Due to recent discussion of less-recent events, Guanabee would just like to re-remind all readers to be safe while using the Internet. Not only should exposure to the Internet be moderate, but readers should also use protection. As people who never get messages from strangers, we know how important it is to censor the information we put online in order to avoid unsolicited communication. Here are our top five tips for staying e-safe:

5. Do not list your age as 12. In fact, do not list your age as anything less than 21, even if you are younger than 21. Any age less than 16 will bring in pedophiles, while anything between 16-19 will bring in pedophiles who think you’re 12 and being coy. Stick with “21” until you’re at least 30.

4. Involve your reasonably-aged family in your internet adventures. If you get a profile on Facebook, make sure your mother gets a profile on Facebook. Not only can she keep an eye on your activity and internet friends, but you can keep an eye on hers. This is especially useful if your mother had you at a young age, is divorced, and is currently staying out late at nights.

3. Do not post a million photos of yourself. Not only do you not want strangers to know what you look like from every angle, but it’s really annoying. We also hate it when you tag pictures you posted of yourself. You’re not popular if all 500 tagged photos of you are from your own 23 photo albums! Continuing…

2. Do not give out your Social Security Number. This only comes in at #2 because identity theft is not as damaging to your dignity as #1.

1. Do not post a photo of yourself in thong underwear, bent over a chair, looking wistfully over your shoulder into the camera. While you may be thinking to yourself at the time of the picture-taking, “Hey, I think this will really attract the attention of the kind of guy I can one day marry and safely have around children”, in reality this kind of picture brings in the attention of seedy investment banker types and guys from Brooklyn with names from classical Greek mythology.

If you have any more safety suggestions, feel free to share them in the comments section.

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