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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 11:45 PM
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i know a lot of people here currently use or at some point have used myspace for various reasons.... what are your current thoughts on this and other social networking sites... do you think all the bad press its gotten lately is getting out of hand? do you think it will slowly die out in light of another online fad?
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 12:05 AM
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Same things here:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...hlight=myspace
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...hlight=myspace
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...hlight=myspace
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...hlight=myspace
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 12:09 AM
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your for to lock al.
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 12:13 AM
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breading ground for pedophiles....
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 12:30 AM
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it was probably designed with great intentions () but it has ended up to be exactly what SciBox said...

its like allowing your 12 yr old to act like a 18yr old pronstar...without you knowing (boys and girls...)
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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MySpace....baaaaad!
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 03:05 PM
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pointless and stupid you can meet people if you get up from your computer and go outside every once in a while
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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lol, all the criticism makes me laugh... i use myspace to communicate to friends i ALREADY have, for instance "party at my house tonight"..its easier than makeing 100 phone calls... also ive gotten back in touch with scores of friends i havnt talked to since highschool, myspace is what u make it

oh, and if u dont know what ur 12 year old kid is up too, u should have given them up for adoption or learn how to raise 'em better
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Originally Posted by peteyd
your for to lock al.
Didn't forget... he actually posed some other questions that I wanted to leave it up for... if it dies, it dies.
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 03:14 PM
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btw, everyone putting down myspace... remember ur on an online forum, talking about an online forum..... real intelegent
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 03:18 PM
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I used to have it until I started getting stalked by girls from highschool and random weirdos. It was cool for a minute I guess
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Brent_23M
btw, everyone putting down myspace... remember ur on an online forum, talking about an online forum..... real intelegent
No one is posing nude or trying to "hook up" on here either.

BTW....it's intelligent.
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 03:22 PM
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I don't consider myspace any sort of "forum" especially in the sense of SL is.

I would never go there to find any information or ask legitimate questions seeking info. Ever.
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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good points, nobodys tryin to hook up on here, and ur right myspace dosnt fit the deff. of a "forum"... but like i said, myspace is what u make it, how easy is it to delete the bs messages from the weirdos?
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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I understand it has its pros and cons, but it seems that the cons have taken over. It just has a bad reputation now.
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Brent_23M
lol, all the criticism makes me laugh... i use myspace to communicate to friends i ALREADY have, for instance "party at my house tonight"..its easier than makeing 100 phone calls... also ive gotten back in touch with scores of friends i havnt talked to since highschool, myspace is what u make it

oh, and if u dont know what ur 12 year old kid is up too, u should have given them up for adoption or learn how to raise 'em better

I agree....I use it for friends I already know, not too meet more. I don't get into the whole "who can get the most people on their buddy list" fad. I have also met up with some old friends from school I hadn't seen or heard from in like 6 years. Everyone on my page I know and that's what I use it for. Other than that, I don't care for it too much. But I'm not complaining....I just take it for what it is.
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 03:55 PM
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i was just refering to what most use it as "to meet new people" but whatever i dont even have one that how i feel about it and the only reason i would sign up would be to check out the local music scene
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 11:49 PM
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MySpace is the devil. It just makes it so easy for people to prey on children but hten again so did all the chat rooms that were/are featured by Yahoo. Though I still think it is the devil, pedophiles will find ways to exploit children regardless of the laws and rules we put into place. I wish we would just start killing them off. That would stop alot of them......
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Originally Posted by Brent_23M
good points, nobodys tryin to hook up on here, ...
HA! Yeah, right! The leg hump'n never stops if you have a F next to your name in a post.
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Just like the real world you can find both good and bad people in all places. Why is it myspace responsibility to watch your kids, isn't that a parents job? Blame TV or the Computer or Video games. How about doing things with your kids so they grow up well adjusted.
Every killer, pedophile and sick'o was is someone's son or daughter at one time. If my child makes bombs in the basement I should be held responsible not everyone else in the world.

...In my humble opinion.
Old Mar 24, 2006 | 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Frosty355
Originally Posted by Brent_23M
good points, nobodys tryin to hook up on here, ...
HA! Yeah, right! The leg hump'n never stops if you have a F next to your name in a post.
I've seen that plenty of times.



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