Although you are interacting with strangers from all over the world and hundreds of people are passing through your living room while you are online, your privacy and true face remain intact. But even so, it is easy to sink in the false sense of security and give away too much. Although you are hidden behind your own four walls, the online social interaction should be treated as “real” life communication. People that we meet in the chat rooms can be just as dangerous and friendly as the people that we meet outside the chat environment. In fact, nothing really changed but the settings. Intentions and motives remain the same, which is why usual safety rules apply.
When you become a member of a certain online chat room, the first thing that you are advised is to restrain yourself from giving any personal info. It has to be remembered that a stranger is always a stranger and what you would withhold from a person you have just met in a bar, should not be said to a person you never met at all. We are not talking about your inner thoughts and feelings – as most of us know, opening up to a stranger (in a sense of emotional sharing) is sometimes easier than talking to a close friend. But your real name or phone number should still be on the need-to-know-basis at least at the beginning, when intentions of other room visitors are not perfectly clear.
Many people refuse to give away personal information primarily because they do not want to break the magic of the moment. Sometimes it is much better to be who we want to be than who we truly are. But whatever the reason be, think twice before you disclose your personal details. You can never be certain what hides behind the closed doors.
One of the best ways to guard your privacy and make sure to attract the right kind of crowd is to create your own chat room. You can improve the flow of communication and adjust the name of the room according to your own interest and desires. There are even options of connecting your chat room to your phone and you can keep in touch cyber friends no matter where you are and what you do.
Decorating of your new chat room is left entirely to you – you can invite whoever you want and pretend that you are not at home for any of the unwanted visitors, Just like you would do in your own home…