What are the advantages and disadvantages of online chatting?

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1. salim
   

   Online Chatting holds both the advantages and disadvantages. Some of them are as below:
   
   Advantages of Online Chatting:
   
   1. You can talk to anyone online about whatever you want, with no discrimination of gender, s*x, orientation etc.
   2. You can feel safe behind a computer screen as you have platform for the handling issues.
   3. You can remain anonymous
   4. You can use a nickname instead of your original name.
   5. On the other hand its fun
   6. Its free
   7. Its quick
   8. Its easy
   9. Its good for shy people as it provides you with a platform to gain confidence.
   10.Its good for people who want to learn things from all sorts of people around the world.
   
   But apart from the advantages it also holds some disadvantages. Some of them are as below:
   
   Disadvantages of Online Chatting:
   
   1. You just never know whom you are talking too. It could be an older man who is a pervert and acting out like he is young.
   2. You may trust this person and give out your full name; address; email addy; your phone/cell number. This is very dangerous! Tell me nothing when it comes to your identity.
   3. You may think you are falling in love with the person you are chatting with, but could live thousands of miles away and long distance relationships seldom work out.
   4. If you are shy you are far more vulnerable to being hurt by someone on the Internet and may slip up giving them too much information which they could use against you and cause a myriad of problems for you.
   5. Cyberstalking is at it's peak especially among teens. This means a group of kids (just for the heck of it) pick on one person and it's really getting out of control. There are threatens (often the group of teens will act on their threats if they live in the same area.)
   6. Cyberbullying is another problem. This is where one, two or more teens picks on another teen and constantly calls them names. Being young and stupid they don't realize what they have done and the suicide rate connected with this is going up in leaps and bounds.

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2. Guest4612
   

   adv: socialize with others
   disadv: dangerous
   look it up on the internet!!

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3. Guest320
   

   hi

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