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Off-Topic => Off-Topic: Talk about anything you want. => Topic started by: okarol on February 17, 2007, 03:12:39 PM
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I have MySpace.
Just wondering who else does.
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I have MySpace.
Just wondering who else does.
I do
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Not I. My son does I think.
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Nope
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have it
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Rupert controls enough of our lives already...and maybe more soon...no Myspace here.
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No, but I have Yahoo36.
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I have MySpace.
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I have some things to say about kids and MySpace that I have been meaning to post for awhile. About a month ago, my 16 year old son got into some trouble, so I decided I needed to do a little "digging" and had him give me his password to his MySpace. OMG...it is unbelievable what some of the kids say and post on MySpace (including my own son). I am guessing that most parents do not check their kid's MySpace (I never did) because if they did, most of the stuff probably wouldn't be on there! I am pretty much talking across the board that kids put stuff out there that they would NEVER want parents to see. Of course, some are worse than others, but geez, if it's anything you wouldn't want certain people to see, why on earth would you put it on the internet??? It was QUITE eye opening, and I read some pretty vile stuff from kids I thought were "good kids" (including my own, I might add!)
I'm sure I violated some kind of space that parents are not supposed to go (according to what the kids think). They seem to think their page is like their personal diary, but HELLO! do they not realize that what they put out there can be read by thousands, if not millions, of people and the photos become public domain once they are out there?
I realize that you have the option to set your page to "private", so others cannot access your page unless they are invited. However, I was amazed how easily I could access literally thousands of kids through my son's page by clicking on friends of friends of friends of friends.....I couldn't neccesarily leave them a message, but I could read their profiles, look at their photos, read their blogs, read messages that were sent, etc.
I challenge any of you that have kids with MySpace accounts (you may not even know they have one!) to check out what they and their friends are putting out there.
And I didn't even get into the pedophile/sex offender aspects of this pandora's box!
The internet is awesome...and scary!
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I consider this site "my space" and I wouldn't want my family reading this. These are my feelings about dialysis which they wouldn't understand. But, I can type what I feel on this site and leave it here. A lot healthier for my well being. I like having "My Space.'
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I have monitored my kids myspace from day one. I told them, if you'd be ashamed to wear a shirt with words printed on the front like what you're writing on myspace, then don't write it. I read stuff other kids write and it is all over the map. That's why I have a myspace, and my kids are not allowed to block me. Of course, some kids get around that by opening another page, so you really have to check the history. Even so, Jill's got it right, the internet is wonderful and scary too!
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I have never let my parents read my blogs or anything, not that I have anything to hide, but I just like my personal space and thats what it is to me. When my kids get old enough to use the internet, they will be monitored during their teenage years and I have all the programs to do it already, lol.
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Oh I also wanted to add that I was a pretty good kid, had a personal diary under my bed that would have curled my mom's already natural curly hair even more if she had read it. I also passed notes in school, some were probably REALLY inappropriate. Also had lots of phone activity as a teen, prank calls and other stuff that was probably over the top. We didn't have the internet, but we took risks, hitch hiking, open parties, driving around with liquor in some guys car, all this without parental supervision or permission. My mom thought I was at the school dance. My point is, I turned out ok. I did alright in school. I never got in much trouble (or got caught, I guess.) This is probably why I am more aware of what my kids could be doing. I hope they will turn out ok too.
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I have a MySpace.
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TTIWWL ::)
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I have never let my parents read my blogs or anything, not that I have anything to hide, but I just like my personal space and thats what it is to me. When my kids get old enough to use the internet, they will be monitored during their teenage years and I have all the programs to do it already, lol.
Good luck with those "programs" if a kid is savvy enough, there are several ways around EVERY program out there. Trust me! the best thing you can do is limit the usage and keep the computer in a high traffic area where you will be able to monitor at all times. The Internet can be a very valuable resource or it can be a nightmare for a parent.
- Epoman
Owner/Admin
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TTIWWL ::)
This Thread is Worthless Without Links for us people that aren't computer savvy lol
Here's mine:
Pretty boring and been lazy of late but anyway here goes,
http://www.myspace.com/tamaraillisa
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TTIWWL ::)
This Thread is Worthless Without Links for us people that aren't computer savvy lol
Here's mine:
Pretty boring and been lazy of late but anyway here goes,
http://www.myspace.com/tamaraillisa
NICE! :thumbup; Tamara. I was wondering how many would get that. :2thumbsup;
- Epoman
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:2thumbsup; :cuddle;
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I have some things to say about kids and MySpace that I have been meaning to post for awhile. About a month ago, my 16 year old son got into some trouble, so I decided I needed to do a little "digging" and had him give me his password to his MySpace. OMG...it is unbelievable what some of the kids say and post on MySpace (including my own son). I am guessing that most parents do not check their kid's MySpace (I never did) because if they did, most of the stuff probably wouldn't be on there! I am pretty much talking across the board that kids put stuff out there that they would NEVER want parents to see. Of course, some are worse than others, but geez, if it's anything you wouldn't want certain people to see, why on earth would you put it on the internet??? It was QUITE eye opening, and I read some pretty vile stuff from kids I thought were "good kids" (including my own, I might add!)
I'm sure I violated some kind of space that parents are not supposed to go (according to what the kids think). They seem to think their page is like their personal diary, but HELLO! do they not realize that what they put out there can be read by thousands, if not millions, of people and the photos become public domain once they are out there?
I realize that you have the option to set your page to "private", so others cannot access your page unless they are invited. However, I was amazed how easily I could access literally thousands of kids through my son's page by clicking on friends of friends of friends of friends.....I couldn't neccesarily leave them a message, but I could read their profiles, look at their photos, read their blogs, read messages that were sent, etc.
I challenge any of you that have kids with MySpace accounts (you may not even know they have one!) to check out what they and their friends are putting out there.
And I didn't even get into the pedophile/sex offender aspects of this pandora's box!
The internet is awesome...and scary!
You are right that's why I don't let him get on anymore. I think his account has been deleted but I will have to look. Fortunately when he first opened his account I told him only if i know the password. So I would periodically go in and the crap just got worse and worse so I locked it so he can't get in anymore.
Parents :The internet is not your childs babysitter.
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TTIWWL ::)
This Thread is Worthless Without Links for us people that aren't computer savvy lol
Here's mine:
Pretty boring and been lazy of late but anyway here goes,
http://www.myspace.com/tamaraillisa
Thank you! I was WONDERING wth that meant :P
Here is mine: http://www.myspace.com/angieskidney
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www.myspace.com/ang3la_in_iowa
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TTIWWL ::)
This Thread is Worthless Without Links for us people that aren't computer savvy lol
Here's mine:
Pretty boring and been lazy of late but anyway here goes,
http://www.myspace.com/tamaraillisa
Thank you! I was WONDERING wth that meant :P
Here is mine: http://www.myspace.com/angieskidney
LOL, me too!!
http://www.myspace.com/beepiebaby
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Wow you changed your background Shay lol! Your site makes you now look like one of those tough girls that will kick any man's butt lol :P
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Wow you changed your background Shay lol! Your site makes you now look like one of those tough girls that will kick any man's butt lol :P
:o
/Epoman Runs and Hides
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Oh I also wanted to add that I was a pretty good kid, had a personal diary under my bed that would have curled my mom's already natural curly hair even more if she had read it. I also passed notes in school, some were probably REALLY inappropriate. Also had lots of phone activity as a teen, prank calls and other stuff that was probably over the top. We didn't have the internet, but we took risks, hitch hiking, open parties, driving around with liquor in some guys car, all this without parental supervision or permission. My mom thought I was at the school dance. My point is, I turned out ok. I did alright in school. I never got in much trouble (or got caught, I guess.) This is probably why I am more aware of what my kids could be doing. I hope they will turn out ok too.
I know what you mean, Karol. I did plenty of things that I know my parents would have freaked out if they knew - probably involved in more risky behavior than my own kids are, as far as I know (things were VERY lax in the 70's!). The difference is, I didn't broadcast my activities over the loudspeakers at school (which still wouldn't have reached as many people as MySpace!) At least what I did as a teenager are now just memories of my past; some of which I am not proud of. The stuff on the internet can very well hurt some of these kids in the future, which they do not even think about. I've even heard that some employers are now checking applicant's MySpace page.
I thought for sure that I was more aware of what my kid's were up to, as we are close...however, there were some real eye-opening moments when I checked out both my 16 year old son and 20 year old daughter's pages. A lot of the stuff belonged in a diary or journal, in my opinion!
I realize that the teenage years are a time when kids are taking on more freedom and responsibilities and often make bad decisions (haven't we all???) as part of growing up. However, I was amazed how many of the kids "share" their "mistakes" for everyone to see - very "cool" (sarcasm). It's a difficult force to deal with as a parent. :banghead;
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Thank you Tamara for telling me what that little code Epoman threw at us, ugh, my head hurts trying to figure it out, lol, although i did come up with some pretty nasty thoughts of what it could've been :P :P (damn me and my one track mind) :P
I too have a myspace and most of the kids i used to babysit in my daycare are the ones on myspace so i even though i dont see them like i used to, i am still watching over them, so far none of them have done or said anything crazy (yep, i raised them good) ;) ;) (so i'd like to think) :2thumbsup;
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I guess I'm much too suspicious to trust a site like MySpace - so no, and I'm glad my kids are only two ;)
DeLana
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Thank you Tamara for telling me what that little code Epoman threw at us, ugh, my head hurts trying to figure it out, lol, although i did come up with some pretty nasty thoughts of what it could've been :P :P (damn me and my one track mind) :P
I too have a myspace and most of the kids i used to babysit in my daycare are the ones on myspace so i even though i dont see them like i used to, i am still watching over them, so far none of them have done or said anything crazy (yep, i raised them good) ;) ;) (so i'd like to think) :2thumbsup;
Well come on Goofynina, let us see....................................come on :2thumbsup; :cuddle;
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I was not interested in MySpace. I only happened on it when I was trying to find my MSN My Space. The next time I heard about it was a big exposé concerning pedophiles. I was speechless when I found out how MySpace was being used by them big time, to contact minors and arrange meetings with them. Seriously, if I had a teenager, I am not sure that I would even allow them to have a MySpace account!
Of course, there are many things in my life that I would hate my parents to find out about. But none of these things put me at the risk to the extent of what is actually happening to lots of kids AS WE COMMUNICATE right now.
Some years back, I passed by the computer and my daughter was in some really steamy conversations in Yahoo chatrooms. We had a nice chat about it. [she hates me to pass by the computer when she is on it, as I am a speed reader and just have to glance to see what is going down!]
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wow it is scarey how younger and younger generations are getting into steamy conversations with total strangers. When I was a teen it was a trust issue for me to open up to people I even knew in real life. But times have changed. Now I type to people I have never met on this site ;) lol
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Thank you Tamara for telling me what that little code Epoman threw at us, ugh, my head hurts trying to figure it out, lol, although i did come up with some pretty nasty thoughts of what it could've been :P :P (damn me and my one track mind) :P
I too have a myspace and most of the kids i used to babysit in my daycare are the ones on myspace so i even though i dont see them like i used to, i am still watching over them, so far none of them have done or said anything crazy (yep, i raised them good) ;) ;) (so i'd like to think) :2thumbsup;
Well come on Goofynina, let us see....................................come on :2thumbsup; :cuddle;
Here is my username on MySpace, Goofynina14, i have no personal info in there, just a couple of pics of kids, lol, :P
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<-------has myspace
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The thing with kids and MySpace pages is even if parents don't allow their kids to have one on their home computer, they can still set one up at school, a friend's, at the public library....
This is a very compelling and addicting medium for many kids these days. They feel "out of the loop" if they are not part of the MySpace community.
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plus kids love to make something their own and it is so easy to set up, unlike webpages. The problem isn't neccessarily the MySpace itself but the morals instilled in kids today and the perverts preying on them!! And the kids want so much attention and are willing to throw away morals just to be accepted. They want to be liked so much and will meet total strangers on the net. What happened to the fear??
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I use MySpace. It's good to have good, and current antivirus, and anti spyware programs though.
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I have myspace. and livejournal. and blogger.com. i've been all over the place on the Internet for a very long time.
and when I say, "all over the place"...I mean, "all over the place". hehehe. i'll refrain from posting pics here...hehehe
i think this is my link: http://www.myspace.com/supremegoddessbitch
i try to give my kids a great deal of freedom and only hack their accounts for spying when they are behaving suspiciously. which, thankfully, isn't too often since the eldest was busted for chatting up old men online (he was 16, at the time... and yeah, he's still into the older gents-- his partner is 60 and the kid is 27, hehehe)
the younger kids, though, a bit smarter than the older ones, and have blocked me from easily hacking their accounts. i could work around that if need be, but i pretty much trust them and am willing to let them live with the consequences if they're doing anything too outrageous.
oops..it just occurred to me that i really shouldn't be snooping on the younger ones, because as of last week, they are all adults now.
hmmm. but they're sitll my kids, ya know? hehehe.
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I HAD A MYSPACE ACCOUNT......My bf and myself we dicided to get rid of the account...i did not want to delete my account.....
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I have one under the name CelticSoup
Van Morrison put me as a friend! I was so excited! :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup;
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=40969934
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I love myspace. Check it out! :clap;
http://www.myspace.com/44832901
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:lol;
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:rofl;
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:rofl; :rofl; :clap; Thats just way too funny....
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I like that, that is funny. The reason I got MySpace was due to a friend from another state, who got fed up with MSN's crap. SO I was suckered into joining :rofl; Then thru addition of friends, I found out about this site. No one I know uses Facebook, so I don't see the need to join that one.
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Don't have it. Don't like it. Doesn't anyone communicate in real life anymore?
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UHhh, nope :rofl; :sarcasm;
Cheaper to use IM with video and mic than use a cell phone
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Sorry, but I like to actually talk to humans once in a while! Besides, we save a ton by just using our cell phones on a family plan (with unlimited calling, nights and weekends or within our service, and no roaming charges , unlimited text and pictures too) and no land line.
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With friends in many countries and thus many different time zones, we have found email, myspace, text, etc a great tool to have constant contact with everyone.
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Don't have it. Don't like it. Doesn't anyone communicate in real life anymore?
:lol; Yes, I do. I have a family plan on my cell, I have unlimited mobile to mobile calling, unlimited nights and weekends (starting at 7pm), unlimited internet use, text messaging, picture messaging, and anything else you can think of. And no matter how often i use it (24/7 basically), there is still some people I can only talk to through online, due to time differences, stuff going on each other's lives, and so on and so forth. I don't really prefer "live" talk (cell phone) to internet talk.. which happens, happens... no big deal. :)
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For me, in order to save money, I just have the basic phone plane. If I call a friend who uses a different carrier and they're out of state, then there's more charges. I only like live talk only when I am dealing with Customer Service, I hate the phone tree >:( I don't like to talk on the phone late at night either and IM, e-mails, MySpace, and so forth allow me to multi-task with a split screen and allows me to have some privacy (ever notice how people talk louder while their on a cell phone). Just my pet peeve I guess. Like they say, "To each is their own"
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:lol; Hey now.. that's NOT nice... not everyone talks louder when on their cell phones... sorry, but it's true... it's not EVERYONE. :)
I for one, don't... I don't see the point in talking louder... it's just a regular phone, that's mobile.. they can hear me the same and i can hear them the same...
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I hate the phone tree
Have you seen the link to the website that tells you how to speak to a person in customer service. It's in the "post an interesting internet link..." section. It's great!
http://gethuman.com/
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You know, i dont know what is worse, attempting to conversate with a machine or a customer service rep that doesnt know how to speak English very well, :banghead;
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:lol; Hey now.. that's NOT nice... not everyone talks louder when on their cell phones... sorry, but it's true... it's not EVERYONE. :)
I for one, don't... I don't see the point in talking louder... it's just a regular phone, that's mobile.. they can hear me the same and i can hear them the same...
Well I didn't say everyone :lol;, but I think I type louder in a fast paced conversation :rofl;
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Well I didn't say everyone :lol;, but I think I type louder in a fast paced conversation :rofl;
Thats interresting enough...sounds like your intune with yourself there chris... :lol; I never thought to pay attention to that and now I'll be checking and monitoring... :rofl;
EDITED: Fixed quote tag error - Goofynina/Admin.
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You know, i dont know what is worse, attempting to conversate with a machine or a customer service rep that doesnt know how to speak English very well, :banghead;
That is so true, especially when you have a problem with a pc.
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I have just signed up to facebook as my friends where nagging, it is useful as I have friends all over the world. Any medium that helps you keep in touch with people and share information that you want is always useful.
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I have myspace! I use it to keep in touch with family members who live out of state like my youngest sister and lots of cousins! It's set to private though. But since I've already posted stuff with my last name in it...I'll just tell ya that it's Reece and I will add people from here! lol
http://www.myspace.com/krisnar
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Rupert controls enough of our lives already...and maybe more soon...no Myspace here.
By Rupert I presume you mean the dirty digger Rupert Murdock. If so, well said. :clap;
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Rupert controls enough of our lives already...and maybe more soon...no Myspace here.
By Rupert I presume you mean the dirty digger Rupert Murdock. If so, well said. :clap;
I don't get it... explain please?
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:lol;
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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That. is. just. terrifying.
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Here is Myspace ---
www.myspace.com/bethbreakey (http://www.myspace.com/bethbreakey)
Like my mom said, MySpace, emails, forums and texting is a great way to keep in contact with my friends who live literally all over the world -- There is a 6 hour time difference between here and Hawaii. And worse still, when I was living there and my boyfriend at the time was living in Paris -- we were 12 hours apart. Technology is a lovely thing.
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thats an absolutley beautiful pic. chubby chasers of the world unite. :yahoo; :clap;
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thats an absolutley beautiful pic. chubby chasers of the world unite. :yahoo; :clap;
thanks for that comment, your a nice man.. :)
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I deleted my post as a member was offended by it, which was not my intention.
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you're kidding me! who would be offended by a beautiful woman? :rant; i just don't understand people anymore :urcrazy; oh well, it was good while it lasted. sorry i got off topic, it won't happen again.
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Look at how MySpace caused that young girl to commit suicide. I wonder how the family that engineered feel now.
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I am new to the computer. About a year ago a friend i know in Arizona called me and said she found my son on myspace. I didn't know too much about it but i told her i would feel very odd going on a site for kids. She then told me all ages are on there. So i joined. I found out the myspace page for my son was set up by a friend of his. All i could get out of my son was; "i am afraid to talk with you because i am not allowed to have myspace. i think that momwould influence what i want to say." He never told me why. That was all i heard from him. So i still had this myspace so i started a blog about my life. I wrote in detail of the many broken hearts in my life. One of these "broken hearts" read the blog and knew i was talking about her. She called and started to yell at me, so i said; "Hey did i mention your name?" NO. So leave me alone. I have found it to be therapeutic. It is a venue for me to write about me.
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Look at how MySpace caused that young girl to commit suicide. I wonder how the family that engineered feel now.
Sorry, but "myspace" didn't cause her death. Nor did the teenagers behind the mean prank... she chose to go that route, and I am sure to take it that far she was already depressed and nobody probably saw the signs, or if they did they ignored them. I don't agree with what the kids did to her, but to *blame* them for her hanging herself, is wrong. Just my opinion on it. I don't like how when someone commits suicide there is always someone else to blame for it but the person who took the actions themselves.
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Look at how MySpace caused that young girl to commit suicide. I wonder how the family that engineered feel now.
Sorry, but "myspace" didn't cause her death. Nor did the teenagers behind the mean prank... she chose to go that route, and I am sure to take it that far she was already depressed and nobody probably saw the signs, or if they did they ignored them. I don't agree with what the kids did to her, but to *blame* them for her hanging herself, is wrong. Just my opinion on it. I don't like how when someone commits suicide there is always someone else to blame for it but the person who took the actions themselves.
Which myspace are you talking about? I didn't here about a suicide.
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POKIN AROUND: Readers respond in force to story on suicide, MySpace hoax
By Steve Pokin
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:16 PM CST
This newspaper has received an incredible response to Sunday's story on the death of Megan Meier, a 13-year-old who lived in Dardenne Prairie and committed suicide last year.
Many of you expressed appreciation to me and to the Journal for running the story.
Some of you have asked your children to read the story and have requested/demanded to look at their MySpace pages.Of course, there has been outrage over the fact that Josh Evans - a 16-year-old who never existed - was created not by a teen, but by an adult. That anger is reflected in the comments posted on the Journal's Web sites.
Since the story ran Sunday Tina Meier, Megan's mother, has been contacted by other media outlets.
In brief, here's what happened.
Josh Evans had taken an interest in Megan, who for much of her life had battled depression and struggled with her weight. But according to her parents she was the happiest she had ever been.
Megan ended her life after Josh, whom she never actually met, suddenly became mean to her.
Six weeks after she died her parents discovered that Josh was created by a neighbor down the block, an adult woman whose own daughter had once been Megan's friend. This woman knew of Megan's depression, says Tina Meier.
According to a police report filed by the woman down the block, she created the account to check to see what Megan was saying, if anything, about her daughter. According to the police report, the woman, her daughter and an 18-year-old part-time employee monitored the Josh Evans account.
In Sunday's story the Journal did not name the woman because the newspaper did not want to identify her daughter. It was a decision I supported.
A few of you took us to task for not naming this woman.
I understand the loss the Meiers feel. But I told Tina in our very first conversation that even though we might have the legal right to publish a name, it doesn't necessarily mean we will.
Here are some of your comments. Many are taken from our Web sites.
"I have never responded to a news article before, but your story has not only moved me, made me cry, but has angered me. You are right. These laws need to change along with our so-called child predator laws." - Lisa K.
"The realization this can actually happen is truly frightening. THANK YOU for printing it" - R. W. Bross
"Your story in today's paper about Megan was sad but unfortunately an eye opener for every parent out there with a child that loves the Internet." - Heidi
"I hope your article strikes a chord with kids who may be planning (or may be currently doing) similar pranks on their friends, and make parents 'take notice.'" - Raymond Stone, St. Charles
"Your article in this morning's St. Charles Journal regarding the tragic and senseless suicide of young Megan Meier last fall, and the resulting criminal, legal, and familial progress and aftereffects, was a very powerful and moving piece, and I thank you for telling it." - Mandy Matthews
"I admire the courage of the Meiers to tell this story, and am astounded that it was actually ADULTS behind the fake identity that caused this young person so much unnecessary grief. It seems to me that justice has not been served in this matter." - GS
"This is a wake up call and I hope this story is out on the Internet for all parents to read and realize this could happen to them." - Kellie Keling, Wentzville
"I am a journalist myself, and I know the policy regarding not naming sexual assault victims, but none are involved here, and I cannot understand how you came to the decision not to name them." - Brian Russell, Alton
"This article was so upsetting that it made me sick to my stomach." - Ashley
"Parents today are so worried about being their child's friend and playing these adolescent games to prove how cool they are to their kid and the kid's friends, when what the kid needs is a parent." - Rachel
"This story is touching and sad. There should be a law and the Meiers would have my support. … Mrs. Meier, don't blame yourself for your daughter's death." - Tammy
And finally, a letter from someone who still feels the pain, and still struggles to look to the future, not to the past.
"I am hopeful that with this article we can start our journey to change the law and not let another family go through what we have gone through." - Tina Meier, St. Charles
http://ofallonjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2007/11/27/news/sj2tn20071113-1114stc_pokin_1.ii1.txt
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Thanks Karol.
I don't think you can blame myspace. They could have used any medium to cause harm to this young girl. Remember when a lot of us were kids, we were told that what goes on in our house stays in our house? All the psychologists thought this was wrong but maybe if the issues Megan had with her weight was not publicized to the neighbor lady this wouldn't have happened. I'm not blaming Megan, We all have struggled with some aspect of our life at one time or another. The fault for pushing the young girl over the edge was the cruelness of the neighbor lady, and no it was not a prank, it was intentional. Megan needed help and never received it.
This world we live in is becoming less sensitive to peoples feeling and privacy's. Just a darn shame.
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Here is Mine: http://www.myspace.com/georgejones4ever
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great tunes Sluff I love the cycle vid...Boxman
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My kids set up a myspace for me and I only use it to help monitor what the grandchildren are doing and yes I'm also horrified at what is said. I have told the kids potential employers, college professors etc can read this but doesn't seem to make a difference.
Ann
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i have a myspace account as do all of my kids but i watch dem very close
and i watch dem very close
myspace.com/keeblerc