thoughts on myspace

[Nawaid Ladak]

Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

Just as an aside, here's a draft of the House resolution, which would "ban" MySpace. (Dated May 9^th; it may have changed since then.)

Note this definition:That covers a whole lot of the internet. And it puts a great burden on the people and organizations who would be forced to implement the protections outlined in the resolution—librarians, for example.

But it's not outlawing the service itself, as was previously suggested. That's very probably unconstitutional.

Tell tom to get a new website

www.myspace.ca
www.myspace.co.uk

those are all good options to buy out
it's not like you have to have Bandwidth and servers in the US.
Try Niagra Falls Canada...... It's close enoguh to be legel lol

and anyways, doesn't this break the 1st amendment. FREE SPEACH even on the net. maybe have a disclaimer when you first go on that directs you to the Terms and Conditions of www.myspace.com

there, thats my $0.02

[Donut]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Why do they block ChiefDelphi at school? Because they are scared that you might learn more here than what they can teach you?

Actually, Chief Delphi is currently blocked because it is a "message forum" (despite the fact it somehow misses proboards forums). When they used an earlier blocker (I think it was back in 2004 or so) it was blocked because the word "balls" appears too many times

Anyway, my whole take on the myspace debacle is it was a good idea to start with, and now it's just gotten kind of silly. And it has no place in any school.

[xzvrw2]

I am not saying that innocent children don't get kidnapped, but most of the kids that got kidnapped and raped from myspace, that i have seen on the news, have shown that they are 18 have 10 pounds of makeup on, and go looking for guys they don't know. Those are most of the kidnappings and rapes from myspace, that i have seen on the news here. If it is different where you are then please inform me, but from all i herd is that it has only been those kid of girls.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by xzvrw2

I am not saying that innocent children don't get kidnapped, but most of the kids that got kidnapped and raped from myspace, that i have seen on the news, have shown that they are 18 have 10 pounds of makeup on, and go looking for guys they don't know. Those are most of the kidnappings and rapes from myspace, that i have seen on the news here. If it is different where you are then please inform me, but from all i herd is that it has only been those kid of girls.

Why does it matter what kind of girls it is, exactly?

[Greg Perkins]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

Why does it matter what kind of girls it is, exactly?

I dont think it nessesarily depends on the "girl" its more of the actions that are taken to get themselves into "hotwater". Since we are talking about girls (and my cousin is a glowing example of this), they don't have common sense about the internet. They think its all funny when they get talking to someone, and it's usually just a big joke..until it goes horribly wrong. My cousin, was 17 and attending highschool, she met this 26 year old man, and the day she turned 18 she never returned home. Her foster parents had a big party all setup, and when she NEVER showed up they got concerend. The police put out an APB across the US, and about 2 weeks later she recieved a call from a payphone in Las Vegas. She and her "boyfriend" met up at the school, and they drove across country. Now there was nothing to be done legally since she was 18 and the foster parents had no custody after she turned 18 so she's now living on the run with a strange man. The internet is serious ladies (and gents) don't EVER give out your informatoin unless you know the person directly.

[Ryan Dognaux]

The first reason I ever got on Myspace at all was for the music function of it.

And it's great. It's a really good way to find bands that aren't mainstream or just haven't been 'discovered' yet.

And I'll just say this about people putting private and personal information out on the internet for the public to see - it's not the smartest thing to do. People have to use discression in these matters. Is it the fault of the kid who posted racey pictures of himself or herself on MySpace? Partly. You can't do things like that in the society that we live in. It's common sense, or rather a lack of it that's leading to this. However, one can't place the blame fully on these people. They're on a social networking website to do one thing - socialize. The internet is full of disgusting, perverted, and just plain messed up people. And I'm sorry to say this - it always will be.

If you're a person on the internet these days you have to look out for yourself and know what you're doing. Especially if you're a kid.