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ufcrusher
10-04-2005, 08:06 PM
I know there is a website called "Myspace" which was the cause of some problems a while back. (Grandparent searching for grandchild found disturbing information involving a death threat if memory serves)

What exactly is the site and what is it for? What would you consider to be normal posting on that site....normal age of poster? I dont want to say anything more before i find out some info.
Markel
10-04-2005, 08:14 PM
I got drawn into myspace when someone (I suspect one of my cousin's sons) signed up on myspace but listed my gmail account as an email address. Once when I logged into gmail, I had a bunch of invite requests junking up my mailbox. Well, since I owned the email address, it wasn't too hard for me to go into myspace and change the password on the account. "Matt" suddenly turned very rude toward all the girls that were contacting him.... heh heh.

Anyway, it is mainly geared around college age, but high schoolers are involved as well. A lot of trash, if you asked me.
Airencracken
10-04-2005, 08:15 PM
Well, you're supposed to 18 to register but kids just fool it by entering a false birthdate. Some of my sisters friends have myspace accounts and they're twelve. The site is a networking site like friendster and also a blogsite as well. (the crappiest one, IMO)
kimchicowboy
10-04-2005, 08:17 PM
The site is a networking site like friendster and also a blogsite as well. (the crappiest one, IMO)
:stupid:
the whole site's design is just way too busy. gives me a headache just visiting.
ialsohaveadream
10-04-2005, 08:18 PM
The site is a networking site like friendster and also a blogsite as well. (the crappiest one, IMO)
Crappier than the non-existent G|A one? Really? :)
Airencracken
10-04-2005, 08:20 PM
Well, the I guess it's not quite THAT bad...
Freelance Superhero
10-04-2005, 08:24 PM
it's a "networking" site sorta like Friendster or Orkut or any number of others. you invite friends, write pseudo-blog entries, post bulletins, etc.

one thing that sets it slightly apart is that a lot of musicians have been using MySpace to showcase their stuff. not just up-and-coming acts either; some big names are creating MySpace accounts.

oh yeah, and it's owned by Rupert Murdoch now... :shifty:
ufcrusher
10-04-2005, 08:24 PM
Ok but are the limits as to what is supposed to be posted there? Such as, being scantily clad? Obviously they have no age verification that works.
ialsohaveadream
10-04-2005, 08:32 PM
Ok but are the limits as to what is supposed to be posted there? Such as, being scantily clad? Obviously they have no age verification that works.
I think someone has linked me to seeing booby on that site before. If you're concerned about young eyes seeing such, I'd suggest keeping them away.
Airencracken
10-04-2005, 08:34 PM
Ok but are the limits as to what is supposed to be posted there? Such as, being scantily clad? Obviously they have no age verification that works.

That's funny. It's policed as well as post katrina new orleans.
PrObLy
10-04-2005, 09:03 PM
Yeah, as said above it's a networking site mainly aimed at teens. I had just started up a MySpace account and about a week later my university got "the facebook" which is a much more organized, less crap, mature networking site.

Most college students who go somewhere that doesn't have "the facebook" uses MySpace for their networking stuff. It can be useful for those people, and also as mentioned above, for bands. It's similar to purevolume in that effect of being able to post your music and network to people who might be interested in listening to it. But, more often than not, My Space pages are crapily (bright, annnoying colors) thrown together by highschoolers.
BigJon
10-04-2005, 09:19 PM
Myspace is teh glitchy.
Cheesypuff
10-04-2005, 11:17 PM
www.myspace.com/cheesypuff =)
Nija
10-05-2005, 12:42 AM
My brother runs the server farm for myspace :)

I don't myspace, but some (read: a lot) of my co-workers are addicted.
Freelance Superhero
10-05-2005, 01:15 AM
eh, what the hell... here, have a look at mine:

http://www.myspace.com/asparaguspee


i think you'll find, by the content i've filled out, how seriously i take this site. i was invited a while back, but i don't usually log in unless i get a random friend request or comment or something. my little 17-year-old cousin and his friends, however, seem to enjoy it.
WhiskeyPapa
10-05-2005, 06:34 AM
Both my wife an I are on MySpace. We initially got on to keep up with our kids and their friends. I swear, we learned more about what was going on in their lives by reading their blogs than they'll ever tell us...
Grimm
10-05-2005, 09:29 AM
Both my wife an I are on MySpace. We initially got on to keep up with our kids and their friends. I swear, we learned more about what was going on in their lives by reading their blogs than they'll ever tell us...
WhiskeyPapa, I disagree with you on a whole lot of things, but you are a damn good parent.

A friend of mine asked me about leting his 13 year old daughter use MySpace. I strongly recommended against it. Without active supervision it would be a disaster waiting to happen. Basicaly it's a bunch of kids you don't know socializing with your child. Growing up, if my parents didn't know a kid and his parents, I wasn't allowed to go out and do things with them. I think it was a good rule.
ialsohaveadream
10-05-2005, 05:54 PM
WhiskeyPapa, I disagree with you on a whole lot of things, but you are a damn good parent.
:stupid: Although I think I've said that before. Same with Markel...I may disagree with you guys about politics, etc. but no denying that you're both some damn fine parents.
attgig
10-05-2005, 07:35 PM
Growing up, if my parents didn't know a kid and his parents, I wasn't allowed to go out and do things with them. I think it was a good rule.


we're not in kansas anymore grimm...




i'm not a parent, but dude, i think the parenting skills that were used on us aren't going to fly in this new world.... (making the asumption that you too are in your 20's and don't have any kids yet)
ialsohaveadream
10-05-2005, 08:00 PM
we're not in kansas anymore grimm...

i'm not a parent, but dude, i think the parenting skills that were used on us aren't going to fly in this new world.... (making the asumption that you too are in your 20's and don't have any kids yet)
Um, no...I think that rule can still be pulled off. My parents had a similar rule, and I know some younger parents that have the same rule for their kids.

The world really isn't that new, sorry.
attgig
10-05-2005, 09:42 PM
go out and do things...yeah, i'm with ya. but in talking with strangers on the net...like to shady people on got apex.... try enforcing that one when we're on here all the time... :-P
ShawnLee
10-05-2005, 11:03 PM
go out and do things...yeah, i'm with ya. but in talking with strangers on the net...like to shady people on got apex.... try enforcing that one when we're on here all the time... :-PNormally I'd agree with IAHAD on this point, but you made a great reference to us here.

I joined up with G|A when I was about eighteen, or nineteen? Whatever.

PWird, Yoss, Hang10, etc. They joined pre-age of majority. How many of their parents monitored their online behaviors? They're lucky they weren't (all that) stupid and there aren't any predators here.

It's actually pretty scary if you think of it.
mcs328
10-06-2005, 06:43 AM
eh, what the hell... here, have a look at mine:

http://www.myspace.com/asparaguspee


i think you'll find, by the content i've filled out, how seriously i take this site. i was invited a while back, but i don't usually log in unless i get a random friend request or comment or something. my little 17-year-old cousin and his friends, however, seem to enjoy it.

That's so weird....your handle or username is asparaguspee? Hmm...I would have gone with pineapplepee but to each their own. :)
ialsohaveadream
10-06-2005, 08:20 AM
Normally I'd agree with IAHAD on this point, but you made a great reference to us here.

I joined up with G|A when I was about eighteen, or nineteen? Whatever.

Ah yes, but your parents are not of the internet generation. You are. Come back to the Dark Side, Shawn. ;)
Freelance Superhero
10-06-2005, 11:11 AM
That's so weird....your handle or username is asparaguspee? Hmm...I would have gone with pineapplepee but to each their own. :)
if you've ever peed after eating asparagus, then you'll know why i chose that particular vegetable.
esme
10-10-2005, 03:00 PM
GIRL MURDERED from a guy she met on MYSPACE .....

Taylor Behl, a student from Virginia, has been found murdered. Her body turned up yesterday in a shallow grave and was confirmed to be that of Taylor Behl. The prime suspect, Ben Fawley claims to be an amateur photographer and is being held by authorities. She has a MySpace page and to see the comments from people while she was missing right up to finding the body is pretty sad and intense. Keep in mind that there are over 30 million people on this network so the odds are pretty good that you'll interact with some psychos and possibly some predators along the way (male or female). Just be careful and use common sense especially if you are female. I know 1st hand the amount of e-mails that women get every single day, half from guys posing as amateur photographers.
This's sad. Don't ever meet guys alone! Come on..

Check out her My Space profile, which is still up and all the comments her friends have been leaving her from the day she disappeared up until today.

www.myspace.com/doowop

Here is the story on the News:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171446,00.html
http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/taylor_behl/3.html

Not sure if she really did meet this guy on myspace but either way be careful w/your kids & who they talk to! ......
Grimm
10-10-2005, 04:07 PM
So, hot girl dates exciting psycho and gets killed? Sounds like natural selection to me. Moth to the flame... :(
Thesifer
10-11-2005, 06:20 PM
Well here is my most recent.. "Message" from someone on myspace..

"hi, i'm a guy in san diego, and i saw your profile online. would you be interested in receiving some head? some straight dudes let guys do that, i do not mean any offense. it would be discreet, and i am generous."

Take from that what you will..
ialsohaveadream
10-11-2005, 06:21 PM
"hi, i'm a guy in san diego, and i saw your profile online. would you be interested in receiving some head? some straight dudes let guys do that, i do not mean any offense. it would be discreet, and i am generous."

Take from that what you will..
Ok, I take that as meaning you'll be busy this weekend. :)
Thesifer
10-11-2005, 06:49 PM
haha.. already have a girlfriend that does that for me.. and dont care if she is discreet or not.. so.. No.. But I can give you his myspace if you want..
Freelance Superhero
10-11-2005, 09:27 PM
hmm... well, he is currently sporting the proper avatar for that... :bandit:

EDIT:
bah, nevermind... he changed it.