makes a lot of things possible. Good things and bad things. I am part of it, but I think it is quite remarkable that most of the people nowadays join some kind of internetsociety, publishing their public life as if it was worth nothing. Don't forget to change your profile to private! I really don't get the idea of Twitter: why on earth would you want everyone who has acces to the internet to know exactly what you are doing or thinking at possibly every moment of the day? And then having problems with the government wanting your fingerprints and the idea of a DNA register.

I don't think cyberstalking should be taken lightly. I can imagine how the write of the blog can justify her checking up on her ex's Facebookpage, and I would probably do the same, but I would not like it if someone did the same with me. I guess the reason why I would do it, is because I can. The option of anonymously checking up on people exists, so why not use it? My online dictionary comes in handy again and tells me that stalking is "To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement". So following someone online could be seen as stalking, too.