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MySpace removes 200,000 objectionable profiles to calm teen safety fears
news.ft.com — MySpaceMySpace.com, the fast-growing community website hugely popular with American teens, has removed 200,000 “objectionable” profiles from its site as it steps up efforts to calm fears about the safety of the network for young users.
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- ElectroOverlord, on 10/12/2007, -33/+161They will remove any profile you ask them to if you can find proof in the profile of them being under 16. It almost turned into a hobby for me. I would go ahead and msg the user first to tell them that they had been reported. The responses back were comedy gold. Big sisters and brothers would come back threatening to kick my ass. So I would have them deleted for the threats.
Then the kids came running faster and in more numbers so I ran back to the safety of a adult world. I really don't like Emo music tha much to battle on.- DeadPain, on 10/12/2007, -110/+28Very mature.... are you 14? You crak me up
- andywirtanen, on 10/12/2007, -9/+108Nice hobby.
I prefer kayaking. - frankthomas, on 10/12/2007, -44/+37I dugg this article just for ElectroOverord's comment, that is ***** holarious. I too find great enjoyment in pissing silly emo kids off
- betasp, on 10/12/2007, -13/+50Funny, I do the same thing with ebay and high shipping prices ($50+ for ground shipping a cell phone is nuts).
- jhub908, on 10/12/2007, -37/+14hahaha i don't know why that's so funny but it is definitely, without a doubt hilarious.
the only thing i don't understand is why can you pick your age to be 14 then? - justice7, on 10/12/2007, -37/+23ok, maybe i'm behind the times.. but WTF is emo anyway? (im 24)...
heard the term lots, and assuming emo music is along the lines of good charlotte/my chemical romance?
bunch of garbage if you ask me. bring on the metallica. no one cares about those kids anyway.. they'll die off first anyway , they aren't very good at maintaining themselves in society.
ha ha. - eHardOn, on 10/12/2007, -43/+6..nice work, dumbass. How are we gonna sell Web 2.0 without the childrenzzz? I want to get rich. Again. I want my crack dealer and pimp on speed dial. Again.
- betasp, on 10/12/2007, -16/+12Here is a link about emo music... I didn't know either.
http://www.fourfa.com/ - lightningrod220, on 10/12/2007, -15/+31@justice7
"emo" is short for emotional... also refers to depressed, goth-like, or just generally the weepy, teen-crush type personality that queeny guys and clingy immature girls have. At least, that's how I've seen it used. - justice7, on 10/12/2007, -14/+22@lightningrod220
thanks for the info .. unfortunately for those teens, they'll realize one day when they hit, oh about 19... that they were just downright wasting their time. Maybe I don't get it... but a pity me i'm a poor emo child doesn't get you very far. When i was a teen, rebelling meant listening to oldschool KoRn and Slayer.... lol ..
how did teens switch from "I hate the world" to "the world hates me" ? :P - EricB, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2Emo is dead. Very Dead. All this crap now is just for estranged children to listen to so that we can continue to pick on them. And why in the world is Myspace deleting accounts news?
- popularme, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1awww *****!! i'm going to do this too!!
hahahahahahah - ebob, on 10/12/2007, -21/+4I haven't heard any good new music in a long time. I await the return of Lou Bega.
- SashaNein, on 10/12/2007, -21/+16"I would go ahead and msg the user first to tell them that they had been reported. The responses back were comedy gold. Big sisters and brothers would come back threatening to kick my ass. So I would have them deleted for the threats."
I'm sorry, but you're nothing more than an attention whore. Report them and be done with it. Get a new hobby otherwise. - willistg, on 10/12/2007, -14/+13"When i was a teen, rebelling meant listening to oldschool KoRn and Slayer.... lol .. "
That's new Jack.
Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Kennedys got me through junior high and high school.
KoRn is emo++ by the way. As in "theworldhatesmecuzI'mcrazeeeeee" - kitykity, on 10/12/2007, -6/+27I thought Emo was a little red muppet... I guess I'm too old for this thread.
- iShBuu, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2Thank you for helping to fight the good fight!
- sulaco, on 10/12/2007, -9/+22"When i was a teen, rebelling meant listening to oldschool KoRn"
Oldschool Korn? Dude, I think you still are a teenager. - reaver, on 10/12/2007, -14/+5Get a life.
- Wavey, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6"Emo is short for emotional."
As if no other form or genre of music expresses emotion.
And worse is that the only emotion that Emo seems to want to express is "oh, woe is me, my life sucks, the world sucks, angst, angst, pain, mope, pain, angst, death, and oh did I mention Angst?" - mistershawn, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3For an academic analysis of emo culture and sociological behavior, you should check out the "Emo Farm" documentary.
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=10663 [full link]
http://www.captainweenie.com/EFmed.mov [direct .mov link] - Seumas, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3""emo" is short for emotional... also refers to depressed, goth-like, or just generally the weepy, teen-crush type personality that queeny guys and clingy immature girls have. At least, that's how I've seen it used."
"Emo" has NOTHING to do with GOTH. What a terrible, *terrible* generalization. That's like saying numetal is Classic Rock. - Seumas, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7"As if no other form or genre of music expresses emotion.
And worse is that the only emotion that Emo seems to want to express is "oh, woe is me, my life sucks, the world sucks, angst, angst, pain, mope, pain, angst, death, and oh did I mention Angst?""
Emo is about 30 year old grown-ass-men crying about how their mommy didn't by them their favorite transformer toy when they were eight years old. - br0ken1128, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8oldschool korn means he must still be a teen? are you kidding me?
Korn came out in 1994 .. 12 years ago .. even if you're 30 now, you were a teen back when korn debuted .. - br0ken1128, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4I will say for the record that for me, it was oldschool nine inch nails that I listened to ;)
- definiteform, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3You pretty much summed it up in one little paragraph. My hat is off to you sir.
- mattyG, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10i wish my lawn was emo so it would cut itself
- kunit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1that is awesome, i want to do that too, i got a couple of threats on myspace as well
- ek3s, on 10/12/2007, -9/+45What profile on MySpace isn't objectionable?
- andywirtanen, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16http://myspace.com/simplenation
- DEFSMAC, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10this is nothing new, and is nothing more than naive parents not knowing about/how something works, and thinking it inevitably evil. in the 50's congress actually held hearings because parents thought comics were warping young children's minds. then it was " turn off that evil rock 'n roll heavy metal music." myspace is just the next big over exaggerated "evil." it will pass, then down the road there will indelibly be something else we must protect the children from
- eHardOn, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3http://www.google.com/search?q=%22white+power%22+site%3Amyspace.com
- jerbaker, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12Your grammar is strange. Kinda like Beavis and Butthead when they say things like, "sexual interstate." You are using words that sound kinda right, but they're the wrong words in the sentences you are using them in.
"and thinking it inevitably evil"
That doesn't even make sense. Inevitable means that the result of something is a definite thing, a foregone conclusion. I think the word you are wanting here is something like "ultimately."
"down the road there will indelibly be something else we must protect the children from"
THIS is where you should use "inevitably." Indelible means "impossible to erase."
The parents may not understand how myspace.com works, but kids are having a hard time with basic English. It's sad. - Cerberus047, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1as long as they dont delete my favorite one!!
http://www.myspace.com/sexywitch1 - Dog_Paddle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1OH MY GOD KEVIN LISTENS TO BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
One of the best bands ever - kunit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1that is so true, even my page is "objectional" its full of cussing and making fun of people
- themeparkphoto, on 10/12/2007, -21/+6Hey! They removed my profile!
- IHaveIssues, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18Those kids have a whacked out sense of entitlement if you tell them they can't do something. How about they make friends in the world outside their basement? That just might help with their social phobia issues.
- TimHasAGayfro, on 10/12/2007, -13/+7Wait...What's the outside?
- aplardi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Well that's nice. They do have rules but the problem was in my experience that nobody kept them that well. Or they were easy to get around.
Doesn't mean I'll use the site, but it is a respectful thing for them to do. - badbox, on 10/12/2007, -10/+44I absolutely despise any action that's done "for the children."
It's the internet. Tell their goddamn parents to watch them better if there's that much of a worry.
The end.
What's also stupid is the only way to have your profile 100% private is to set your age under 15. I know people in their mid-20's who don't really care to have other people looking at their stuff other than friends, so they set a low age.
I'm sure there was a blanket wipe, without actual age verification. How retarded. Then again, their developers are complete ***** idiots. The site's coding is ***** and always constantly ***** up. I guess that's what happens when you hire script kiddies to try and create a stable system.- pimpybra, on 10/12/2007, -9/+6THANK YOU. Seriously, their interface is horrible, and just using it is a friggin nightmare.
Sure! Friends can leave you a comment on your profile, but you can't reply to them, unless you reply to them on THEIR profile. (Only friends can post on your profile, and you can't be your own friend) Screw context! - Houdini91, on 10/12/2007, -18/+15I'm so sick of the same old "The parents should watch their kids closer" excuse. These comments are always made by people who AREN'T parent, especially a parent of a teenager.
It's impossible to watch your kids 24/7, especially when they are teenagers. Am I supposed to monitor the music they listen to in their room, get up every hour to make sure they don't get on the internet at night, go with them whenever they go out with friends, etc?
I talk to my kids and try to make sure they understand the dangers associated with certain actions, and I certainly try to keep tabs on the websites they browse, etc, but the fact is parents can't watch their kids 24/7. Parents need to have a life too. - manitcor, on 10/12/2007, -6/+21You hit the nail on the head. Its up to the parents. NO you cant watch your kids 24/7 but it is up to the parents to teach the kids to have some common sence. If you havent taught your kid well enough to understand its not a good idea to meet a complete stranger from the internet on a saturday night in a secluded area then what are you doing as a parent? Apperently not enough. Leave it to the parents to protect thier children. Its not the goverment nor the corporations job to do so.
Doesnt matter to me anyway, MySpace is so stupid its not even funny. - EricAnderton, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11"The site's coding is ***** and always constantly ***** up. I guess that's what happens when you hire script kiddies to try and create a stable system."
Amen.
My first glimpse of myspace was when I looked over my wife's shoulder as she was reviewing her myspace page. My first reaction was "Oh god, that template is horrible - what did you do to the page?!". When she replied "nothing, that's how it is", I asked her to refresh it a few times to make sure the ads weren't screwing with the layout. I was flabbergasted that such a piece of trash could have such a massive userbase.
Design wise, it makes timecube.org look like the Sistine Chapel. - twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Here's the deal...anytime the government (or any controlling organization) wants to convince the masses that a law or tax or idea is good for them, the bring out the "for the good of the children" banner.
What would normally fall by the wayside is suddenly 100 times stronger because "it's good for the children." That's why we got "1000 points of light" (GHW Bush 1989), "Goals 2000" (B Clinton 2000), and "No Child Left
Behind" (GW Bush 2004).
These were all ways of selling tax increase plans that had very little to do with schools or children. But when they were introduced this way, people went crazy to approve a tax budget or vote for tax bills that normally would've failed.
cool huh? - badbox, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10@Houdini91
"Parents should watch their kids closer" is not an excuse. It's a responsibility that you put yourself in the day you had kids.
See, parents want to have their cake and eat it too. They want to use their position as a crutch to pass blame.
No, you can't monitor your kids 24/7, nor should you ever because they have their own life. They are their own conscious mind that needs to learn and grow in this world, and while you can guide them to the right direction, nothing prepares them for reality.
Then again, what exactly happens when their child falls victim to someone over something like AOL or MySpace? Parents throw a bitch fit and blame someone else for not taking extra measures in watching their kid and instead take out their frustration by pointing a finger to blame others. It's your job to teach your child how to hold their own for the times when you can't be around.
I'm sick of this mentality of failed parenting. So seriously, if you suck as a parent, then ***** your children. I'm sick of hearing about it.
There comes a point in your life where you put your kid to the test. Did you do a good job as a parent? Yeah, you might talk to them about dangers, but did it REALLY get through their head? Do you have faith in your parenting? If so, let them be; you have nothing to worry about. If not... then deal with the consequences if/when something happens and do NOT point the finger!
I know parents don't like to hear this, but if your 14 year old daughter agrees to meet a 30 year old man for sex, it's either your child's fault or your own. Problems like this have existed long before I was born, and the internet has been popular for over a decade, so there's really no reason or excuse for it other than "stupid kids" or "failed parental guidance". - Charlotte_Web, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Part of this "responsible parenting" that the kids are speaking of in this thread DOES INCLUDE being socially and politically active on your kids behalf. You can only do so much to teach your kids right and wrong, but you can also work to make the world a better place for them to grow up in.
When I come across MySpace profiles that cross the line, you bet I report them. - Houdini91, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7@badbox
It's not really that we are looking for someone to blame. The thing is, I would make sure not to leave my 12 or 13 year old daughter alone with any guy I don't know very well. If she was 16 or 17 then it's a different matter as they should be mature enough to fully understand what I've taught them. But at 12 or 13 she's just not socially mature enough to always realize if some 30 year old guy is just being friendly or trying to get in her pants.
But the internet makes it SO much tougher, because she can talk to these guys alone without even leaving the house. She could become fast friends with him before she even realizes his age. He could have told her he was 13 and convinced her to meet him some place.
Sure, talking to your kids can help to avoid these situations, and it's the responsibility of every parent to do so. But the bottom line is, if she's 12 or 13 and thinks she's in love with this guy or something, then she might not listen to me. It's unfortunate, but as we all know kids don't always listen to parents.
The role of the parent is to not ONLY talk to your kids about sex, drugs, drinking, etc, but also make sure they aren't exposed to these things at TOO young of an age. Instead you try to keep them away from such things until they are old and mature enough to fully understand what you taught them. And at that point you just hope and pray you've done a good job raising them. - Seumas, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5"It's impossible to watch your kids 24/7, especially when they are teenagers. Am I supposed to monitor the music they listen to in their room, get up every hour to make sure they don't get on the internet at night, go with them whenever they go out with friends, etc?"
You're the one who squirted out a kid. Nobody else. Stop putting blame or responsibility on other people. Stop ***** whining. It is YOUR responsibility. NOBODY ELSE'S. We are not obligated to change the world because YOU can not manage to handle your kids. FURTHER, yes - for most of the existance of the human species, there was a parent at home almost constantly so tabs WERE kept on their children. Just because you're too busy working four jobs with two people to afford that new boat instead of parenting, don't blame US. WE didn't dump our sperm and spit out a brat.
- pimpybra, on 10/12/2007, -9/+6THANK YOU. Seriously, their interface is horrible, and just using it is a friggin nightmare.
- KicktheDonkey, on 10/12/2007, -18/+6MySpace? Lame...
- UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -23/+1Mine is intact http://www.myspace.com/adamgoodchild
- lukas88, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3They removed my picture of me with a sombrero on! I was fully clothed, it was a surprise birthday party for gosh sakes!
Maybe they are racist against mexican paraphenalia?
- lukas88, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3They removed my picture of me with a sombrero on! I was fully clothed, it was a surprise birthday party for gosh sakes!
- nocode, on 10/12/2007, -16/+5they should also remove any account that hasn't been updated or logged in for anything over a year. that would help clear A LOT of ***** out there.
//hate myspace
//myspace user :(- HMTKSteve, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8what, prune the membership roll? Are you crazy! Then the site would drop in 'perceived' popularity overnight and they could not charge as much for advertising!
- Dgen_X, on 10/12/2007, -17/+5my profile (which I didn't really like/need...) was removed after I posted this image in a few comments
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/D_X/buttcheeks.gif
but I really didn't care...myspace sucks anyway- bdeisgn, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Right, you didn't care. That's why you're talking about it still.
- Charlotte_Web, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2It's good to know more about where MySpace draws the obscenity line. Thanks for posting.
That was something that I thought they would have overlooked, so it tells me that they take a more conservative approach (which I support).
- thecapitalizt, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16Parents are always worried about some new thing that threatens to morally corrupt their children. We have RAWR MYSPACE FACEBOOK AND GTA WHICH WILL MAKE KIDS KILL AND BE RAPED. Back in the day, it was comic books, novels, TV, rock and roll, and so many other things which parents wanted banned.
Parents need to get over it. Whenever a client asks about installing web filtering software, I tell them "First of all, web filters don't work. There are ways around them. Second, software is not a substitute for parenting. I'm not criticizing your role as a mother/father, but its a lot better (and cheaper) for you to sit down and explain the world to them than to try to shield them from it." Never had to install blocking software after that.- kbunsie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6This isn't really something new if anyone remembers the big scare about IRC and AOL back in the day. People never really seem to care about the safety of their children until something about it hits the news.
- betasp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Content filtering sure does work at the company I work for and I bet it will work at my house when my son is old enough. It all depends on what you put into it... It is very hard to "explain the world" to a 6 year old (my son just turned three and can easily boot the computer, hit the 4 keys it takes to enter his basic password, double click on IE and use favorites to go to NickJr and Readysetlearn). I am concerned over the "errant" clicks tha can get you to the wrong places for a child.
- CritterNYC, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14"double click on IE and use favorites to go to NickJr and Readysetlearn"
You're letting your 3 year old use Internet Explorer? Isn't that a form of child abuse? - DigeratiPrime, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3in case your interested in free web filters:
Naomi: http://www.radiance.m6.net/
K9: http://www.k9webprotection.com/
- kbunsie, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Wait they're going to enforce the rules!?
- nuclearpenguins, on 10/12/2007, -13/+24If you're over 18 an utilizing myspace you have bigger issues.
- Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12You must not have any non-computer-inclined friends. I detest the site.. I don't see how it is much different than geocities used to be, except with the friend linking.. but I have about 20 friends who use it every day and it's handy to keep in touch now that we've been out of college about 5 years.
My profile isn't much more than a redirect to my own webserver homepage though. - bdeisgn, on 10/12/2007, -8/+13Yeah, you're kinda stupid man. I'm 27 and Myspace is a great "reconnect" tool. I've found people I haven't seen in years on there, and that alone makes it worthwhile.
- compu73rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8"If you're over 18 an utilizing myspace you have bigger issues."
Honestly, by 18 you should have definitely moved on to facebook. - listrophy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Strangely enough, I'm 1 for 1 on the myspace.com -> real life friend thing...And we're both fresh out of college.
As long as you stay away from any profile using a "FREE TEMPLATE!!!1!," there are normal people on there. - Charlotte_Web, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4I'm way over 18, and I find MySpace to be a tremendous marketing and networking tool. I'm meeting dozens of new folks.
Plus, it also works for me as a freebie dating site (I'll be going out with a MySpacer tomorrow night!)
I don't understand why anyone over 18 WOULDN'T be on MySpace. - ArmchairAthlete, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Sorry, while teens are a lot of the people on there I have found that myspace has all sorts of people.
- volcompimp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@compu73rg33k
That's a great idea, except for the fact that none of my friends are on facebook. If you'e "moved on" to facebook because you think you're too old for myspace then you're using it for the same reasons kids use myspace. - lukas88, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Apparently since a bunch of lame people use myspace, it is no good for anyone. If you are over 18 and you believe that, grow some balls and stop worrying about being lame by association.
- Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12You must not have any non-computer-inclined friends. I detest the site.. I don't see how it is much different than geocities used to be, except with the friend linking.. but I have about 20 friends who use it every day and it's handy to keep in touch now that we've been out of college about 5 years.
- eepman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Didn't anyone watch CSI: last night. This 12 year old was so smart that she purposely framed herself for murder. Anyways, it was all because of these pictures posted on myspace. When she said "myspace", my mouth just kept open. I knew something would come of it.
Also, mySpace sucks.- dhulser, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4yeah, i did the same after seeing it on CSI... a few days ago i made a comment that it was only a matter of time before all of the csi/crime shows would be jumping on the myspace bandwagon...
- bort, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Reminds me of when Law and Order sent someone to prison because they created a video that said "LMFAO" at someone's misfortune.
- cactushigh, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6safety of the network of young users? That's garbage. Every-time a new technology used by a younger generation comes-out some group laments over the fact that its being used by predators to prey on children! "Think of the children" is the common refrain. When the Internet first came out, users-groups endangered children. Blah blah blah.
Myspace's mission, presumably, is to build a community. Maybe the should focus on building rather than cleansing their community. - YouKnowWho, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Why stop at the profile level, delete the whole site..seriously between myspace, and mtv...these kids have harvested a reasonable sized piece of crap in their brains.
- F1R3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6What is the problem to setting profiles default display to friends only?
True that doesn't stop the problem completely, but neither does just going in and mass deleting things.
I imaging the majority of those that were active will either just pop up almost exactly the same, or will pop up somewhere else like xenga.
The problem a lot of the time is that the kids don't realize they are being subjected to thsi kind of thing. Maybe adding in more protection FEATURES would be more effective.
Even people that do nothing at all in their profile to warrant it get harrassed by the random guy who see's their picture on the random user bar(i forget what its called, but its that one with the 3 random pictures you get when you log in), or from just searching for common keywords.
Get control of yourself. Just because some girl didn't use the word "gawd" in her profile, or likes a common band does not meen she is your soulmate. - Democritus2, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4I think there should be a new term to describe people who use lame things on the internet. Would include anyone who refers to a personal/hobby/interest homepage as a blog; myspace would be included in this term.
Lamernet.- bdeisgn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6You do know that blogs started as online diaries, don't you, you freaking moron? So your little "holier than thou" attitude is pretty stupid.
- Democritus2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6NO idiot a blog is what used to be referred to as a personal website. It is not new. The publishing tools are new, but it is the same damn thing. Blogging is just one of the stupid words the media likes to use. It is a catch phrase and quite honestly it is pretty ***** stupid.
- twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Very true, blog is like WiFi, doesn't really exist, but the government is busy as we speak trying to legislate rules and regs for it. Weird...
- Democritus2, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Now you could accurately say that a "blog" is a personal website that has x and x feature- which it does. There are different kinds of personal "homepages". But it doesnt change the fact that quite a few of us HATE the word blog, and think it is ridiculous to sit and read "8:00am got up, took a *****- jerked off to pr0n".
Death to blogs - eurotransient, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Wow. democritus2 -- you are officially an idiot. Thanks for playing!
- yensed, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20Myspace is like New York. It looks nice and friendly, but around the corner there is a hooker... /Idk where that came from..
Myspace sucks.- blueigloo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Exept for the fact ... that it hardly "looks nice" at all.
- yensed, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7The only thing I can say good about myspace, is that through it(And BugMeNot) I have discoverd some great indi bands...
- PhelixTheKhat, on 10/12/2007, -15/+1I'm developing a MySpace competitor which is a mix between the site and Facebook.
The question is, why? Well, it's for the fact that it'll improve communications, and hopefully rid the world of MySpace. So far, the people who've seen it love it. I hope to alpha the site soon ;) - richardtallent, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8It's about time that people learn that it's not MySpace, it's really TheirSpace. You can never expect the right to free expression on someone else's server.
If you don't like it, run an HTTP daemon over your broadband connection. I do this with my own blog, but configuring dasBlog and IIS is not for the masses, nor does it have anything resembling the "Friends", messages, and photos features that make MySpace so popular.- twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Even though you were modded down on this, you are correct. We are guaranteed the right of free speech, but, if you depend on someone else's media to express yourself, you are at their mercy. If I wanted to print flyers that may be inappropriate to the masses, I could do so providing the company printing them agrees. If not, I am screwed unless I have MY OWN media.
Nothing in the Constitution guarantees you can force anyone else to publish anything they don't want to. This, then makes MYSPACE the responsible party.
- twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Even though you were modded down on this, you are correct. We are guaranteed the right of free speech, but, if you depend on someone else's media to express yourself, you are at their mercy. If I wanted to print flyers that may be inappropriate to the masses, I could do so providing the company printing them agrees. If not, I am screwed unless I have MY OWN media.
- ModernDayDarwin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@defsmac
The problem with comparing comics and heavy metal music to myspace is that the first two do not offer windows into peoples lives. Granted I'm all for parents actually parenting, I can say that in some cases myspace will offer access to unpleasantness that would otherwise be impossible. - greenagain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Next headline: MySpace removes itself completely to appease aesthetic, technological, and social concerns.
- blueigloo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Anyone read the article description? "MySpaceMySpace.com"..
- BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2YES.
WHAT IS THIS MyspaceMyspace.com OF WHICH YOU SPEAK OF?
- BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2YES.
- celeb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'd pay $20 a year to have all this garbage end.. Keep all profiles and make cash, and sue kids (or their parents) who join and don't read and follow the user agreement.
- xiuxiu, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Myspace chicks take the fun out of guessing.
Please cover yourselves up, thanks.
Oh yeah, no more cleavage shots.
We don't need to see that. - OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5These kids on Myspace are juvenile delinquents. Myspace isn't the problem, the kids themselves and their parents are the problem.
All this does is once again demonstrate the power of mass stupidity that can be generated on demand by the corporate newsmedia in America. Myspace was a typical sensationalist story, the newsmedia will trash it for their own ratings, regardless of what effect it has on MySpace or the kids! Those kids are going to go somewhere else, and this time you won't know what they're up to until they wind up in rehab, or the morgue! - bigteebo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Removing 200K profiles for "questionable" content is a drop in the bucket. I would say about 90% of the profiles consist of boys sans shirts, and girls sans pants. Yes, good luck with that myspace moderator "ministry of vice & virtue" when :
1. Mods of groups don't even bother enforcing anti-spam measures
2. The myspace software prohibits you from turning your age to 14 to make it "private", but lets you do it anyway(TOS violation).
A big ol mess.- meepus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'm a moderator for my old community college's myspace board/group, and I enforce the TOS. What do I get for it? A lot of whining from kids who hate rules: aka the spammers themselves.
Since it's a local college, clubs in the area pay students to put up ads around the school and on Myspace. I deleted every one after making a warning post and leaving it up for a day. Eventually, I got sick of it, and posted a generic rules post with some stuff stripped pretty much out of the TOS, but put into English. People called for me to be removed as moderator, and it didn't happen. Then, the spammers acted like users who'd wanted to read the spam, and I went to their profiles and saw that they'd listed the advertisers as their employers.
Idiots.
While 200,000 is indeed a drop in the bucket, and it is impossible to manage every MySpace profile that crops up, it does demonstrate that something is being done and that MySpace's staff exists. I think that with something this monstrous, that's all you can really ask for from a free service.
- meepus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'm a moderator for my old community college's myspace board/group, and I enforce the TOS. What do I get for it? A lot of whining from kids who hate rules: aka the spammers themselves.
- ianweir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2[[Note: Seems that BigTeebo brought up the same train of thought just before me.
Shoulda refreshed before I posted.]]
So they deleted 200,000 accounts. Big deal, it's a drop in the bucket. Especially when you consider (as the article states) that they have 250,000 new signups every day.
To be frank, I don't see this as being much consolation for anyone. Although I wouldn't be surprised if joe average stops reading after "200,000". - Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I was going to comment "only 200,000?", but the magical digg.com comment genie attacked me ;o;
Oh well, looks like I said it anyways :P - goettel, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Online social activity has to be one of the safest, if not THE safest way for people to socialize. This is yet another case of responisbility and common sense (both by parents and kids) being replaced with censorship based on totally unrealistic and overstated risks.
Yes, a tiny percentage of kids will lack enough common sense to stay anonymous on the internet, and a tiny percentage of those will get burned in varying degrees. Parents: teach your kids to stay anonymous, restrict their access however much makes you and them feel safe, and lay out rules, and punish your kids when they break those rules or lie to you.
YOU and your kids are responsible for your actions, not the rest of world.- Samurailink3, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Thank you. One of the few people in the world with a little common sense. The rest of the world doesn't need to suffer just because little Billy put his phone number up on the web. The older generation will always dissapprove and question the younger generation's trends and actions. Remember that evil devil's music? Thank God rock and roll never caught on... that stuff was just too evil for society ;-) . Parents, be responsible for your children.
- xswag, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1This is just a Public Relations move. My Space should create another site for Teens only if they are afraid of all the Stalkers and Pedos out there. Of course "Objectionable Material" would infiltrate that also. A lot of that stuff is posted by teens anyway.
- humblepatience, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1if it's open to anyone to make a profile than it'll become yet awnother breeding ground for underage sex, pedophelia, stalkerdom, and the current online bullying which is going on - can you imagine reliving your middle school years when everyone has myspace? isn't it bad enough already?
facebook > myspace for the simple fact that not everyone can sign up, which means less potential for stalkers and pedophiles (of course that's not a problem with college kids, just
- humblepatience, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1if it's open to anyone to make a profile than it'll become yet awnother breeding ground for underage sex, pedophelia, stalkerdom, and the current online bullying which is going on - can you imagine reliving your middle school years when everyone has myspace? isn't it bad enough already?
- beret9987, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The only problem with myspace is that kids that haven't learned internet safety properly are just posting their numbers or home addresses! I use myspace, but I don't post anything that lets anyone find me!
- ryanbeffectz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Funny, this article (http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=41648) claims that it has to do with NewsCorp's pursuit of blue-chip marketers.
"NEWS CORP. WANTS TO TURN Madison Avenue into "ItsSpace" and the media giant is aggressively courting blue-chip marketers for its most prized Internet asset. ... But perhaps most importantly to advertisers, the company has added resources to monitor the site's mass of user-generated content. Advertisers have been reticent to experiment with MySpace since the content can be risqué and, in some cases, offensive. News Corp. now reviews 2 million images a day and has removed 200,000 profiles it felt included "questionable material." - mynameiswerd, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2My account was deleted for some reason - even though I didn't do anything wrong. I believe someone used a keylog at an internet cafe and got my pw... and just removed my account...
Their cust. support blows. I sent them about 20 e-mail and they haven't responded. - vhold, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2MySpace does pose a serious threat.
It threatens to destroy the whole entire notion of what a friend actually is. - mycatsboots, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4MySpace is just like everything else in the world. If it is used in moderation and used for what it is meant for, then it is great. However, uneducated people go out and abuse it. Parents have the right to be upset about MySpace, but they are upset for the wrong reasons. They shouldn't lash out at the owners of MySpace, they should lash out at themselves for not properly teaching them the following:
Sorry, X, posting pictures of your cooter will probably bring about negative attention.
Sorry, X, posting your home address and phone number will probably bring people you don't want to meet.
Sorry, X, I'm at your funeral now, if only you knew not to get molested and murdered. Damn MySpace.
If people are well educated and use MySpace properly, then everything should be fine.
Yes, I have a MySpace ( http://myspace.com/mycatsboots ), I just have a few pictures of myself (clothes on -- Sorry Sexual Predators), and just some of my tastes in music/sports. I don't show suggestive pictures, give out phone numbers, tell anyone where I hang out and when, I don't post why my life sucks in 400 bulletinssurveys. - slipjack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2death. of. my. space.
I seriously wonder though, will sites like myspace and youtube survive the self-policing that is becoming required to satisfy the corporations? Their strength is built purely on user loyalty. - d03boy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This should be done weekly.
- Ace25, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Weekly? Try DAILY. If they are getting 250,000 new profiles a DAY and just deleted 200,000 thats not even 1 days worth. Out of the 250,000 new ones a day, how many are legit? Maybe 100,000 if your lucky, the other 150,000 are spam, porn, dupes, etc.
I tried looking up an Aquarium group on there called "Fish are friends not food" and it seemed like 8/10 profiles listed as members of that group were porn bots with stock photos of chicks are a profile that stated "Visit me on my webcam @ www.blah.com
- Ace25, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Weekly? Try DAILY. If they are getting 250,000 new profiles a DAY and just deleted 200,000 thats not even 1 days worth. Out of the 250,000 new ones a day, how many are legit? Maybe 100,000 if your lucky, the other 150,000 are spam, porn, dupes, etc.
- Pmeth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Haha that is pretty funny stuff.. lol nice hobbie..
- Athens101, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Good for Myspace! I am STILL wating for them to remove pictures I ran across on a few profiles that were stolen from http://Athens101.com *ugh*
- sremick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2One of the reasons MySpace sucks:
http://www.myspacebot.com/- leonwestbrook, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you need to use a bot to add friends to your "band". You need to be shot in the head repeatedly.
- jonjonblazezany, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well i think if there so worried about they should split it off and have a BABYspace and a MYspace
- funkytaco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So we're digging something they should be doing anyway when people "flag spam/abuse"?
- mattyG, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1most popular pick up line of this generation:
Myspace or yours? - shoota, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2apparently my profile of pedofilepriest didn't get flagged lol, good times... now to find more little boys.
- techgirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"double click on IE and use favorites to go to NickJr and Readysetlearn"
You're letting your 3 year old use Internet Explorer? Isn't that a form of child abuse?
HAHAHAHA I just HAD to comment on this! Hilarious :) I wish I had thought of that :) You're SO right!! My hat is off to you! I finally stopped my parents from 'clicking on the little E to go to the internet' and they're happier for it.
Nice one :)
TechGirl
http://ginaplace.textamerica.com - kuchino, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1About damn time...
- B0jangles, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"Do a Barrel Roll"
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