1. A computer implemented method which enables the sharing of information in a virtual or online environment, comprising the steps of: registering a plurality of individuals for participation in a virtual or online environment that exists on one or more computers, wherein the virtual or online environment permits interactions between two or more individuals of the plurality of individuals within the virtual or online environment; receiving from an individual that is one of the plurality of individuals registered for participation in the virtual or online environment an indication of one or more attribute values of the individual that are authorized to be verified; verifying at least one of the one or more attribute values of the individual that are authorized to be verified by receiving evidence concerning the at least one of the one or more attribute values of the individual that are authorized to be verified, wherein the evidence concerning the at least one of the one or more attribute values authorized to be verified originates from a verification source that exists outside the virtual or online environment or wherein the evidence concerning the at least one of the one or more attribute values authorized to be verified originates from a verification source that is not the individual for whom the at least one of the one or more attribute values is to be verified but is one or more of the plurality of individuals registered for participation in the virtual or online environment, and thereafter setting one or more verification indications that comprise a separate verification indication related to each of the one or more attribute values of the individual that are authorized to be verified for which evidence was received; receiving from the individual authorization to share at least one of the one or more verification indications with at least some of the plurality of individuals; and sharing with at least some of the plurality of individuals registered for participation in the virtual or online environment that are different from the individual at least one attribute value related to the individual, wherein the at least one attribute value related to the individual that is shared is only from among the one or more attribute values of the individual that are authorized to be verified, and at least one verification indication related to the at least one attribute value related to the individual that is shared, wherein the at least one verification indication related to the at least one attribute value related to the individual that is shared is only from among the at least one of the one or more verification indications that is authorized to be shared, wherein the sharing is accomplished at least in part by using at least one of the one or more computers.