myspace on dateline

[cougar78]

Msnbc myspace story

Shannon Sullivan: I honestly just thought it was my friends looking at it. Which is why Shannon disclosed so much on her space. She put her name, her address, and where she went to school? everything about how to find Shannon was on that site.

Aside from those of you who hate Myspace already, what do the rest of you think of this story? Any of you have kids old enough and found them with a page on Myspace or another social networking site?

 

[gigapet]

if parents would do some parenting this wouldnt be an issue /thread

 

[Cooler]

most parents these days dont know what myspace is or what it leads to.....
if i ever have kids im going make my compute boot up with a bios password and i will only enter it for my kids and i will watch them like a hawk untill they log off. Basicly no computer till i get home.

 

[acemcmac]

:laugh: Darwin @ work.

 

[LookingGlass]

Originally posted by: Cooler
most parents these days dont know what myspace is or what it leads to.....

Probably so, maybe, hopefully, this will help some parents. Hell educate the damn kids too, about these dangers. It never changes, kids think they are immune to harm. Think again.

 

[bobbybe01]

Kids do the darndest and stupidest things.

 

[MrDudeMan]

i dont like myspace because it seems like the only people who use it have either emotional issues or...emotional issues. facebook isnt as stupid but its not too far away either. at least facebook has an organized, professional looking interface. myspace looks like a 12 year old with dreamweaver made it.

 

[Chiropteran]

Seriously, I am sitting here at work, which is located at 1807 Lynn St Arlington VA 22209, suite 1100, wondering how people can be so stupid. I would never post the fact that I arrive at work at 9am or leave work at 7pm, and certainly wouldn't give out my home adress which is 6704 old dominion drive mclean va 22101.

 

[LookingGlass]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Seriously, I am sitting here at work, which is located at 1807 Lynn St Arlington VA 22209, suite 1100, wondering how people can be so stupid. I would never post the fact that I arrive at work at 9am or leave work at 7pm, and certainly wouldn't give out my home adress which is 6704 old dominion drive mclean va 22101.

lol, you attention whore you.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Seriously, I am sitting here at work, which is located at 1807 Lynn St Arlington VA 22209, suite 1100, wondering how people can be so stupid. I would never post the fact that I arrive at work at 9am or leave work at 7pm, and certainly wouldn't give out my home adress which is 6704 old dominion drive mclean va 22101.

lets do lunch I'll pick you up around 12:15?

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th
i dont like myspace because it seems like the only people who use it have either emotional issues or...emotional issues. facebook isnt as stupid but its not too far away either. at least facebook has an organized, professional looking interface. myspace looks like a 12 year old with dreamweaver made it.

Which is why I actively f*cking refuse to make a MySpace profile against the wishes of some dimwit friends. I will not be forced to learn CSS/HTML all over again to open up a door for stalkers, anyone I need to know me already knows all that I'd put up in the profile, and if I want to meet anyone new I'll try a thing I call "going outside"

 

[GT1999]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Seriously, I am sitting here at work, which is located at 1807 Lynn St Arlington VA 22209, suite 1100, wondering how people can be so stupid. I would never post the fact that I arrive at work at 9am or leave work at 7pm, and certainly wouldn't give out my home adress which is 6704 old dominion drive mclean va 22101.

You forgot your work and cell # along with social security number. ;-)

 

[cougar78]

I think that some people who aren't very tech savvy just take the head in the sand approach unfortunately. Instead of making an effort to learn more about computers to help better monitor their childrens activities, they just assume everything is ok until they accidently come across something. It's defintely the reactive approach rather then proactive.

" Darwin @ work. "
I'm sorry but generalizing this to kids deserving what they get is a bit much. No matter how naive or stupid a kid is, they don't deserve the fate that some have met.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: cougar78
No matter how naive or stupid a kid is, they don't deserve the fate that some have met.

That's what you call Darwin missing when he aims for the parents of said illfated kids

 

[Cooler]

I know some guys at work younger then me going to myspace to meet girls i warn them that most are under age!

 

[cougar78]

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th
i dont like myspace because it seems like the only people who use it have either emotional issues or...emotional issues. facebook isnt as stupid but its not too far away either. at least facebook has an organized, professional looking interface. myspace looks like a 12 year old with dreamweaver made it.

LOL, I don't completely disagree with you about this. However, myself, I have a limited number of friends because I only chat with friends I know outside of Myspace. Mostly, it's old high school friends I don't live anywhere near anymore I chat with.

 

[LookingGlass]

Originally posted by: cougar78
I think that some people who aren't very tech savvy just take the head in the sand approach unfortunately. Instead of making an effort to learn more about computers to help better monitor their childrens activities, they just assume everything is ok until they accidently come across something. It's defintely the reactive approach rather then proactive.

" Darwin @ work. "
I'm sorry but generalizing this to kids deserving what they get is a bit much. No matter how naive or stupid a kid is, they don't deserve the fate that some have met.

I agree, no kid deserve that kind of fate.

 

[BriGy86]

i think right now if you have your age set at 15 or under, your profile isn't viewable by people except ones on your buddy list

they should probably change that to age 17 or under

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: sheik124

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th
i dont like myspace because it seems like the only people who use it have either emotional issues or...emotional issues. facebook isnt as stupid but its not too far away either. at least facebook has an organized, professional looking interface. myspace looks like a 12 year old with dreamweaver made it.

Which is why I actively f*cking refuse to make a MySpace profile against the wishes of some dimwit friends. I will not be forced to learn CSS/HTML all over again to open up a door for stalkers, anyone I need to know me already knows all that I'd put up in the profile, and if I want to meet anyone new I'll try a thing I call "going outside"

social networking clearly isnt for you then.

 

[pulse8]

The only reason I like myspace is because it's allowed me to get back into touch with people that I normally would have never spoken to again.

 

[PingSpike]

Amazing that dateline was able to break this tough story...Kids are stupid!
What a scoop!

 

[MBrown]

My parents don't let my sister do myspace anymore, but she still does it.

 

[eminemrh25]

I'm 16yr old btw

People are stupid..

not only the parents but the kids and any retard that falls for that "I'll meet you in a dark alley, I'm in the black ghetto van" crap

Seriously, I use my space... The worse thing you can find out is when I was born and my real name... Wow... That isn't hard to look up.. Hey, grab a copy of the whitepages, you got tons of first and last names? Feel like knowing birthdays? There are a bunch of online services that provide that info, plus more...

Who give a $h!t if someone lies to them online... I know more than half of the members in Anandtech Lie all the times in their posts...

Pictures of kids drinking? For all you know, I poured sprite in an Absolut Bottle and was drinking it from there...

 

[broon]

Originally posted by: gigapet
if parents would do some parenting this wouldnt be an issue /thread

Best thing I've ever heard you say.

 

[statik213]

Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Seriously, I am sitting here at work, which is located at 1807 Lynn St Arlington VA 22209, suite 1100, wondering how people can be so stupid. I would never post the fact that I arrive at work at 9am or leave work at 7pm, and certainly wouldn't give out my home adress which is 6704 old dominion drive mclean va 22101.

You forgot your work and cell # along with social security number. ;-)

bank acct and routing number?