MySpace creates own record label

[Furious]

I personally am not too worried about child molesters coming to get me, but I see what you mean.  And I use myspace more for the mail system I guess, I really don't go around finding people and trying to make friends, I just talk to the friends I know...Oh, and there is no way in hell I'm emo -.-

[ZeroX]

Yep... I live with my older brothers that are both 25 so Iam not too scared of somebody trying to molest me.

[ZeroX]

So I take it your not french?

[zorm]

Am I the only one who thinks this is one of the most dangerous things on the Internet?  I mean, parents/schools/etc. bend over backwards trying to stop kids from posting real name/where they live/where they go to school/pictures/age/etc. online, then MySpace tells kids to do exactly that, and they do.  It seems like it would be an extremely fertile breeding ground for child molesters. 

You take this risk by just having a kid. In a way its a lot like terrorism, you can walk around with your gas mask all the time or you can accept the risk and get on with life. I also think that child molestation is a crime of opportunity; the little girl walking alone down the street is going to be a bigger target than the girl posting all her information online while safely in her room.

Also MySpace doesn't encourage these sort of actions but with any sort of social networking system its going to be hard to stop them. I.E. MySpace doesn't allow accounts for people who aren't >15, but of course the kids lie so they can use it. A lot like I did when I was <13 and you had to fake a birthdate or such so it would let you have an account. Also real names that are entered in profiles aren't displayed but this doesn't stop people from putting it in other profile fields.

[iago]

Am I the only one who thinks this is one of the most dangerous things on the Internet?  I mean, parents/schools/etc. bend over backwards trying to stop kids from posting real name/where they live/where they go to school/pictures/age/etc. online, then MySpace tells kids to do exactly that, and they do.  It seems like it would be an extremely fertile breeding ground for child molesters. 

You take this risk by just having a kid. In a way its a lot like terrorism, you can walk around with your gas mask all the time or you can accept the risk and get on with life. I also think that child molestation is a crime of opportunity; the little girl walking alone down the street is going to be a bigger target than the girl posting all her information online while safely in her room.

Also MySpace doesn't encourage these sort of actions but with any sort of social networking system its going to be hard to stop them. I.E. MySpace doesn't allow accounts for people who aren't >15, but of course the kids lie so they can use it. A lot like I did when I was <13 and you had to fake a birthdate or such so it would let you have an account. Also real names that are entered in profiles aren't displayed but this doesn't stop people from putting it in other profile fields.

You're absolutely right, everything is a risk.  But there are also a lot of creeps trolling the Internet looking for kids. 

[Sidoh]

You're absolutely right, everything is a risk.  But there are also a lot of creeps trolling the Internet looking for kids.

Exactly.  The anonymity of the internet provides a pretty "safe" way for stalkers to seek prey.

[trust]

iago would be a prime example.

He's an adult, but spends his days hanging out with teenagers.
He has many of their phone numbers.
And addresses.
And he says they can come stay with him.
And he plans to go places with them (Defcon) or let them come to him.
And he creates a haven to keep them around!

IAGO IS A CHILD MOLESTER

[Screenor]

G-Unit sucks. 

And actually, I think it's a great idea.  It's like making the .xxx domain: it helps me sort out the crap. :)

Although I guess there isn't THAT much of a difference?

iago would be a prime example.

He's an adult, but spends his days hanging out with teenagers.
He has many of their phone numbers.
And addresses.
And he says they can come stay with him.
And he plans to go places with them (Defcon) or let them come to him.
And he creates a haven to keep them around!

IAGO IS A CHILD MOLESTER

Rofl, I never looked at it that way, but it's true. Lmao.

[MyndFyre]

Ugh..I thought MySpace was home of the emo's..Not home of G-Unit.

Hahaha when I first saw the thread title I thought "Emo Records".  :P

[ZeroX]

iago would be a prime example.

He's an adult, but spends his days hanging out with teenagers.
He has many of their phone numbers.
And addresses.
And he says they can come stay with him.
And he plans to go places with them (Defcon) or let them come to him.
And he creates a haven to keep them around!

IAGO IS A CHILD MOLESTER

More or Less.

[Newby]

Am I the only one who thinks this is one of the most dangerous things on the Internet?  I mean, parents/schools/etc. bend over backwards trying to stop kids from posting real name/where they live/where they go to school/pictures/age/etc. online, then MySpace tells kids to do exactly that, and they do.  It seems like it would be an extremely fertile breeding ground for child molesters. 

It's SO true...

[Tomcat]

There's an article in November of this year's Wired magazine about MySpace becomming the next generation's MTV.  The article says that MySpace got more hits than google lin august, around 9.4 bn pageviews.  It's launched the careers of quite a few groups in the past few years, including Fall Out Boy, My chemical Romance, Reliaent K, and some band called Silverstein.  I don't personally hold a MySpace site, but I think there's an age requirement of some sort, 18, but I could be wrong.  Either way, it's apparently popular (over 3.5 MILLION new subscribers each month), and it made the creators, Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson filthy rich.

[Newby]

MySpace and MTV suck!

[Sidoh]

It's launched the careers of quite a few groups in the past few years, including Fall Out Boy, My chemical Romance, Reliaent K, and some band called Silverstein. 

God damnit.

FUCK YOU MYSPACE

Fucking spawning these emo faggots.  (No offense, Krazed.  You're a cool emo <3).

[Hitmen]

cool emo

Error. Those words are mutually exclusive.