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Post by Genetic Mishap on May 8, 2006 16:08:25 GMT -5
If any of you use myspace.com, please PLEASE do a bit of research into it before going all hog-wild with your personal information. It's no secret that this is a massive breeding ground for child molesters and stalkers, because myspace.com practically hands people's personal info, phone numbers and daily schedules into their waiting hands. I've read enough news articles about how people, particularly teens, have gotten in serious danger just because they didn't realize who exactly was going to be looking at their stuff. Just Google News on myspace and prepare to be kinda freaked out. I know I was. Don't forget plain old identity thieves. I've been reading How to Be Invisible by J.J. Luna, and it's all about how easily private investigators, ne'er do wells and feds can get your private information if you're not careful. |
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Post by Genetic Mishap on May 8, 2006 16:09:29 GMT -5
Oh, and I already got a Facebook and a Xanga that I never visit. I'm not succumbing to another fad.
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Post by Spiderdancer on May 8, 2006 17:11:55 GMT -5
Here's my page: profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=51606721Or just search for Syaloni. It's funny to me that I actually have more identifying personal info on THIS web site than on myspace. I've been on myspace for months now, and while I've had to censor some things that I once would have put on my diaryland page, it's been great fun. I like to pretend it's my own little Dave-Barry-Style humor column on a good day, and on a bad day I can gripe at potentially millions of people at once. I have my own little set of identifiers for people I know and places I go that's separate from their actual identities, so I don't expose anyone (or myself). The site's gotten a lot of bad publicity recently, mostly because young teenagers are not always bright about who they choose to meet, but it's great therapy. Drop me a line. Identify yourself by your MRFH forum handle, because I don't add strangers (more or less) to the friends list. Unless, of course, you are confused about how many letters are in the word "you." Then I will not only not add you to my friends list, I will put an ancient Norwegian curse on you. |
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Post by kylerexpop on May 8, 2006 18:47:22 GMT -5
i agree that myspace has gotten a bad rap, only slightly deserved. as long as you're careful, you should be okay. or at least as okay as you are using anything else on the internet, or leaving your house to go to a mall. it's a blast. for occasionally meeting new people it can be fun, and for keeping in touch with friends spread all over the world it's very helpful. i'm still amazed that some people simply can not handle email (mostly because they can't express thoughts of the moment in writing) yet the detachment of myspace/facebook/other allows them to have some form of online persona in existence. I LOVE IT. oh, yeah: www.myspace.com/kylerexpop (if nothing else, go listen to how awesome that weakerthans song from 'wedding crashers' is!) |
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Post by erinelizabeth on May 8, 2006 20:41:03 GMT -5
I got myspace to keep up with friends who aren't on facebook. And in keeping up with the cool kids, here 'tis! www.myspace.com/25080312 |
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Post by dajaymann on May 8, 2006 23:05:33 GMT -5
You have a lot of weapons in your pictures. That's pretty rad. My myspace (man, it feels funny to say it like that) has been a huge time waster, especially when I'm at work. What's crazy is that out of the 130+ people on my friends list, I know two-thirds of them in real life. And since my 10 year reunion is coming up, it's like everyone from high school is popping up out of nowhere trying to see how everyone is. I know I posted this earlier, but www.myspace.com/dajaymann. That's me. And my blogs are RAD, if I do say so myself. |
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Post by kylerexpop on May 9, 2006 0:10:41 GMT -5
oh, yeah: feel free to add me as a friend. i love you all!
i'm just shy. i never know whether or not to hit "add friends" because you just never know if someone will be all "wait, you like huey lewis? *cancel friend request*"
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Post by Spiderdancer on May 9, 2006 17:09:27 GMT -5
Well, your profile comments ARE pretty creepy there, Kyle my friend... Somewhat more so than anything that's actually on the profile itself. But hey, if I objected to people having weird friends, I'd never make friends with anyone.
Thanks, Dajay. That's actually the bar from my weight set rather than an actual "weapon" as such, although it does weigh about 25 pounds.
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Post by kylerexpop on May 9, 2006 22:36:34 GMT -5
that's the only "problem" with friends who are remotely artistic/creative/other.
they tend to be pretty out there, in quite a lot of different ways.
it's all good, though. i love 'em all! i don't even care that it's pretty hard to get a decent sports-related conversation going with 99% of them.
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Post by Spiderdancer on May 10, 2006 13:17:41 GMT -5
I know. It's hard for me to get a decent spider-related conversation started with 99% of MY friends, too.
Oh, wait, you said sports. Sports. Right.
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Post by kylerexpop on Jun 30, 2006 17:49:27 GMT -5
it's funny: despite how much i adore myspace and facebook and the like, i've never actually gone out with someone i met exclusively via online means.
but now i have. it's wonderful! i highly recommend, if you're of age, sufficiently athletic to fight off potential attacks, and witty enough to live up to the persona your profile presents.
am i the only one who has met people who were online presences first and real-world friends-or-more later?
statistically, i can't be alone on that front. i think. i never took a stastistics class. LAME.
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Post by Al on Jun 30, 2006 22:47:57 GMT -5
Never on the internet, but that would happen to me a lot when would frequent BBS's in high school maybe ten years ago. There were a handful of girls that later on I'd meet in real life, and one guy who stalked me and my friends for about three years. That was exciting. There was also a group of chatters from the TalkCity Scifi chatroom I was a regular in when I was 16 or so who all got together in my town, but my parents said I was too young and didn't get to go.
Al
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Post by deusdragonexx on Jul 2, 2006 22:45:58 GMT -5
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Post by DTH on Jul 3, 2006 1:03:20 GMT -5
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Post by kylerexpop on Jul 20, 2006 10:46:34 GMT -5
oh, man!
i have this friend named kyle, and naturally we're myspace friends.
the weird thing: his profile name is "kyle." (note the period) and mine is "kyle" (no period!).
on myspace, you can post bulletins. i posted one like "i'm off to san diego comic on: lick me!" or something. then, other-kyle posted something like "i'm freaking out!" because of stuff in his life.
here's the thing: in my mind, ALL KYLES ARE ME. so i posted all that, which means i'm freaking out, even though i'm not, and didn't post it, and that's a completely other kyle. BECAUSE IT'S MY NAME, IT IS MINE.
does that make any sense? pavlov would have a field day, i know. as would other noted psychiatrists.
oh, well. myspace rules!
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