not only would this help in the appeal the site needs, but it would attract a new audience and allow for easier moderation and the like. Discussions would start to take place on various topics that could well benefit the knowledge of both us and you.

Create forums for this site and you will end up with a much larger appeal spectrum.

Corporations and government have a responsibility to tell you how they are collecting and using your personal information. Websites that collect information (for a contest, as an example) should have a link to a privacy policy or statement that spells out how your information is being collected and used. On Muchmusic.com’s site, for example, their Privacy Statement states:

“Personal Information is only used by us for the purposes stated at the time of collection or as otherwise set out in this section.

If you have participated in an online activity, your personal information will only be used for the purposes of that online activity, unless you otherwise provide us with your consent. We may ask for your permission to use your personal information for other purposes, for example, to send you an email newsletter or for marketing purposes. We will only use this information for these purposes if you have provided us with consent by “opting-in” on the online form.”

Links to privacy policies or statements are usually at the bottom of the website – always check for them on your favourite sites.

And take the “my” prefix out… it’s been done.

1) Nowadays, with all these new ways of obtaining private information, the government should look for another means of protecting from social insurance number theft. If someone got ahold of some guy who put too much info on his profile page or website’s information, then that someone could go as far as to commit identity theft.

IE: We need to find a new way so that legitimate cases of lost SIN numbers can be sorted from the illegitimate ones.

I cannot stress this enough, current laws should combine with current technology to protect us. If the current laws can’t do that then change is mandated.

2) When marketing this site, try not to go over-governmental with it. The point of a social networking site or a blog in most teenager’s minds is to have fun; a relief post school, a connection to friends or to partake in the newest quiz about a tv show, movie, artist, etc.

When marketing this site, it should be just like the vision of any other social networking site except a truly “private” social networking site. Make everything legible so that people can understand the message (a good job so far).

Start hiring people to make programs to run over the site. Anything from arcade games and fun and pointless quiz programs to a program for debates and the betterment of our knowledge.

I would write out plenty of points but I will leave my comment at this:
When a website is successful, look for the cause and effect. Implementing cause will usually cause effect. Take the best of everything you can find and integrate it into this site and you will have a hit.