Your Opinion Please

United States
January 30, 2008 4:30am CST
Would you say that the internet is made up of more honest people or dishonest people?
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11 responses
@goodsign (2287)
• Malaysia
30 Jan 08
Of course I would say that the internet is made up of more dishonest people. From dishonest people, they tend to be honest when they can gain something fruitful from internet. Many things that we shouldn't do, but we have done on internet. Think about it ?????
@spoiled311 (5500)
• Philippines
30 Jan 08
hi heart! as with the rest of the world, i think that the good people far outnumber the bad ones..however, the rotten eggs spoil the whole pile. they make the whole pile stink. so even if there are only 5 rotten eggs, in a pile of 5 dozen eggs, the whole pile will smell. same as true with people. i believe in the inherent goodness of people. and in the internet, i know that there are many honest and hardworking people who just want fun, friendship, or to earn some extra money. but the few unscrupulous ones make the internet a really dangerous place if you don't know how to go about it. exercise caution and wisdom in everything. take care friend! :-) God bless you always!
• United States
30 Jan 08
I tend to agree with you spoiled, but we also probably need to define the term honesty. With the internet being what it is, most people can be whoever they want, and can hide their true self and that can be considered as dishonest also. There are a lot of entrepreneurs online who pretend to be rich and to have made a lot of money just to get people to sign up for their get rich schemes. True credibility and integrity is an issue online. It's like the difference between and big fat lie and a little white lie. A lie is still a lie.
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• Philippines
31 Jan 08
oh thanks for the rating...:-) and you are so right...there is no tellin who is honest around here, which is why i don't want to give personal information here and meet some people. i have heard too many of those horror stories of meeting people in person, those that they meet online, only to find out too late that they became unsuspecting prey to criminal minds. sigh... anyway, let us just be careful. take care! :-)
• Lincoln, Nebraska
31 Jan 08
I would like to think that it is made up mostly of honest people and although for the most part I do believe that is true. I believe that some set out with the best of intents to be honest but something within them, whether it be their past or something else, makes them dishonest sometimes, even at times without them knowing it.
@musicman6 (2407)
• United States
1 Feb 08
It would be hard for me to venture to say, but I do know that us honest people are open targets for these dishonest criminals! We just need to watch ourselves, and stay on our toes!!
@kampo90 (289)
• Antarctica
31 Jan 08
depends you find both kinds i guess but the most people who are offering services on the net are conartist or wannabes for everything that's real on the net you will probbably find 10 people who just wanna scam you for you money and i am just refering to money making schemes otther things like file sharing and honesty etc over the net are tabo and are in the category of debate section :)
• Philippines
5 Feb 08
oh well, i do believe there are more dishonest people. we can't blame them can't we? but then again it's a matter of choice. just look at the list of scam sites and from there you'll have a general idea. i don't want to think that i am one of those dishonest people, but it would be hypocrisy i do tell you i never -- as in not once made a dishonest remark. but then again it's really hard to judge people. like what most people used to say, "i wish i could read minds. but then again God didn't make it that way, so that we can have the opportunity to trust and the privilege to be trusted."
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
31 Jan 08
I think the percentage is the same as anywhere you would go, but the difference is there is not as much policing here and also there are a lot of really naive new users who don't understand the dynamics of interaction here. There may be more dishonesty here because a relative few extremely dishonest people get greater mileage. It is like driving a car, one needs to know to rules, or there can be a crash and people get hurt.
@dude09 (93)
• Malaysia
30 Jan 08
I would say honest people. Because everyone are concealed under the presumption of anonymity while they're in the Internet (but in reality it's possible to trace the identity of individual that active in Internet). Thus everyone will more likely to speak their mind without concerning about the consequences of their actions/words. But of course, some people like to lie in the forum/discussion just for the fun of doing something "guilty" & able to get away with it!
@iDivision (1412)
• Latvia
30 Jan 08
I think internet is made up of more honest people since it was designed for better communication and to give more freedom to news, people political views, integrity and other good things. BUT there offcourse is those who allways trying to do bad things using internet and sometimes they succeeds! For Those who think that most of internet is made by dihonest people i would like to say that you can talk only about yourself, because i never use internet to cheat or hurt somebody!
@jhl930 (3601)
• United States
31 Jan 08
I think that the internet is made up of honest and dishonest poeple you just have to really watch out what you are doing....like I have found alot of honest people using the internet and I have found alot of dishonest people too....I think that if you are really careful with poeple on the ineternet...you could really find some good friends..but just beware there are alot of dishonest poeple on the internet, because people aren't always who they say they are....so me I think that there are a combination of honest and dishonest people you just have to sort through them!
@wmaths (563)
• Italy
31 Jan 08
i think both of them take part to the internet.