MySpace......tearing society apart.

HouseHippo

4 O' Clock this morning I was watching Dr Phil.In this particular episode a young couple with children where contemplating divorce because of their Myspace pages.

MySpace is also spawning...
Copyright infingement
The trashing of stupid little rich kids houses cause they invite people to parties on Myspace in their "blogs"
Child abduction
Posts of violent attacks
Cyber Bullying etc....


Is it tearing our society apart...what are we to do. Discuss

Child abduction?

tribulus

Couldn't you have linked this in with the other thread?

I think people just have to realise that they're not their online alias (paraphrasing).

HouseHippo

yup kids being groomed on myspace and lured to meet someone who is posing as a 15 year old boy but is really a dirty 69 year old man who kidnaps them and buggers them till sundown.....

Mostly a problem in America.....

Magpie!

What was on their pages that they were getting divorced over?

HouseHippo

tribulus wrote: »

Couldn't you have linked this in with the other thread?

I think people just have to realise that they're not their online alias (paraphrasing).

na different issues.....

Yeah exactly

HouseHippo

HouseHippo wrote: »

yup kids being groomed on myspace and lured to meet someone who is posing as a 15 year old boy but is really a dirty 69 year old man who kidnaps them and buggers them till sundown.....

Mostly a problem in America.....

That has been happening in chatrooms a lot longer than myspace.

Maybe we should just ban t'internet?

HouseHippo

Magpie! wrote: »

What was on their pages that they were getting divorced over?

Girls would flirt with him....it was his bands music page
And to get him back she put up naughty pics

AlmightyCushion

All that shít would happen anyways, it would just happen on another site or in real life (e.g. instead of cyber bullying the people would just bully in real life, instead of someone posting up details about their house party on my space, they'll stick it on a wall somewhere). The only way to stop all the above is to lock everyone into their own separate room and allow no-one to leave.

HouseHippo

Deleted User wrote: »

That has been happening in chatrooms a lot longer than myspace.

Maybe we should just ban t'internet?

yes but with all the pics etc its much easier to be lured into a false sense of security...


But then there would be no boards :O

HouseHippo

HouseHippo wrote: »

Girls would flirt with him....it was his bands music page
And to get him back she put up naughty pics

If he had a band, then they would have people flirting regardless.

It's not an issue with myspace, that would be an issue with their marriage. People are too comfortable to blame other things rather than themselves.

HouseHippo

Deleted User wrote: »

If he had a band, then they would have people flirting regardless.

It's not an issue with myspace, that would be an issue with their marriage. People are too comfortable to blame other things rather than themselves.

Yeah, I personally thought it was all about the wife's insecurity in her relationship howeve did Myspace feed to this insecurity

genericgoon

AH Dr Phil, the Jerry Springer of the middle classes.

Anyways, if MySpace wasn't doing it, someone else would.

kowloon

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

All that shít would happen anyways, it would just happen on another site or in real life (e.g. instead of cyber bullying the people would just bully in real life, instead of someone posting up details about their house party on my space, they'll stick it on a wall somewhere). The only way to stop all the above is to lock everyone into their own separate room and allow no-one to leave.

I volunteer to lock everyone else in. Then I'll be free to roam the deserted landscape commiting my crimes with impunity. I could be the real omega man.

MagicMarker

Tearing society apart?

ffs:rolleyes:

PrivateEye

I have no MySpace page :cool:

I do however have a bebo. I'll take it the levels of 'stoopid' being ommited by most young people on MySpace are somewhat lower than they are on Bebo, but I've read of some truly nasty cases of cyber buylling over on MySpace..... MyDeathSpace also freaked the hell out of me when I first found it.

Social network sites can be scary alright, but as said above chatrooms were the same before MySpace- and if it wasn't MySpace in the news it'd be Facebook, Bebo, Livejournal or whatever else. Some people are pricks, and the internet gives everyone a chance to create their own space. Obviously, people who will take advantage of this will turn out to be pricks. You don't hear about the 95% of people (i.e us) who just use the net to chat about 'the worst kip in Ireland' or upload holiday pics.

dresden8

Stupid people are tearing society apart.

Stupidity is the new black.

hussey

HouseHippo wrote: »

4 O' Clock this morning I was watching Dr Phil.

1) 4 am tv watching
2) Dr phil
3) Dr Phil at 4am

You seriously think you can be taken serious?

Also what is with the word 'Discuss'? WTF? this is AH not Leaving Cert History.

HouseHippo

hussey wrote: »

1) 4 am tv watching
2) Dr phil
3) Dr Phil at 4am

You seriously think you can be taken serious?

Also what is with the word 'Discuss'? WTF? this is AH not Leaving Cert History.

Bitchy maybe you should get some sleep.

I just got in from work i didnt realise it wasnt socially acceptable to watch tv or dr phil.
Sorry i dont conform to your social standards. I didnt realise you were now the foremost authority on what i should do with my time.


Also this isnt a serious thread im just looking for opinions little bit of light hearted discussion go be rude somewhere else

HouseHippo

dresden8 wrote: »

Stupid people are tearing society apart.

Stupidity is the new black.

Best point ive heard all day......This never happened back in the 1800's when americans used to sterilise immigrants who didnt pass an IQ test.

Bet the people who passed that test wouldnt be having fights over Myspace

hussey

HouseHippo wrote: »

Bitchy maybe you should get some sleep.

I just got in from work i didnt realise it wasnt socially acceptable to watch tv or dr phil.
Sorry i dont conform to your social standards. I didnt realise you were now the foremost authority on what i should do with my time.


Also this isnt a serious thread im just looking for opinions little bit of light hearted discussion go be rude somewhere else

:rolleyes:

My Opinion is that you shouldn't watch Dr Phil .... Ever.

genericgoon

hussey wrote: »

:rolleyes:

My Opinion is that you shouldn't watch Dr Phil .... Ever.

YEAH! Watch Jermey Kyle instead.:pac::P

HouseHippo

Oh come on.....

I only have 3 stations in my bedroom.

There really was nothing else on... i SWEAR!!!

hussey

genericgoon wrote: »

YEAH! Watch Jermey Kyle instead.:pac::P

Maury Povich FTW

hussey

HouseHippo wrote: »

Oh come on.....

I only have 3 stations in my bedroom.

There really was nothing else on... i SWEAR!!!

What stations do you have and we can come up with a TV schedule

HouseHippo

non cable stations.....Net Two,Tv3,Rte1