Safety Tips for using online social networks

"Don't reply to spam. At best, they go into a black hole and never get to the sender. At worst, you find yourself now on many more lists because they figured out you read the junk e-mail. Invest in a good spam filter or reach out to your ISP and see what anti-spam services they offer. You can also visit wiredsafety.org and learn about the two e-mail trick, creating one for public use and another for your friends. Always use a disposable free e-mail address, like yahoo, hotmail or msn. If you run into problems, you can just stop using it and no one can follow you back to your real address (assuming you followed our tip about not sharing too much personal info.)" Source: tahoebonanza.com