QUOTE(FionaK @ Jan 31 2009, 06:07 PM)

There is danger for young people using the web so your mum is right to be cautious about it. There is a difference between meeting a group of fans at a gig and giving out your details to strangers and and/or wondering off to a second location with someone you have just met.
I believe that if you take appropriate cautions and use technology sensibly you can meet some great people through these forums but ultimately it is when you really meet them in real life and get to know them (in safe public places) that you can truly judge if someone is safe. Therefore you need to be careful of what you share about yourself on line.
Unfortunately, your mum is right, I can tell you anything on line and you have no way of knowing if it is true.
The fanimals are like a family, you couldn't meet a nicer group of people and you will surely find that out one day when you meet us!

I've met a fair few of these wonderful people and I assure you that the Fanimals are Fanimaltastic! Who have I met...?
Fee, Cec, Nic, Tracey, Steve, the spawn of Tracey and Steve

, Andy, Manning, Louise, Jamie, Matt (aka Saithis), Kate, Ktlynn, Leon... Hopefully I shall meet ALL of you one day!