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harold said:
fanpop is nowhere near as invasive as Facebook, but it is a web site where users can post comments. So there is an inherent security risk, but again, it's not like Facebook.
Facebook is about promoting oneself; fanpop is about shared interests.
Users on fanpop browse through the site, finding klabu that interest them. These klabu are usually on a specific topic, such as a TV show, a film, an actor, a hobby, a sport, finding a job, telling jokes, and so forth. Users become "fans" of those clubs, discuss those topics within the clubs, and share material relevant to those klabu (videos, URLs, picha and trivia). And yes, there is chat and private mail. The fanpop Terms of Service require users to be at least 13 years old, and the material on the site should be appropriate to teens and adults. Users have a fairly robust reporting system for noting any violations of the Terms of Service, as well as less objectionable violations, such as posting content unrelated to the club in question. Users who violate the Terms of Service are often banned from the site, and the staff is pretty responsive for removing objectionable content. Such content is uncommon and removed quickly, but it should also be noted that it is not prevented. People can spam, people can troll, people can post objectionable content. There are consequences for such actions (usually banning the user), but the content gets ilitumwa first.
As to profiles: kwa default, users do not provide a lot of information into their profiles. There is no expectation that users provide their real names, nor are addresses, phone numbers au e-mail addresses publicly visible. Users can choose to share URLs (say, of a personal blog au a inayopendelewa web site), but they are not required to do so. Users can also post a profaili picture but are not required to do so (they can have no picture, au post a picture of something unrelated to them). As with any web site, users are encouraged to be cautious with their personal information, for while the profaili has very little information in it, it is publicly visible. There is, however, no tafuta function for users on the site, so people would not find a particular user unless they'd interacted with him previously and become a "fan" of that user, au knew the jina la mtumiaji and did a tafuta in an online tafuta catalog (another good argument for not posting a real name in one's profile).
In summary, fanpop is far zaidi secure than Facebook with personal information, largely because personal information is not required. It is zaidi secure - significantly so! - but it is not totally secure.
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