Dittos’ Rules for Online Safety
Staying safe on the internet is a really important thing to me, so I’ve put together some simple rules for internet safety – I didn’t invent them and there are lots of places to get the same, or similar rules, and they really should all be common sense, but I really want everyone who is a fan of mine, who reads my blogs or follows my daring adventures, to be safe, that’s really important to me. This is important for parents of ‘internet kids’ too, because being aware of potential dangers and problems can help you avoid them.
Rule #1 – Never give out any personal information online. Not just your phone number and address (though you should NEVER give information like that out, EVER) but also seemingly ‘innocent’ information like what school you go to, where your parents work, what sports team you play for, and things like that. While you might never even think about giving a stranger your home address, telling someone what school you go to and what sports team you play on could give them just as much information. The same goes for pictures – don’t post pictures that show your home address or school name.
Rule #2 – Be really careful what you put online. Social networking, video, and picture sharing sites are great places to talk to friends and share pictures, music, and videos, but did you know that once you put something online it can be impossible to take it back? Take it from someone who knows – I posted a dumb video three years ago and it still pops up now and then…
The most important rule to remember here is NEVER assume anything you put online will ever be ‘private’, and never assume that if you send a picture or video to someone, even someone you really really trust, that they’re the only person who will ever see it.
Rule #3 – Not everyone is who they say they are online. Just ask Kanye West or any of the other celebrities who have impersonators on sites like twitter who cause them trouble. There have been waves of ‘celebrity impersonators’ in games too, and even Wizard 101 has had people saying they were Professor Falmea or Lydia Greyrose, who really weren’t.
Rule #4 – Just because it’s online doesn’t mean it’s true. And I’m not just talking about local gossip – major news organizations have been fooled by fake Twitter posts and blog posts. Once, major news organizations had reported that Will Smith died in a car accident – literally reported it out to millions of people, one of whom was Will Smith, sitting in his living room watching the news, very much not dead.
Rule #5 – Be Polite! One of my big pet peeves and certainly not the first time I’ve talked about it, but if you wouldn’t say something to someone in person, don’t say it online! It’s simple and it’s common courtesy. Just because you’re typing the words instead of speaking them doesn’t make it any less true!
So that’s it – five rules, common sense, very simple, but they can help you stay safe, and that’s the most important thing!!
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March 16, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Hey Ditto,OMG i am a huge fan of your blog.
I love it so much that I even named my fish
Ditto
Thanks for all the tips.
March 23, 2011 at 1:00 am
You named your fish Ditto? That’s so great!! Thanks!!
March 23, 2011 at 1:11 pm
your welcome, 🙂
April 7, 2011 at 7:01 am
What up Ditto…I love your funny videos and other stuff..
April 12, 2011 at 10:58 pm
hey ditto! i haven’t been on wizard101 in a while because i am playing a different game Called FREE REAlms! i think the game is the same on free realms because you can be a wizard and other jobs!You can go in house and decerate you house too! i am not a member on free realms or vip. I think it is just like wizard 101 but it has better grafics!
thanks for looking at this,
ally s.
ps. i hope you play the game and you answer!
thx 🙂 B)
April 12, 2011 at 10:46 pm
Hey Ditto,
Wizard101 is soawesome! Just like you! The
safety tips are great. They have helped me so much on my journey in wizard101. I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN THE GAME! 😀
Angelina.M
May 31, 2011 at 2:34 am
🙂
June 21, 2011 at 3:56 am
Ditto is a good wizard 101 player!
September 6, 2011 at 8:47 pm
You are so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
February 16, 2012 at 11:10 pm
I almost watch your videos every week there so AWESOME! 😀
May 13, 2012 at 2:17 am
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November 6, 2012 at 4:54 pm
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Some very wise stuff here Ditto. You are truly steering us in the right direction here. Thank you for being so smart. 😀
April 23, 2014 at 1:30 am