My answer is a Big NO. As we know that everyone can post whatever they want to post on the internet- unchecked, unverified, enaccountable, unhindered, and unstoppable. Rumors, gossip, baseless accusations, outright lies, fear-mongering, hate rhetoric, hoaxes, slander/libel, and false information now litter the internet. The very nature of the Internet that makes it so easy to "find" information is also the reason you should be leary of what you take to be the truth on the Internet. So word’s of advise from me to all of you is : BE CAREFEL!!
The one thing I think is unfortunate is those who go online and pretend to be someone or something they aren't. You would think it would be the easiest place to just be yourself but I think those who aren't honest online haven't even accepted themselves for who they are yet. They still try to be what they think they 'should' be or what they think someone 'wants' them to be. It's sad but it's also part of human nature, I guess. But it's a waste of everyone's time because in the end, the truth always finds it's way out.
In the days before the web, when you needed to research a topic, you went to a library and looked through the reference section of the topic you were researching. If you were lucky enough to have a set of encyclopedias, then your task may have been a bit easier. The benifit of this type of research is of course that not only did a person have to go to the trouble to 'write' down the information, but that information also had to pass inspection from editors to publishers. This added secondary resources that tended to weed out a lot of false information. With the Internet, it's not quite so regulated. Anyone with a very modest amount of money, and minimal skills with computer desktop publishing or webmastering is capable of posting an article. The article need not be accurate, in fact, it doesn't even have to be true. Be aware of the site you are reading, and the person or persons responsible for posting that information. Use your common sense, research a topic in more than one place before you state something you saw or read on the web as fact.
When you receive an alarmist chain letter in the mail or see an outrageous article on the cover of a supermarket tabloid, you may easily recognize these as false. Some readers do not automatically question similar information on the Web or in an email forwarded by a friend. The Internet is still relatively new as a widespread method of communication, and many people are not yet savvy about identifying electronic hoaxes.
The Internet contains a wealth of valuable information, but it is often difficult to tell the good from the bad. With easy accessibility, low cost, and wide distribution, the Internet is a great medium for disseminating falsehoods and inaccuracies. While most false information is not malicious, beware of scams intended to frighten or cheat you. Some common email scams are familiar from other media: get rich quick schemes; fad diets; and threatening email chain letters. But new technology begets new scams, from the scare over the nonexistent “Good Times” virus to an email circulated in 1998 that supposedly generated contributions for the American Cancer Society each time it was forwarded—in fact, it collected senders' email addresses so they could be sold for mailing lists.
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In my opinion, although some of internet source is not trustworthy, but most of the internet source is trustworthy. Actually we can easily differentiate about what is true and what is false according to our personal experience. We have to be more careful when we are surfing on the net.
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