Would you report a crime someone posted on the internet?

If I was confident enough that what I read/saw was true, then yes, I would report it. If it weren't for people being willing to take the time to report crimes or tip off the police then there are a lot of crimes that would go unsolved.

No I would not report it because you never know if it is true. If the person was just telling stories to make themselves look a certain way it would make you look dumb to call and report it. BUT If you know for sure that the crime took place, and this person is giving details of what they did then I may call if I think the person is telling the truth. If it is a big crime that is.

It depended on what they did. If it was little, then I would let others handle it. But if it was major, the cops were looking for them, and they were stupid enough to say where they were located at, then ya, I just might.

No. :/ I wouldn't believe them. There are so many people out there on the internet saying they did things they didn't. Too many times people aren't to be trusted, especially on the internet where it's so easy to be whoever you want to be.

That brings up an interesting event that happened around my town several months before. I'm not sure if you are aware of it, but there is a blogging site/community called Xanga. Mainly used by teens, it became wildly popular just before the mySpace craze hit. A school shooting was in fact prevented when authorities, tipped off by an anonymous user, contacted the webmaster behind Xanga and went to the suspect's house. Now, xanga's user policy contains a section about how Xanga will give information to the authorities willingly if it is deemed that it is dangerous. Following that event, I believe that it is, as said above, "a civic duty."

Depends on the severity of it. Not everything you see on the internet is true

No, how would you prove it, it's just hearsay? you could end up being charged for wasting police time.

No, how would you prove it, it's just hearsay? you could end up being charged for wasting police time.

To me it would depend on the crime the person was bragging about. Who would know but what you might have a key clue to catching a serial killer or something? I'd at least want authorities with more resources than I have to check it out and see if it's real.

No. You never know if it's true or not, even if something has happened, someone might say they did it when they didn't. And you never know where people are from the internet but even if you did know where they were, it might be in a different country and you might not know how the correct authority to inform nor how to inform them. I think if it was something I knew about and I knew it had happened locally, I might let the local police know that I had seen it but that's probably the only time and that would be all I would do.

There's something very important I learned from the movie Goodfellas, the old code of OMERTA: "Always keep your mouth shut and never rat out on your friends."

no i wouldnt what happen on the net stay on the net i would report any crim unless it was against me and even then i would deal with them on my own if i could