Myspace...is It Safe?

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  1. xlink

    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    depends on whether or not you're the person who's the pedophile.
     
  2. Sn!gbe

    Sn!gbe Well-Known Member

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    it's as safe as you make it really; i have one to contact friends when im not on aim etc.

    but you can private your profile

    little idiot's or whore's put their phone numbers;address';where they live etc. and well dur dur durrr reeetattaateddd come on; you can accept friends chose to talk to them; the police and news and stupid ass parents are saying its the sites fault well umm look what your kids are doing dummy! seriously though the site doesnt make them doing anything am i correct !?
     
  3. FuZe

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    Here's an article I wrote on a blog:

    Anybody happen to catch Nightline last night on ABC? In case you didn't, one of the hot topics discussed was MySpace. It is no secret to anyone who reads the newspaper or watches the 6 o'clock news that MySpace has been in the limelight because of "sexual predators" trying to "abduct and corrupt" the youth of the world. To this I say bull----! I see dozens of profiles a day showing 14 year old girls dressed like sluts, wearing four inches of make up and 32 layers of eyeliner, displaying their age as 18 years old and profile lines stating "Oh, I'm So Sexy" or "Hey There, Wanna Check Up On It?" Come on! The youth of today's world are already corrupt enough due to the undying need to be "older" than they really are. I seriously doubt there are tons of people on MySpace stalking "innocent young girls" who just happen to have tramped up profiles and ages 4 years greater than their own.

    On Nightline, there was a story of a 12 year old girl who was a drug-addict and attributed it all to MySpace. She claims that Myspace allowed her to easily find drug dealers in her area, as well as older men to have sex with her. Now, at the age of 14, she has been checked into a drug-rehabilitation clinic and has been away from her family for 5 months. Her parents would rather place the blame squarely on the shoulders of MySpace instead of their daughter, who even admitted that at the age of 12, had already tried weed, crack, X, and had slept with numerous guys older than herself...but of course, it wasn't her fault, it was all because of MySpace.

    One again, COME ON! When are parents and children going to stop passing the blame and grow up enough to take responsibility for their actions and the actions of their children.. Parent;s, monitor your children online, take some responsibility for YOUR children. Children, if a profile name sounds like something that comes out of a cheap horror movie, like "DARK ANGEL OF DEATH WHO EATS THE BRAINS OF GIRLS"...chances are you DO NOT WANT TO ADD THEM AS A FRIEND. Apparently there is new legislation in Congress now to block MySpace in all public schools and public libraries across the United States. All because little girls want to act grown and don't want to accept the consequences and parents don't want to accept the fact that their "innocent little girls" are posing as 18 year old crack whores trying to buy drugs.

    Eventually, if this continues, MySpace could be totally outlawed from the Internet. Restrictions will be put in place in order to make MySpace "safer". I don't know about you, but I use MySpace to keep in touch with my family and friends, use it for messages, and just to have a space that is my own. Just because some children want to act grown, does that mean I may have to eventually give up my MySpace? If you feel the same way I do, please, repost this in your blogs or bulletins, or both as "STOP BLAMING MYSPACE". If enough people post this and spread the word, maybe people will get the picture and stop blaming MySpace for every little thing that their children do wrong. As user of MySpace, we should all repost this and take some sort of action. This is not a chain letter, and nothing will happen to you if you don't repost this in 321654987 seconds. However, of all bulletins you will read today, I am sure that this one is the only one that actually has a point to it.


    A 14 year old girl, and her mother have filed a law suit against Myspace.com(what?) because she was sexually assaulted by another user. She said he lied by saying he was on the high School football team, and THAT gained her trust. Obvisiously if thats all it took to gain her trust, she easily trust pretty much anybody and anyone. She's suing Myspace.com for $30 million because she believes myspace has poor security. WHAT A CROC! Myspace is not a babysitting service, take responsiblity for your own actions!!! What happened to her is a terrible thing and should never happen to anyone period. Where were her parents? Why are they not held responsible for what thier daughter does in thier own home?

    Myspace has many many ways of blocking out/screening people, some are: you have to ACCEPT the person you may or may not know as well as deny people you do or do not know, you can have certain sercurity measures added like asking for last name and email address, you can block a person, you can only associate with people you ALREADY know or simply you can NOT be on MySpace if you lack common sense.

    Pass this on if you support Tom, and Myspace.com. It's about time adults take responsibility for their own children, instead of blaming it on someone else
     
  4. canvasch

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    Myspace is as dangerous as any tool for communication.. to say myspace is dangerous is to say the internet is dangerous.. to say the internet is dangerous is to say communication is dangerous. to say communication is dangerous is .... where does it end?

    if you want to be stupid and let tell "pen pals" about your life routine (IE: well i'm going to the 3$ theater tonight to see pirates of the carribean... aLONE!!! ohh well.. i'll go to the mindnight showing so i can come home to sleep... i'll prolly walk tonight.. it's just a mile away and it's nice out.. .bye!) ...people who don't want to get raped... don't friend strangers, don't allow nonfriends to see your photos, (cause people take pictures of themselves at work, like at a restruant there is only 1 of in town).....

    no myspace is not dangerous.. people are dangerous, avoid contact!
     
  5. Renagade

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    FuZe stop bumping topics that are months old.

    Myspace is safe unless you act like a whore on it and talk to people you do not know.
     
  6. FuZe

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    Sorry. I didn't read that dates. I just thought they were some interesting topics.
     
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    its safe for younger people, as long as they dont lie about their age. they have settings u can apply that dont allow strangers to view ur profile.
     
  8. j_bwoy

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    i really dont think myspace is safe i think it should be shut down lots of kids showing of there bodies and stuff on it and people like it and talk to them and they meet in person and sutff happens
     
  9. Aedus

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    It's there choice what they put on it.

    It's sorta at your own risk kinda' thing. <_<
     
  10. redskinfanatic

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    dangerous!
     
  11. kind_bud

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    It is their own choice if they show their body off. If they put their profile on private settings, no one can even look at their pics unless the person adds them as a friend.
     
  12. j_bwoy

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    Yes that is true its there Own risk i still classify my space a dangerous thing
     
  13. FuZe

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    Those girls who show their cleavage on the internet and end up with a stalker get what they deserve.
     
  14. Hulka

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    Well MySpace isn't safe in my words, thats why I don't have one.
     
  15. TnA.Slovakian

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    lol yeah it is safe especially for people who know how to take care of them selfes
     

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