Can social networks be used to fight crime?

Absolutely! There are so many stupid criminals out there it is amazing. And for some reason they think that posting their stupid videos or stupid pictures will just be seen by their friends and will make them famous.

There were the stupid people who reported their car vandalized and collected insurance money on it. Only they had a video of themselves bashing up the car for insurance money and this was found. There is the case of MySpace working with WiredSafety.Com and the Center for Missing and Abused Children and they went through their user database to find the profiles of all registered sex offenders to make sure they were not able to violate the terms of service in regards to contact with children.

I don't have the exact number on this one but the thing that surprised me the most on this was the number of sex offenders who signed up for a myspace page using their actual name. There are gang members who post pictures of their graffiti art that helps law enforcement track activity. Social networks can be most effective in fighting crime when the Darwin Awards are in play.

Yes, they can be used to fight crime, but sometimes people do not say what they mean on the Internet. The bigger problem is that a joke or a sarcastic comment or message can be translated to mean something it's not, or a comment that is not supported with LOL or more specifically stating it was not meant to be offensive is sometimes taken seriously by those who do not know. Sometimes people will say something online that they may not say or do in real life, but our only option is to take it seriously.It's just like someone who can ask a sarcastic question on Mahalo Answers, but someone can answer it seriously.

That actually happened to me the other day. Someone asked a sarcastic question, and I went ahead and tried to answer it. Interestingly enough, another member answered with sarcasm.

Social network golden rule: “Do unto others, as you would have them do to you. €? Do: It's best not to use sarcasm, but if you feel you must, then do use LOL etc.Don't: Don't make threatening comments or messages on social networks.

An example of a teenage girl making a threatening comment on a social networking site has previously made national news. With in no time she was questioned. View the sources.

There's no valid evidence chain in a social network, so no, it can't directly be used to fight crime. And considering how much crime it enables, it would have to fight twice as much crime as it creates to keep its head above water.

For some reason I imagined a tweet going out that said @criminal You're under arrest! However, in my search, I found this interesting article about how you can "Be a Super Hero: Save the Day With Your Twitter Super Powers" I thought I'd share the information. twitip.com/be-a-super-hero-save-the-day-....

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.