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> Best part is I didn't get murdered. I was almost going to say this sounds crazy dangerous and more like a trap, but 15 years ago I would have done the same a
by Aperocky 4y ago
> Best part is I didn't get murdered.
I was almost going to say this sounds crazy dangerous and more like a trap, but 15 years ago I would have done the same and probably came out safe.
I don't know what changed, it feels like things are getting more dangerous, but unsure if it's perception, or the truth.
- pc86 4y ago"Things" are objectively not more dangerous, in fact quite the opposite.
- dataqat 4y agoOverall things are much safer, but contact by scammers online (online scams in general) is much more a thing now than it was then. There was a turning point in the mid-late aughts for me where the level of trustworthiness of random anonymous online contacts took a dive.
- _9hey 4y agoSounds like a sad story. I’m sorry to hear that
- Aperocky 4y agoThis is my feeling as well. For some reason online community feels more "trustable" in the early 2000s. That is definitely NOT true today.
- uncletaco 4y agoWhat's funny about this is at the time I most trusted my online friends people who weren't terminally online felt much more vocal about online predators and scammers. Now that everyone is terminally online they don't seem to be as worried.
- rconti 4y agoPerception (maybe you just have more information!), and having more to lose, personally, as you get older.
- BeFlatXIII 4y ago> having more to lose, personally, as you get older Or, as an extension of that, having others tightly depending on your continued existence and well-being.
- newaccount74 4y agoI think it's perception mostly. In 2000 when some random guy asked a 13yo "hey wanna cyber" the answer was "lol ur a creep", today they'd call the police and there would be newspaper articles how Whatsapp is failing to protect our youth from online predators. People just seemed to worry a lot less about the internet 20 years ago.