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Re: thoughts on myspace
I'll admit it, I've got a myspace account; Do I whore myself out to be somebody I'm not? No. Do I post partially nude pictures of myself? No. Would I ever post incriminating evidence against myself that could possibly pin me to certain crimes or my job? NO.
I'm 21 now, so alcohol is not as "cool" as it was to drink when i was underage, but those 16-20 year olds who post their pictures of themselves at college keggers need an eye opening. One of my friends did something illegal at college, and wrote a blog about it on his Myspace with pictures; this blog was used as evidence against him in a student council hearing. This kid was eventually thrown out of the dorms for his actions, think of what it would do in the "real world".
On the same matters, did anybody see that news piece about the 23 year old apprentice to an attorney who had nude pictures of himself on his site, and the HR dept. of his firm found these out and canned him. Apparently this kid had like a 4.0 in college and was Valedictorian in his High School, and all because of bad common sense, he lost his potential for a great future. Sure there are other firms out there, but his character is now tarnished.
I use Myspace to see what my friends have on their mind, to read their blogs, and nothing more. I have a few bands on my friends list, and about 7-8 people i don't know on my list. EVERYBODY else are people I know in real life that I met through FIRST or met in Scouting.
IMHO, Myspace.com needs to initiate a credit card verification system, one that will not charge the user, but will be used to verify. It works on other sites, why not Myspace. I would have no issue with giving away my CC information if it meant 12 year old children could not make their profiles; the way I see it, if i can save one person through my actions I would feel accomplished.
On a side note, the radio station I listen to every morning had an internet crimes officer do a segment, and gave some programs parents can use to track their kid's internet activities. On of the neatest things he said was this one software actually keeps a record of every keystroke you input into ANY website. and it's relatively impossible to go around. But this is the parent's responsibility; and nobody has to tell me that parenting has gone down the crapper since my parents were children. Common sense is all these parents must teach their kids, meeting someone from the internet (albeit a safe site lie this) is just plain DUMB. You can't really "meet" the person through the internet, all your meeting is their text.
Let's all understand that Myspace is not going away, so instead of saying it should, lets stand up for the protection of Myspace and make it great.
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