Four Internet Safety Rules

The internet is a dangerous place and you need to know how to protect ourselves from pedophiles, bulliers, and many over people who feel superior than you because they are behind a screen.

There are four internet safety rules which include: 

1. I will think before I post - this is one of the most important rules to me because if you post picture about where you have been and the things you have experienced no one can track you and you can't be cyberbullied. You still can be cyberbullied but less so because usually bulliers comment on your physical features not where you have been.

2. I will respect other people online - this rule is also important because if you write mean comments or anything mean online you can hurt someone's feelings or get in serious trouble if you do it do the wrong person. You could go to Juvenile prison for cyberbullying! If you don't respect people online it could result in serious consequences.  

3. I will be careful when meeting online friends in person - I don't agree with this rule because in my opinion if you meet someone online your relationship should stay online. Most of the time you meet someone online they will ask you to meet in somewhere non-public and even if you meet in public there is still a risk. Usually pedophiles and sickos ask you to meet in real life not real friends.

4. I will protect myself online - this last rule is also important because if you don't you can hurt or can be scarred for life. Always make your accounts private if you want to protect yourself. This rule is very general and that is why most people will agree with it.

Googling Myself

I googled myself because I wanted to know is any of my personal information if on the internet and to my surprise I found literally nothing! All I found was my twitter account which I don't use and a website that was for a game I used to play. The reason I was surprised was because I had an old Instagram account where I posted a lot of personal things, which I don't anyone to see know. When I thought about this more I realized other than that I don't really post anything that I worry about people seeing or just at all. So, I guess personally I don't share a lot of my life online, but I know many people who do, including a girl at my old school who posted or twitted about every move she made. What ended up happening was perverts and other people started sending her inappropriate pictures and asking for something in return, which had scarred her for life. You don't need to post everything.

Cyberbullying

Cyber bullying is a serious issue we have in our culture today with all the electronic devices we have. A lot of schools have bullying awareness meetings or something within that context, and personally I felt these were pointless because all they did was tell us no to do it. You can't just tell someone not to do something without a reason. Since our schools don't tell us what cyberbullying actually is I will, cyberbullying is when someone attacks another person online with threats or hurtful comments to gain a feeling of wholeness and enjoyment which I personally think is stupid. I have been somewhat of cyberbullied before. When I was in 7th grade, last year, I posted a picture of my friend and I on Instagram. A person In kid a my class named Jack, who particularly didn't like me, commented on my picture saying "I hope you die, you ugly ugly turd". I responded saying "we see a wild cyberbullier in his natural his natural habitat, behind a screen XD". Jack then went on to say "once a loser always a loser", I replied with "I don't remember the last time you took a picture with a friend, oh that's right! you don't have any". Jack replied with, "I have more friends than you", I replied saying "Jack I have more than one friend and you can't count yourself or your parents as a friend. lel XD". He stopped typing then and there. Apparently the reason he was angry was because my friend in the photo was supposed to go with him to Tim's but he went with me instead lol. After this incident me and him have never talked again. 

My Top 5 Favorite Blogs

#1: Puck Daddy

This blogs post's are about hockey news, they post at least every 3 hours (usually more). The blog talks about any hockey news whether it be changing schedules, someone getting injured, or the NHL wanting to remove or add something. I enjoy reading this blog because it helps keep me up to date in the hockey world as I am a hockey player myself. With school and hockey it is hard to know what is going on with all the news surrounding the NHL, so I use this blog to my advantage.

#2: Product Hunt

This blog posts about best new and cool devices. Product Hunt has products ranging from a 3-D printer to a device that helps prevent speeding tickets. This blog is quite interesting to me because I can relate to these products. Most of these items are ideas that I have had in the past which I thought would be million dollar ideas. Personally I have bought a few items that I have seen on this blog and if you read saw this blog you would too.

#3: Genius

The blog Genius consists of books, literature, and music posts. This doesn't mean they talk about a certain book or song it means they talk about how Justin Bieber lyrics are so dramatic they could be used in a soap opera or how most of modern day books are plagiarizing Shakespeare. I mostly read this blog for entertainment because their some of their content is hilarious! Even though a lot of their blog is information based such as top fives. 

#4: Vox

Vox is a blog that's all about what is happening in the world, or news. Even though their are hundreds of news blogs I chose this blog because they use different ways to show news other than just an article. They use top 100's, top 10's,  videos, card stacks and much more. They also include a lot of Donald Trump who I enjoy reading and watching about, due to his idioticness! Vox keeps me up to date with world news and keep me laughing at the same time.

#5: Expert Enough

This blog teaches you how to become an expert at anything quickly. This blogs topics range from how to become a DJ in two months to 5 ways to become an expert in your health. This is in my top 5 favourite blogs because I use try a lot of the things they suggest. I don't read this blog for amusement i read because using their posts ideas can help me in the real world.