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writes:I know that chatrooms and social networking sites can be dangerous places to meet people off, but is it wrong to use a social networking site as a type of "FriendsReunited"-type website and meet people you used to know in high school/college/university again??Jeff
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reader, anonymous, writes (31 August 2008): Thanks for your advice so far, although I doubt I'm breaking up any marriages, since I graduated from high school 6 years ago - way back in June 2002.So it's fairly OK to do so then??Jeff
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reader, birdynumnums  +, writes (31 August 2008):
 I think that it can be fun when you catch up with old friends. It's just another venue that makes it easy to do just that. I do still use the site that put me in touch and keep my OWN e-mail to myself, however. Call me a skeptic, but I personally know of people who are being stalked after hearing from an ex and giving out your real address. I also know of marriages that have broken up after people have looked up old high school sweethearts, so keep in mind WHY you are looking up old friends and flames. If you are just curious, that's one thing, if you go looking for trouble, you can be quite sure that it will find you too! As always, Be VERY careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
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reader, ChiRaven  +, writes (31 August 2008):
 I used such a site to find out about my high school class reunions, and went there and had a great time talking to people I hadn't seen in 40 or 45 years. It's amazing how much we'd all changed.
These sites are particularly useful for people who (like me) moved away from the places where we went to school and rarely (if ever) get back there to visit.
I have no qualms about recommending such sites. Of course some of them are better than others, and I won't make specific recommendations, but if you "shop around" you should be able to find one where a lot of your old friends from school are to be found.
Have fun.
Oh, and I haven't found that social networking sites are all that dangerous either, as long as you are careful how you grow your network. There's an old book called "We don't want nobody nobody sent". That's a good motto for your affinity network on line. If you don't know them, and nobody you know can vouch for them, don't let them into your network.
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