Comments on: MySpace is Anti-Social http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/ the philosophy of technology Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:00:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Crazy234@yahoo.com http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-4008 Crazy234@yahoo.com Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:28:38 +0000 http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-4008 i think myspace is great i think myspace is great

]]> By: Mother Tongue Annoyances » Blog Archive » Gynecomastia and MySpace.c http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-2812 Mother Tongue Annoyances » Blog Archive » Gynecomastia and MySpace.c Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:56:45 +0000 http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-2812 [...] Yeah, I know—this post title probably takes the cake as the most bizarre you have seen in the past hour, correct? Heh. Anyway, an article posted by Jackson the other day sparked my interest because I work as an IT director at a high school in Nashville, so the subject of adolescents and the MySpace.com online community comes up in my work life on a daily basis. Let me explain. [...] [...] Yeah, I know—this post title probably takes the cake as the most bizarre you have seen in the past hour, correct? Heh. Anyway, an article posted by Jackson the other day sparked my interest because I work as an IT director at a high school in Nashville, so the subject of adolescents and the MySpace.com online community comes up in my work life on a daily basis. Let me explain. [...]

]]> By: Tim W. http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-2811 Tim W. Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:49:10 +0000 http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-2811 Yeah, we have myspace.com, facebook.com, and xanga.com blocked on our campus. However, it didn't take the kiddies long to discover the plethora of proxy servers (and proxy server list sites) on the Web. Thus, it has been an ongoing fox and hound chase locating those sites and adding them to our blacklists on our content filtering appliance. :( T Yeah, we have myspace.com, facebook.com, and xanga.com blocked on our campus. However, it didn’t take the kiddies long to discover the plethora of proxy servers (and proxy server list sites) on the Web. Thus, it has been an ongoing fox and hound chase locating those sites and adding them to our blacklists on our content filtering appliance. :(
T

]]> By: Jackson http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-2810 Jackson Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:36:06 +0000 http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-2810 I used to work in IT at a high school in Washington, DC. At the time we had very similar issues with BlackPlanet.com. over 90% of the kids in the school had Black Planet pages and it was the same kind of information. There are also the pictures (BlackPlanet and MySpace). These kids post pictures that often border on pornography. I don't want to discount the possibility of online predators, but this is not a new problem nor is it one that is specific to MySpace, and I don't think it is specific to online communities either. I heard someone dub it the MySpace Witch Hunt of '06 the other day. Tim, have you considered blocking access to MySpace from the school network? I considered doing that with BlackPlanet. I used to work in IT at a high school in Washington, DC. At the time we had very similar issues with BlackPlanet.com. over 90% of the kids in the school had Black Planet pages and it was the same kind of information. There are also the pictures (BlackPlanet and MySpace). These kids post pictures that often border on pornography.

I don’t want to discount the possibility of online predators, but this is not a new problem nor is it one that is specific to MySpace, and I don’t think it is specific to online communities either.

I heard someone dub it the MySpace Witch Hunt of ‘06 the other day.

Tim, have you considered blocking access to MySpace from the school network? I considered doing that with BlackPlanet.

]]> By: Tim W. http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-2809 Tim W. Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:21:43 +0000 http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-2809 I work in IT at a high school. Therefore, I work closely with parents who are at wit's end with their fourteen- and fifteen-year-old kids using MySpace to (among other things): * post WAY too much personal information (ie, full name, address, etc.) about themselves and their families on the site * post revealing pictures of themselves with/without their friends * engage in online "popularity contests" and character assassinate schoolmates Those first two bullet points are extremely ripe fodder for online predators, as any reasonably intelligent person can plainly see. Yes, I know musicians who rely upon MySpace for exposure, and I know artists and small business owners who sell their wares on that site. But for K-12 kids. NO freakin way. Thanks, Tim I work in IT at a high school. Therefore, I work closely with parents who are at wit’s end with their fourteen- and fifteen-year-old kids using MySpace to (among other things):

* post WAY too much personal information (ie, full name, address, etc.) about themselves and their families on the site

* post revealing pictures of themselves with/without their friends

* engage in online “popularity contests” and character assassinate schoolmates

Those first two bullet points are extremely ripe fodder for online predators, as any reasonably intelligent person can plainly see.

Yes, I know musicians who rely upon MySpace for exposure, and I know artists and small business owners who sell their wares on that site. But for K-12 kids. NO freakin way.

Thanks,
Tim

]]> By: Kate O' http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-2808 Kate O' Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:37:13 +0000 http://jaxn.org/article/2006/02/28/myspace-is-anti-social/#comment-2808 Problem is, MySpace is becoming such a necessary component of music networking, and it's not nearly up to the task. When I was first invited to join MySpace a year or so ago, I took one look at it and said "no thanks." I couldn't imagine spending time on a site with such a primitive design and which gave such a sense of being dominated by 13-year-old social skills. Now I've relented and have been using MySpace for a few months, but I still hate it and wish someone would come up with something better specifically geared to the music industry. The business of trying to manage contacts, events, and so on through such a clunky interface is truly painful. I wish every day for something better. Problem is, MySpace is becoming such a necessary component of music networking, and it’s not nearly up to the task. When I was first invited to join MySpace a year or so ago, I took one look at it and said “no thanks.” I couldn’t imagine spending time on a site with such a primitive design and which gave such a sense of being dominated by 13-year-old social skills.

Now I’ve relented and have been using MySpace for a few months, but I still hate it and wish someone would come up with something better specifically geared to the music industry. The business of trying to manage contacts, events, and so on through such a clunky interface is truly painful. I wish every day for something better.

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