Do social networking sites encourage youths to disclose more personal information about themselves?

: Do social networking sites encourage youths to disclose more personal information about themselves?
Do social networking sites encourage youths to disclose more personal information about themselves than they would in reality?

I am a student researching disclosures of sexual assault on social networking sites. To help my research I would really like to understand what are the impacts (positive & negative) of disclosing sexual assault or abuse on social network sites in particular for young people.

Answers and Views:

Answer by Nanaya
Yes, rather everyone including adults tend to reveal more of themselves on a social networking website then in real life.

It’s a lot easier to type something than to say it out loud especially if you’re not thinking that hard.

However, I doubt that anyone would disclose anything about sexual assault on the internet unless they were being anonymous. Such a thing is far too difficult to let anyone else know about it especially if they somehow know the offender.