Myspace - Good or Evil? - Comments Page 3

my space frekin rocks!

My laptop and now my home pc's cannot connect to myspace.com .They will connect to anything else.Tryed different forms to enter into myspace but does not allow my to connect at all.Have any solutions why this may be or how I can fix this problem?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Firewall blocking it? Or maybe the HOSTS file?

Well, A very angry parent, you can easily delete your child's profile by TELLING her to give you her username and password. Why haven't you thought of that instead of trying to go around her and delete it?

Also, have you talked to her about it? Does she understand why you want her profile deleted? Have you explained to her these "dangers" of MySpace? I read the reply you gave to Rae showed that you aren't being the "responsible parent" you are saying to be. If you read the "Help Section" in MySpace, it gives you suggestions on how to lock your daughter's profile from anyone looking at it other than the people she adds on her profile.

Being the protective sister I am to my much younger sisters, I don't really see the threat of MySpace if you know how to utilize the security features on the site. It's not like they are trying to "hide" these options from you. They give you extremely detailed help on how to delete a profile, make it private, and even how to block messages from being sent from people your child is not friends with.

The site is more secure than you think it is. That's everyone's problem. They're not open to MySpace because of all these horror stories and aren't looking at the fact that all these people's profiles were public!! They were exposing themselves to the "poison", so to speak.

It just makes me frustrated to see people like that, trying to overprotect their children. Believe me, I was one of those kids, and they become "extreme" kids in the end. I should know.

So just let your kid have their profile and just make sure all the security options are selected, because they'll keep making them over and over. Believe me.

Swimgirl - if you had read closely I DID have her name and password and that is when I found VERY disturbing things on her site. I told her that I wanted it deleted and she didn't follow my instructions so therefore - I deleted it myself! YES I did talk to her about it and explained to her why I wanted it deleted and YES I did explain the "dangers" of it. She just went behind my back and created a new one. Just to set the record straight - I AM open to Myspace - I just wanted to know how secure it is when an eleven year old girl can say she is in her 20's? The point is that you can explain all these things to an eleven year old kid but they just don't get it, and they think that none of the bad things can happen to them,

i think myspace is a bit tedious. i prefer reading about determinism and aristotle... and furthermore i'm a really happy teenage induvidual - who enjoys life, and loves all the creatures on this planet...

So, angry parent.. people get raped, killed, etc every day... that axe analogy above was good. dont get angry at myspace, or the axe manufacturer... get angry at your child OR... lol... do the world, the cosmos, and the notion of karma all a favour and... dont get angry at all!

Explain your concerns to your daughter instead of exhibiting this paranoia-induced overbearing control of her behaviour...it never leads to hugs and puppies. Myspace is a magnificant example of modern communication...global, instantaneous and free. Myspace isn't the sole domain of pedophiles...they walk past your child in the street every day..lock her in the house maybe?

I've been reading these comments, and, being 15, I believe that there is good and bad to myspace. Sure, you CAN get involved in supposedly bad stuff, but thats a risk that people, especially us teens, have everywhere we go. Would parents rather have us out with our friends, roaming around, or on the internet doing the same thing but without leaving the house? And, on a side note...any parents that believe that they can keep there teens from going on myspace, your kid most likely has one. Thats one of the neat little things on myspace...you don't have to put your real name on there anywhere. For instance, on Myspace, my ID is Dr.Nefarious...nothing to do with me, just something that popped into my head. And we can access it from the computers that are believed to be blocked in any way (believe me, I would know) by our parents. The only thing that a parent can really do without banning them from the internet (and consequently getting their kids very angry with them) is to hope they taught their kids how to have fun and remain safe on the internet.

Posted by: JP on May 13, 2006 11:59 PM

In response to that, I agree. I am a young teen and I am doing a research report on MySpace for my English class. Through out this paper, I have found more good than bad. I use it everyday. Another thing mentioned was yes, if your kids really want one, they will find a way to get one, deleting history on your computer, going to certain sites that pass by the block code you put on it, anything and everything. Believe me. If you teach your children right from wrong then you should have no problem trusting them, and your faith in them right? What is the difference between a regular porn site or a MySpace porn site. If they want porn, they will get it. That is teenagers today and we have our ways and we have the opportunities today to get them.

i think that its up to who ever has that profile what they have on there and who they allow to see it. even though people can get on there and look without u knowing u dont have to put ur real info on there like u can ur home town as washington if u live in texas its up to u what they know

Ok. That is all very good informaion to know. I am actually writing a paper on MySpace right now. Thanks for the info. I personally think MySpace is good, but can be bad if your child gives out personal information. If the parent has the child's password, he/she will be able to check their child's posts and friends. It can be safe.

I would like to point out that MySpace itself is not bad, it's what people do with it that is bad. When you tell about the viruses and all, and how some of the members on there are setting up bugs, your just giving people more ideas. With all these bad things being published in the newspapers and on the news about bad MySpace stuff, it doesn't help. It is actually pointing out that you will be somewhat famous (in a bad way) if you do these things. I think we should just drop the whole bad MySpace conversation for a little while and see what happens.