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?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by splur

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.

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?

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by soniclover

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

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.

Originally Posted by splur

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?

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.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

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?

I was speaking idiomatically.

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.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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.

FELIPE NO

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

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

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.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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.

How ya doing, buddy?

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.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

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.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by DjMeas

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?

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 kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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

FELIPE NO