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IMPORTANT MESSAGE
Sun Feb 22 2004

Anyone using DearDiary.Net would do well to read the following article which was advertised on MSN (and bizarrely enough I actually clicked on) this afternoon.

It carries an extremely important message. If you are reading this, and you think the message doesn't apply to you (and it might not) please please bear it in mind and point it out to anyone using DearDiary.Net (or other community type sites) that might be thinking of meeting up with someone for real that they met here...

http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/home.htm

Yes, its a .co.uk but it applies equally well to anyone anywhere in the world.

13 Comments
  • From:
    Lilith (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Feb 22 2004
    Great link. Hope everyone reads it.
  • From:
    Magdaline (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Feb 22 2004
    Most certainly informative in an enjoyable type of way :)!
  • From:
    Celandra (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Feb 22 2004
    I am trying to ask my question here as I have received no reply to my last 4 emails that I have sent between December and February to the support email address. I haven't received any of my notifications since Thanksgiving time. It looks like it had been fixed according to your entry of 1/24 (1/25?), but I'm still not getting any. Have I unkowingly made someone mad or something, or shall I just try to forget about DearDiary? I am about done trying to get someone's attention - not meaning to sound like a witch - just totally frustrated. Thanks.
  • From:
    Alifelessordinary (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Feb 22 2004
    Hmmm I have been really lucky with meeting people online!

    I know there are dangers, and even though I am 25, I have followed those rules myself :)
  • From:
    Lightmiracle (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Feb 23 2004
    Many people at DD knew each other before they started keeping diaries, and they describe their visits, or they meet and visit people online who know people they know in "real life."

    For the rest of us, though, the safeguards described in the (very entertaining) link you've provided are very, very wise. Thanks for the good reminder.
  • From:
    Musik (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Feb 23 2004
    yeah its been difficult to hide the fact im a 52 year old balding man with smelly feet, however I think im still doing well, everyone thinks im this hot saucy blonde in her late 20's! :D

  • From:
    JanuaryGirl (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Feb 23 2004
    Coming from somebody who met her fiancee via the internet, we'll see three years together next month, I can say that it's always best to be careful and cautious. We were.. Waited a whole year before seeing each other face to face. We waited to exchange phone numbers and other personal info. I met his Mother via the telephone before he came to see ME, versus me going to see him. All our families knew when, where and how we were meeting.

    Unfortunately, for youngsters, the things listed on that cute site don't always come to mind, and there are to many sickos on the planet for my taste. I'm glad there's a resource like that out there that a parent can give a kid. Sometimes that plus your own involvement and paying plenty of attention will make all the difference in the world.
  • From:
    Synergistic (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Feb 23 2004
    "Let's make the Internet a safe place"
    Great idea. . .just long as that doesnt involve the loss of any pr0n on the web.

    musik, you mean youre not really a h0t 20something blonde? but what about those pix you sent me? :-P
  • From:
    Sugardancer1007 (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Feb 23 2004
    I too have met people from the internet. It happened over a period of time and turned out to be an enjoyable experience. However safety is always a must and should be foremost in our minds. Thanks for the reminder.

    Sugar
  • From:
    Jimmyto (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Feb 23 2004
    How can I know/check which diary entry(in my all diary entry) has a comment inside? Then I don't have to check it one by one to find out which entry has comment inside..

    Is there a function in Comment Management?
  • From:
    Labyrinth (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Feb 24 2004
    Thanx for that reminder.
  • From:
    Antigone (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Mar 02 2004
    Are you aware that every time you go into the customizer to adjust your footer text DD double spaces everything?
  • From:
    Jade (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Mar 02 2004
    Very important info there on meeting people face to face you've gotten to know online. I have met one person I met online, from another site, and that went very, very well. However, after having some *really* horrible experiences with some other people I met online, I would have to *seriously* think about ever meeting anyone from online again. It's sad, but the truth is a person can pretend to be anyone online... and you just don't know who they *really* are until it's much too late.