Advice for Son/Daughter On Removing Internet Content?

[Red Storm]

My 16-year old son and I were playing TF2 together. Our computer desks are right next to each other. He gets killed by some other player and Type All's "Fuck You".

I have no idea what's running through this kid's head. I would have never, and still don't, swore in front of my father. As you can imagine that didn't sit well with me.

Was he a Scout? Pyro?

 

[Murloc]

It's not that I don't believe people can change but a radical perspective/politeness shift at the point of job-hunting strikes me as a little too convenient.

who said heshe changed?
Heshe wants to delete those posts because heshe knows hisher views in plain sight will do himher no good during a job search, not because heshe doesn't believe in them anymore.

My 16-year old son and I were playing TF2 together. Our computer desks are right next to each other. He gets killed by some other player and Type All's "Fuck You".

I have no idea what's running through this kid's head. I would have never, and still don't, swore in front of my father. As you can imagine that didn't sit well with me.

yeah that's weird, I mean plenty of angsty teens do that, but in front of your father?
You got a nice cat to peel right there.

 

[Paul98]

hmmm, someone wants to wipe "their son/daughter" from the internet. This coming just slightly after all this talk about NSA online snooping programs... hahaha

 

[jagec]

Go to /b/ and post "Hey, I've seen you guys posting some info about my Son/Daughter <name> and I'm warning you that you'd better stop now! If you don't immediately take this information off of the internet, I will contact the authorities. Don't mess with me."

That is the best way to remove information permanently from the internet.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

If you don't want it to bite you in the ass...don't post it.

That's one of the best lessons your kids can ever be taught.

This man speaks of the truth.

 

[momeNt]

If you see this picture, please delete it.

Whatever pictures, or content you have that you'd like to remove, try that taking that message to as many boards as possible. Eventually it will all be gone.

 

[Markbnj]

If you see this picture, please delete it.

Whatever pictures, or content you have that you'd like to remove, try that taking that message to as many boards as possible. Eventually it will all be gone.

The way to get rid of the content is to repost it on as many boards as possible? Did I miss something, or was there supposed to be a somewhere?

 

[momeNt]

The way to get rid of the content is to repost it on as many boards as possible? Did I miss something, or was there supposed to be a somewhere?

It's a 4chan meme over a guy who had a self-sucking picture on the internet

 

[uclaLabrat]

My 16-year old son and I were playing TF2 together. Our computer desks are right next to each other. He gets killed by some other player and Type All's "Fuck You".

I have no idea what's running through this kid's head. I would have never, and still don't, swore in front of my father. As you can imagine that didn't sit well with me.

I swear in front of both my parents like a drunken sailor on leave, and have since I was 18...and they do as well.

 

[OverVolt]

Facebook is kind of interesting. Imagine Facebook existed in 1970, 1980 etc. and its plastered with anti-gay posts all up and down your wall (back when for example, AIDs just broke out among the gay community, it was 100% fatal and no one knew how it was transmitted) and fast forward 30 years to today and anyone can go back and see what you thought before LGBT's started getting more equality.

20-30 years from now people are going to think you are dumb for the way you think now. Facebook seems to like to archive everything forever.

 

[CPA]

I swear in front of both my parents like a drunken sailor on leave, and have since I was 18...and they do as well.

Good for you. I don't think it's appropriate in my house.

 

[CPA]

Go to /b/ and post "Hey, I've seen you guys posting some info about my Son/Daughter <name> and I'm warning you that you'd better stop now! If you don't immediately take this information off of the internet, I will contact the authorities. Don't mess with me."

That is the best way to remove information permanently from the internet.

Or the consequences will never be the same.

 

[dank69]

I think Ellis is a pretty common last name. You are probably worried for nothing.

 

[slag]

Good for you. I don't think it's appropriate in my house.

But it's probably appropriate in his trailer. Stop judging him.

:sneaky:

 

[jagec]

Facebook is kind of interesting. Imagine Facebook existed in 1970, 1980 etc. and its plastered with anti-gay posts all up and down your wall (back when for example, AIDs just broke out among the gay community, it was 100% fatal and no one knew how it was transmitted) and fast forward 30 years to today and anyone can go back and see what you thought before LGBT's started getting more equality.

20-30 years from now people are going to think you are dumb for the way you think now. Facebook seems to like to archive everything forever.

Hmm, well, if in another 50 years Facebook makes it so that old people can't pretend that "kids these days" are worse than they ever were back in the "good ol' days", maybe it actually does hold some value for humanity.

 

[sourceninja]

The best bet is to do positive things so when people search for your child they find those and not the negative stuff.

Start a blog, post about charities and volunteer work, do some SEO to move it up the ratings.

 

[Markbnj]

It's a 4chan meme over a guy who had a self-sucking picture on the internet

Haha, someone actually did that? Reposting an image all over to get it deleted, I mean. I don't care about the self-sucking part. I mean, good for him or whatever. Sounds like an interesting talent.

 

[AreaCode707]

who said heshe changed?

The OP seems to be claiming that his shemale progeny deserves help because of a change of heart :
"some of the posts seem dogmatic and even inflammatory, which S/D now realizes."

Like regret about past actions erases is justification for erasing them.

Heshe wants to delete those posts because heshe knows hisher views in plain sight will do himher no good during a job search, not because heshe doesn't believe in them anymore.

That's exactly my point.

 

[rockyct]

If it's that horrible and that much of it is out there and easily found in Google and tied to him/her, the only option really is a name change. I'm assuming these dozen posts are truly horrible and beyond the area of youthful stupidity.

Other than that, it's a life lesson of living with your actions. I still wonder how likely it is for potential employers to find these post and tie them to your child before they are hired.

 

[Jumpem]

Examples of the dogmatic and inflammatory?

 

[heymrdj]

How about he/she/it works for someone with their beliefs and doesn't trample all over their moral compass. Geez, you're doing great at raising a spineless bastard.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Backtrace the websites hosting your son's pedo hentai fetish and destroy the servers with fire.

 

[Zeze]

Even aside from all this, why is the dad even worried about the stupid crap the kids spew on internet nowadays?

Is he paranoid? Kids today on internet say the stupidest crap ALL THE TIME. BY THE TRILLIONS. No one will EVER know or trace it back to their kids.

OP is either:

1) Little bit delusional, overprotective, and paranoid

2) OP's kids indeed made truly exceptional remarks while stupid enough to identify themselves on internet (like an active blog of hating blacks + their name & location, etc).

I think 1).