Which for some time in the U.S. known platform Rotten Neighbor ( rottenneighbor.com ) makes now widely in Germany, meaning it is also possible for our area, all people and account for each publicly on the Web, so to judge positively or negatively. Rotten Neighbor is it on Google Maps, I say see a section of the map can, in this zoom as I want (up to the famous "I-can-almost see-all" resolution) and I need then only to the house of my Click to others, and already I can about this devastating comment or a positive drain, which will henceforth be visible to everyone. (You have to register but to compose a Rotten Neighbor Comments on who denounced sees only the nickname of the informer). Of course, other comments on this comment, then confirm it or to express a different opinion. Their motto of the platform "Locate, rate and share."

Here is the web 2.0 spirit in its purest form: The information flows, is someone an A ... so it will soon know the whole world. On the other hand, the problems are also very clear: How can you protect yourself? What if one day you must find that there are evil and false rumors spread about oneself? It should be clear that, once launched rumor - even if it is invented to 100% - create very difficult to back out of the world.

It's still in my quiet neighborhood on the platform, ie while there are already several entries, but among them is no one I know of. For this, I read that one street lives a stalker who allegedly molested several times girls sexually.

Denounce made easy Rotten Neighbor

Probably can not stop such developments (although several initiated by data protection procedures are already underway), and of course there is also a great positive potential in such a way. Ultimately, more and more the notion of responsibility plays a role: What about the consequences of my actions? So what I forbear to inflict others no intentional or unintentional potential damage? I just hope that we succeed parents, our schools, our society, build a corresponding sense of responsibility.

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