Myspace drama
 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12209839/

It's funny how people are so trusting on Myspace and give out information about themselves. Three teenage girls added this guy named "Matt", aka a police officer, to their friends list. The officer was able to find out all kinds of information on them because they were too trusting concerning Matt.

One of the girls in the interview (I watched this on TV as well) actually said that people should check their profiles everyday. How in the world can you check a profile when you have no clue that the person is even telling the truth?

Did anybody else see or read this? What are your thoughts on this whole Myspace drama?

People are stupid.

They basically go onto those types of sites and make friends with people who they have no outside knowledge of.

I'll stick to just adding my friend into my myspace that I know offline, thank you very much. I'm not one of those perverts looking to bang some hot girl online.

I rarely ever go on mine. Most of what I have on there is already common knowledge, like my love for writing and listening to music. Other than that, I don't go around viewing other people's profiles. I only go there when someone I know gives me their URL and then I add them as a friend.

However, recently, I'm considering ditching it. It's basically as pointless as hi5 was.

The lawyer said he was going to try and hold Myspace responsible for some of this as well. However, I don't see how that's possible. How exactly is it Myspace's fault if people are signing on, giving out their personal information and pictures, and then getting assaulted, raped, etc.? Think about it, if it's not Myspace, it'll be something else.

It's a generation issue. These kids' parents probably aren't aware of the threat the internet poses to them. It'll probably just go away with the internet becoming more of an established medium. People who have grown up with the internet themselves will teach their children how to use it properly and go by the rules. Not giving out personal information to random people is one such rule.

Heh, that's so lame. Way to permanantly scar teenagers by forcing their parents to be overprotective on the internet.

I'm sorry, but if you're stupid enough to give up personal information such as your address, school, credit card info, etc, you shouldn't even be using sites like myspace, facebook, friendster or anything alike.

There's a guy who tries to make fun of me (too bad he does it poorly though) for going on message boards like this one.

Yet I hear him talking about constantly going on Myspace.

>_>

I'll just stick to message boards. I don't think I'll be giving out any real personal info anytime soon.

I totally agree with you. The interviewer was talking about how Myspace can be made better, but how can you do that? How do you know if someone is really telling the truth about their birthday? To be honest with you, I don't see how Myspace can make their rules more strict. How can they do that?

A Birth Certificate Confirmation and a signed persmission slip from your parents. Then Everyone Wins :p

Basically Facebook. And facebook isn't even strict enough in the eyes of the "parents of this generation". We're pampering our kids so badly that they don't even know what's right and what's wrong anymore. When did "don't talk to strangers" stop working? My parents told me that once and I never did it. Is it that kids are becoming less logically adapted or are we just teaching them wrong?

That's what I was aiming at. I think the internet is just too complex for most parents to teach their children how to use it. Plus, it involves actually spending time with their children.

Instead of telling the kids that giving out personal information is bad, the detective should have told the parents how the internet works.

Also, Kids have the "It'll never happen to me" or "I know what I'm doing" mindframe.

http://myspacidetrain.ytmnd.com/

Myspace drama is bullshit.

Hahaha!! Nobody but people older than 18 would be on Myspace, hahaha! Even then, some of them give out way too much information. Some of my friends my age are very guilty of this.

Well, I agree with you to some point. It seems that parents now don't seem to know too much about computers and the Internet. They're the same ones that get all upset and wonder why their kids are into stuff like this. However, some parents don't even teach their kids about strangers anymore. It's pretty sad.

Theres talk of "family groups" and "outraged parents" trying to shut down MySpace because of such things. The bitter truth is that parents are shitty and less controlling than ever; why should catty flap-slotted mothers decry something which should be censored at home?

I agree with you, LeHah. How can they blame Myspace for this when it's the people that are using Myspace that do stuff like this? It's not like Myspace made it mandatory that you have to answer every question and give out all your personal information. The people using Myspace are doing this on their own. If they want to be technical about it, why don't they just block the Internet from their homes and go live in a cave somewhere?

Problem Solved :p

We live in a society of finger-pointing. No one wants to take responsibility for anything ever, so now we have soccer moms and stay-at-home dads bleeding into their jamrags over the most minor shit ever.

that's terrible... that didn't actually happen did it?

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=beat, we need some more of that, the PVC pipe would work well. :P

Not really. There's the issue of faking signatures and whatnot, just like I faked a signature for an absence in high school. It can be done. There's no foolproof way Myspace can do anything to curb giving out personal information. The only thing that can be done about that is if the keyboard shocks the person as they're trying to give out their information. That's the only way I can see it. But then again, they might hack that too. :(

This Myspace thing completely passed me by. I never knew about it when I while everyone was chatting it up.

I only recently really found out about it. I still never had the desire to use it though. I consider Gamingforce a nice alternative for a place to share your emotions.

The only reason why I even went on there is because a few of my friends that I'd been looking for years ago were there. I should delete my account because I really don't care about it. I figure if people really want to find me, they'll look for my email address. Only thing is that my email address isn't directly tied to me.

I don't have an account on Myspace, and I don't plan on signing up for one. I've seen some of the features when a friend asked me to sign onto her account once, so I'm aware that a person can say that they are 14, and the profile is automatically set to private.

On Facebook, there's a privacy option that enables a user to be taken out of search results completely. I don't know how this works on Myspace, though.

yeah. but there are stalkers everywhere when you're on the internet anyway. A lot of people started using the internet/chatrooms with just the basics of text bbs. All you need is a handle, pass, and private room and that's it. People were skeptical of even giving the basic info because you wouldn't know what's behind the screen of the other user, but that went away as time passed/technology increased. These days, when kids begin using the internet, they're given all sorts of freedom and extra crap that's not even necessary. I guess it makes sense to them so gullible, then again, maybe they're just not a very logical generation.

O noes. Life was too hard and emo girl committed suicide? ;(

Too bad. She looked kinda cute.
I'd definitely hit it.
With a:
http://www.air-and-space.com/197508%...0front%20l.jpg

The problem lies in the fact that to many of these people trust online strangers so much that they'll just add these random people without really knowing them. You don't need to have a Ph.D in order to fake being someone else online. Anyone whose dumb enough to just trust someone online so blindly deserves to have crap happen to them to serve as a wake-up call.

I think the problem is that parents assume the world is safer than it actually is.

No, the problem is that parents don't even know or aren't even interested in what their kids are doing anymore.

I actually laughed out loud, for a while.

I don't understand the popularity of myspace. It's boring as hell, and they send you a shitload of spam. Why does anyone use it?

The same reason iPods and Limewire are so popular. So many people use it and think it's great so everyone uses it.

In hopes of finding those idiotic classmates you hated in high school and beat the crap out of them. Or in hopes of finding that their life went to pot.

The more I think about it, the more it is purposeless to even have an account there. I don't keep up with all my friends regularly and they all have my email address. However, the only people I'd want to watch on there is Boom Boom Satellites, mainly because I don't believe it's really them on there.

I haven't found any classmates yet, but I have found old coworkers.

I've always wonder exactly how some people are so bold as to try to meet somebody online in person. Especially if you're young.

You'd simply just think they wouldn't do it. Those internet stalkers really must be hitting the right emotional cords to get some people to trust them that well.

It's not MySpace's fault that kids can be overly trusting. Maybe they are trying to get the attention that their parents don't give them?

It is all about attention. Obviously they don't feel someone/people are paying them enough attention so they're quick to meet total strangers online. Obviously common sense or enough bad stuff hasn't happened to them to dissuade them from this.

nanashiusako, You're insane. Myspace is 100% to blame.

Just because the parents don't spend time with their kids and mistreat them doesn't mean it's the parents fault...;_;

It is all attention. Why else would you announce to the world that you're going to commit suicide? I've heard of some weird stuff on myspace, people cutting themselves and then posting pictures. Thanks, but no thanks.

And yes, I also fail to see the attraction of myspace. It was actually never really popular with the people I hung out with, which is why I never got on it. But if it was, I think I'd be part of it sadly. (Conformist? probably)

I don't think there really is a way to stop it. A lot of kids don't even have friends that they can be open with and share their true feelings with, I understand why they'd try to get some attention on the net.

I know its hard to imagine, but if you don't add every single person who asks you for an add as a friend, then maybe you won't run into that kind of shit.

I dunno, maybe its just me, but common sense can go a long way.

Dark Nation, will you be my friend? Mwahahaha!?!?!?


It all starts like that...

Thank god Gamingforce doesn't call each other and organize meets.

Oh wait.

Gamingforce is the next Myspace =O

I first learned about myspace from the kids at the summer camp I work at. I blocked all access to the site, but mostly because it was wasting time as I didn't think about the danger. I ended up setting up an account of my own when I found some friends I haven't seen in 10 years, and since have found other former classmates.
But I certainly see the dangers. A few of the girl campers found my profile, and sent me friend requests in addition to adding me to their AIM buddy lists. I mean, sure I actually at least know them, but I still feel a beet creepy every time one of them IMs me.

I don't see why a lot of people think they're automatically safe from predators and stuff on sites like that. Like Dark Nation said, you'd think common sense would stop some of these idiots from posting their personal information, like phone numbers and addresses. Hell, I have people I've friends known for six years on AIM that keep trying to give me their phone numbers. The obligatory "don't talk to strangers" plays in my head every time. Maybe we should get together and organize a mass intervention or something.

Because posting something like that up on Myspace is a lot easier than actually calling a friend and confiding in them. INFORM THE MASSES! TRY AND STOP ME!

will you be my friend? http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8176/cry6pp.gif

if so, I'll need your phone number, address, school, SIN, creditcard info, etc. Because that's what friends do! ...idiots.

edit: not you guys!! those kids!

It seems most of the kids on Myspace have the "It's never gonna happen to me" mentality. One of the three girls they interviewed on that show didn't sound like she was too convinced about the danger she put herself in. I would almost bet Monopoly money that she hasn't already created another Myspace profile and is at it again.

Yeah except that most of the people here would probably be grateful for the rape.

I think it also stemms from a teenager's natural mindset of wanting to rebel against what their parents deem unsafe. I know several people who's parents dont' want them having a Myspace, but they went ahead and registered without them knowing.

I'm probably the only person in the world without a myspace account.

That site just annoys the hell out of me.

The most annoying thing is when friends(who by what you see on their pages) hang out with each other all the time, leave messages on each other's profiles about that party the other night.

It's like, don't you talk about it over the phone? It's obvious they are posting it so the world can read about their personal lives.

Attention whores.

You are not the only person. *raises hand*

Most Myspace's now are so bogged down with large images and horribly set backgrounds that it just looks beyond ugly. I don't see how you can navigate through all that crap.

Last time I went to a myspace page it froze my web-browser. I just wanted an .mp3... geez.

This is the only real reason I hang around Myspace every month or so: Boom Boom Satellites. I'm determined to solve the mystery as to whether or not it's actually them.

splur, I've had several people's pages crash my browser as well. I don't even bother looking through other people's profiles anymore unless it's someone I know that specifically gave me their URL.

Dang that police officer owned 100 people. What uneases around these debates is when they mention "SEXUAL PREDATOR" wtf tentacle monster omg. I really hate how people make retarded profile comments on myspace " OMG I WAS AT YOUR PARTY IN SAT. OMG 'SEX TRAIN PASS IT ON OR GET RAPED" kinda shit. Not to mention chain letters in board announcements. Which brings me to all the board spam. People use it so much to get attention I.E."Im saddd :/ GIMME comments" . Especially the content in the pictures pisses me off. Tongue? nothx. Probaly smart to put group pictures to counter sexual predators..or wait...

The only reason I go on now is to look at hot girls.

But I swear people are obsessed with this site. I know people who HAVE to check their myspace page everyday or else they go into convulsions. I just don't get it.

I find nothing entertaining about it, than looking for girls that look hot. But even then they aren't nudes, so it isn't even that great.

Fix'd =d

Every Myspace page I look at makes my eyes bleed. Loud blaring gothy metal in the background, peoples' picture pasted on the wall paper making scrolling down a bitch, font colored a color that makes it almost impossible to read, friends with over a thousand people who are just posing as celebrities... Ugh. I've yet to see a tame profile. I'll stick to Facebook.

I agree with that... i have friends in college that have that exact attitude... its like saying that if i dont go to GFF daily, i just die :doh: ... i have a myspace account, just to have it... i never check it (maybe had it if they delete them by abandonement)... weird attitude of those myspace addicts :(

I have a MySpace but i only add people who i actually know in real life.
Me and my buddies use it just to send stupid crap and funny pics
to each other lol!

I've seen some people with like 50 bajillion friends.. and it's like,
why?

A Flase sense of Self-Esteem

Myspacer: I know so many people, I'm getting attention! Hooray ^_^!!!

It's exactly what some people do in real life, especially on High School.

I understand people talk to others but there should be a limit. I chat with a lot of people, I don't know about considering them all my friends and e-mailing them about my personal life.

Because they love the attention! The only reason I even go on there nowadays is when someone I know gives me their URL or I get an email from Myspace. Other than that, I don't care about place.

Speaking of which, I need to prune my profile...

What makes MySpace so much more attractive than LiveJournal or Xanga? Is it because it's so freaking easy to add random strangers to your buddy list? "Oh wow, you read that I'm a hot 18 yr old chic in chicago. And you've replied you're within my area." And our dear replier gets a visit from a cop.

People post similar type of ordeals and crap on Live Joural and Xanga. But wtf is making MySpace the magnet of these weirdos who need to express their suicide?

Why do people even post on Myspace that they're about to commit suicide? I've never understood that one...

A friend of mine had sex with like 5 girls from there. Of course, if you are desperate enough to look for some action on the internet, then the chances are you aren't that good looking, and that was the case. 2 of the girls were goths, and the other 3 were just plain average girls.

But apparently a lot of people go on there looking to score, which IMO, isn't an accomplishment.