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You can respond in this space about the article that I distributed about the pitfalls of posting on "myspace." Let ME reiterate one important point that the author makes. Do NOT post, say, e-mail, IM, put in your profile, etc. anything on line which you would not want attributed to your good name. Not even as a joke. Unless you're really computer savy, all of your on line activity can be traced back to you. So be yourself, without trying too hard to let everyone know how cool you are. Hey, you can be sensible, courteous, and computer cool at the same time, as evidenced by this ultra-hip blog site of mine. See, you're chuckling at my honest, but equally lame, attempt at humor. That's the way things are at schoolsville. It's a friendly place. We'll poke fun of ourselves at schoolsville, but we'll never make fun of our friends.
posted by JTF @ 10:51 PM
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In this myspace article, it is showing how dangerous the myspace.com and facebook.com websites can actually be. Different teachers and especially athletic coaches have been surfing the internet to see if their players have these websites. If they do, they tell them to quickly remove it. The athletes don't realize how much information they are selling to the public. These sites are especially dangerous for athletes. If a student-athlete is holding a beer in their hand in a picture, it's much more dangerous then if a kid in the band is. Athletes have to be better then the average student. They could easily get kicked off their team. Coaches are gooing to start, or all ready have, banded their players from having a myspace or facebook. In a sense, I completely agree with what the coaches are doing. They are looking out for their students[players] especially if they have things going for them in life. Athletes need to realize that if you are going to be on a team and be dedicated you have to be responsible outside of school and your sport. But on the other hand, I think myspace is a great way to chat back and forth with your friends. If it is just an innocent web page where you can talk to your friends and don't have anything bad on your page, I don't see the problem with it. Basically that was my opinion, but yes i think myspace is a great way to communicate with your friends. If you know and understand the risks of having a myspace, I think you should be allowed to have one.
To be honest, I don't see the point of having a myspace account. To me, having an account just screams, 'Come and stalk me.'(Hope that wasn't offensive...) I make it a point to avoid that website as much as I can for fear that I will end up seeing something I did not want to see. Heck, I'm so worried about all the garbage I see on the internet that I still have an account on Neopets for roleplaying. Yeah, call me lame if you want, but at least that website is secure. They freeze people left and right for even mentioning profanity. Once I was suspended for calling the pope stupid because I was angry about a long project I had to do. The point is, site owners and moderators have to be strict to keep people, not just kids, safe. People don't see the danger of posting personal information until it is too late: someone sees a picture of them doing something illegal or morally wrong or someone decides to take a special interest in them. People do not pay enough attention to whom or what is on the internet, which could prove their undoing in the future. Athletes and high school students are the worst off, I think, simply because everyone loves athletes and high school kids love to talk, sometimes forgetting to watch what they say.
I am looking at the site now and just the search engine has shocked me. It is so easy for predators to find exactly what they are looking for because of the criteria that are set up. It makes me question what the creators of the website were thinking when they thought this up. I don’t see any problem with having a myspace, but too many people abuse it and use it for the wrong reason and it will eventually catch up to them.
Whoops, forgot to put this at the end of my comment.
azgreen
If you ask me, why have a myspace when you can just have a blog like this one? But seriously, when it comes right down to it, isn't the whole point of a myspace to "talk" to your friends and leave comments and opinions? If you take away all the glitz and glamour thats really all it is, a blog. If that's not the case, than just tell me cause thats all I see. I really don't think its all bad to have one though, just as long as you know what your doing. Don't just put up stupid or embarassing things that might give others the wrong impression of you. People see that and automatically think bad things. If you know what kind of sick people are out there, than you know how dangerous it is to have too much information available to whoever wants it. Now, don't get me wrong, I think it's important with all this technology that we have available to us to take full advantage of it. But come on people, lets show a little common dignity. Don't go putting up things that you will later regret. This world of ours is a scary place, we don't want anyone getting hurt here.
Carol
In the article about myspace, the writer dicusses all the dangers of myspace and facebook. It is true that there are many dangers with young teenagers on these sites because of perverted people. Many of the members of myspace.com and facebook.com put everything about them on the sites. FOr example, where they live, full name, birthdate, etc. Many teenagers want to look cool, so they have pictures up of them smoking and/or drinking alcohol. Many athletes have these pages thinking that college coaches will look at them and then call them. BUt they dont realize that having these pictures of them drinking and smoking are just going to turn the coach away because no college or pro-team want a player that drinks and smokes and then flaunts it. Coaches are now realizing that their players are doing this. The coaches say they have talks with their players telling them that its their choice and he/she and stop them. Many parents are now getting involved with trying to convince their kids to delete them. There are many creepy people in this world and they pretend to be teenagers online to convince teens to come meet them. In most cases, teens are smart enough not to meet someone that they met online but in other cases they're not and when they meet something bad happens. I will agree that myspace is dangerous if you arent careful of how much information about yourself you put on there. But it is a place where you can talk to your friends. My parents know that i have a myspace and they arent very happy about it, but my mom checks my myspace every week and i have to show her everything (friends, quizzes, etc.). Myspace.com and facebook.com are bad places if you dont make the right choices.
In this article it shows that myspace and facebook could potential get you in trouble with your school, job, or family. I believe that Myspace was oringinally created to let people talk and communicate with others around the country. I really haven't seen many myspace pages and I don't have one, but i have heard of some of the stuff people have put on their pages. I have heard of people meeting other people, talking and falling in love with people, and posting other things that they might regret. I do think that if athletes have these pages that they be very careful about what they put on there. Many kids may look up their pages to see what their role models are like, so it is important that they should make sure that they are not stting a bad influence for the kids that do look up to these athletes. Also i bleive that employers may look at these pages and they may cause you to lose your chance at a good job. There are also tons of weirdos out there you have to be careful about because they may seem nice but could end up hurting you. I think that these sites are good for communicating, but the monitors of these sites should censor some of the stuff people put out there and also help protect their users.
Adam
Question: Can myspace.com come back to haunt athletes? Answer: No. What athletes choose to put on myspace.com is what will come back to haunt them. Student-athletes, specifically those who play for colleges and universities, need to be careful with what they put on Myspace, and think about whether or not what they put on will cause them regret in the future. It doesn't take a physics major, however, to figure out some of the things mentioned in this article. "Don't hold a beer in your pictures"? How long did it take for these guys to figure that one out? You're the starting quarterback of the football team; you don't need to have pictures of yourself achieving intoxication to be "cool". Does this mean that schools should ban their student-athletes from having Myspace accounts? I don't think so. There should certainly be restricions on what the athletes put on there, but just as long as they are responsible, there won't be any problems.
In my opinion, there's nothing wrong with the concept of Myspace. The key word in that sentence is "concept". It is just another technological advance in communication (other recent examples being the Internet, email, and instant messenging). Many people use their privileges at the site irresponsibly, however, and Myspace itself ends up getting blamed when something happens as a result of this irresponsibily. Metaphorically, Myspace is a car. Everyone at a certain age should be allowed to have one as long as they handle it well and obey the rules.
This article on myspace and facebook discusses the threat these sites can pose when used in the wrong way or for the wrong reasons. For some student athletes, the pages are fun places to chat with friends and at the same time, places to post pics from the past weekend’s parties. These pictures are usually not appropriate for everyone to see but most are just posted to share a laugh with some friends, but student-athletes don’t realize what kind of trouble this can get you in. The sites are readily available to anyone that wants to see them. Specifically college coaches and recruiters that want to check up on what type of kids they’re looking at. Athletes don’t realize that these pictures will turn the coaches off right away; they wouldn’t want to bring someone on the team that’s going to create trouble, no matter how good of an athlete.
My opinion on the issue is simple. All of these sites are the same: facebook, myspace, blogspot, xanga, and any other type of personal web page. They all are fun and great to have, but only to a certain extent. You need to be smart about what you post and who can read it. I know most, if not all, of these sites have privacy setting to prevent unwanted readers and that’s good. But if someone really wanted to, I’m sure they could find a way around it. So just be smart about what you put up. Don’t put anything up that will catch up to you later. I have a myspace myself, and I have as little personal info on it as possible. My name is pretty much all you’ll find out. Personally, I love it. It’s fun to be able to talk to friends that you don’t go to the same school with or see everyday. And this way you can talk to each other by comments whenever it’s convenient instead of instant messaging.
Int this article it is saying how bad websites like myspace.com and facebook.com actually are. Different teachers and athletic coaches have been surfing the web in attempts to find either their students or players being "inappropriot" on the internet; but its like you said in your blog..."Do NOT post, say, e-mail, IM, put in your profile, etc. anything on line which you would not want attributed to your good name." Esspecialy if you are a highschoolsenior wanting to go to college. This is because colleges are now checking websites like myspace.com and facebook.com for their potential canidates for college placement. For example...Say I just applied and got accepted to my dream college (West Point). Then they went on to my Myspace and saw some "innapropriot" things. They could then decide that they did not want a student who acted like that to represent their school; and I would have to go to another college. Soi you really have to be careful of what you put online because it could hurt more then just your spot on the football team but it could hurt you for the rest of your life. So thats my comment hoped you liked it.
Int this article it is saying how bad websites like myspace.com and facebook.com actually are. Different teachers and athletic coaches have been surfing the web in attempts to find either their students or players being "inappropriot" on the internet; but its like you said in your blog..."Do NOT post, say, e-mail, IM, put in your profile, etc. anything on line which you would not want attributed to your good name." Esspecialy if you are a highschoolsenior wanting to go to college. This is because colleges are now checking websites like myspace.com and facebook.com for their potential canidates for college placement. For example...Say I just applied and got accepted to my dream college (West Point). Then they went on to my Myspace and saw some "innapropriot" things. They could then decide that they did not want a student who acted like that to represent their school; and I would have to go to another college. Soi you really have to be careful of what you put online because it could hurt more then just your spot on the football team but it could hurt you for the rest of your life. So thats my comment hoped you liked it.
I believe i am your perfect example of what is being discussed in the article. I am fully involved in St. Mark's football, It is what i am all about. As a student-athlete I know it is important about what I do in my social life. I am fully aware about what people say about me and what i say on the internet. I have a myspace and a facebook and they are set to private. I know I cannot risk any unwanted thing on the internet. If i am at a social event where some "risky" business is going on I make sure not to be involved in any of these activites. WHen someone pulls out a camera I make sure i am not in the same picture with any sort of incrimating evidence. THe only time where I have been at a party where this has been going on is once or twice, and I was just hanging out and I was all good. Its completely right what has happened to certain people in certain situations. If they get kicked off a team for there behavior on the internet, it is their fault, not anybody elses. The coaches do not want their team getting a certain reputation.
TP
You go to any event that's more important than the normal routine,and the digital shutterbugs are snapping away. Good point. I'd stay out of the lense's eye if I saw any risky business going on, too.
Myspace in my opinion has become a cultural phenomenon like iPods or cell phones. Many teenagers have them because they allow you to have a way where you can talk to your closest friends and listen to music from your favorite bands for free. A Myspace is easy to get and even easier to set up, you enter a little bit of personal information and you are started. I think that they are a good way to find old friends and old friends. If used responsibly they are just plain fun, but some people use them irresponsibly. I think it is just plain stupid of an athlete to put pictures of themselves doing things that if a coach sees, it could severely limit playing time or end in expulsion from the team.
So one bad thing Myspace has done is taken private business someone might have done in their own home and made proof of it accessible to millions of people. People now are extremely paranoid of sexual predators due to the television show Dateline. On Dateline, police scour the Internet for Internet predators on social networking sites and in chat rooms, and then get the people to meet them. There they are arrested and taken to jail. A truly sad thing is that there have been more than 3 of these specials, so people obviously aren't learning anything. Like others have said before, giving out a lot of personal information is a good way to get spyware on your computer. This are very bad to have on your computer because they normally lead to identity theft. I agree totally with the friendship aspect of Myspace.com, but just don't put anything on your site that you wouldn't want a potential college, or a coach to see. I think Myspace is only going to get more popular no matter how much negative press or controversy surrounds the site.
The myspace article you gave us had some good information. While reading I would agree with some points and disagree with others. I can understand how myspace is dangerous when people give out very personal information in comment, which people can easily see. This can be dangerous, or disastrous especially for an athlete. Say the student had done something bad that might jeopardize his or her spot on the team. If they posted it on myspace, teacher and/or coaches can see this and it could mean bad this for the student. Myspace does have some benefits though. I remember someone one said, "I hate mysapce, but it is so addicting.” I understood their reasoning very easily. It isn't necessarily a lot of fun or anything. I know a lot of people have come up with stereotypes pertaining to mysapce, which people generally don't like. Myspace is a good place for communication though. It is an easy way to leave someone a message, especially since email has gotten old. I can agree that people who have them, especially if they have something to jeopardize. The Internet reveals a lot of information about people and so we need to be careful about what we put into it. If a coach sees a picture or reads a comment about a team member doing something wrong, than the coach does have a right to confront and possibly take action upon it. So, all in all, myspace is a good and bad thing, but in the end, everyone should just be careful with what they do.
This article is explaining the risks of posting things on myspace.com or facebook.com. It is composed of coach’s interviews about how they are dealing with their players and these sites. Some of the schools have policies on posting things on myspace.com or facebook.com. Though some schools do not have policies, their coaches have already discussed with their players that risks they are taking by posting things on the Internet. Athletes could be risking their future careers by putting stupid, and possibly incriminating, things on their web pages. Some coaches have even had people surfing these sites looking to see if any of their players are on them and what kind of information is on their web pages. Once the coaches find something, they confront the player about it and they take it right off. Over all, the coaches just want to let the players know to be careful with what exactly you put on these sites because, maybe not now, but sometime in the future, it may come back to haunt you.
I think that myspace.com is a good way for people to communicate, especially if you haven’t talked to someone in a while and then you find their myspace, and you can talk to them that way. However, I think that people need to be careful with what they post on their Myspace. It really isn’t that hard for someone to find you just by looking at your Myspace page and reading about you. People also need to be aware of what types of pictures and comments they have on their Myspace. Depending on what information is contained in pictures and comments, you could, in fact, be arrested if it is incriminating enough. So, over all, I think that myspace.com is alright to use as a way of communication, I just think that the people who use it should start paying more attention to what they post on their Myspace from now on, and, maybe even, rethink what they already have posted.
This little article explores worlds of everyay problems that especially teens can encounter when it comes to the internet. As an avid sports follower I find it incredible that athletes with the upside and skills to be playing in college are getting into this kind of trouble. Let me also have it known that I have a myspace acount, but I am smart about what I choose to put on my page. I could leave the link at the bottom of the page for all to read. My account is a fun way to connect with people, not a place where I display qualities of poor character. I would let my mother, father, teachers, administrators and anyone read my account. The internet is a dangerous place though, and i think the public, and esspecially athletes need to be made aware of that. In my eyes the athletic directors of colleges should at least moniter, if not ban myspaces and facebooks. Imagine Brady Quinn being suspended for a year because he is in a picture with drugs, or outstanding freshman Greg Oden being pictured with alcohol. That would be front page news in any place in this country. I feel that if i was anywhere in college sports I would be cautious, and take an AD's advice. Now I'm not going to lie and say that I am completely computer savy because I'm not, but as a student-athlete I know how to manage my outside the lines lifestyle, including the web. Sports are what i have cared and dreamed about my whole life, there is no chance that I would be dumb enough to let the internet ruin a dream. My view is to let the kids have them, especcially in high school. Myself and one other are the only ones to come from my previous school to SMHS, myspace has been an excellent way reconnect with friends that i share great memories with. Its times like those that these accounts are very uselful, but my words of wisdom to athletes are, "be safe and think before you TYPE!"
md green
Myspace really only poses a threat to athletes if they abuse myspace, and or any other site like it such as facebook. The article we read explains how these sites, especially myspace, could destroy many college and high school athlete's careers. I do not believe myspace is bad thing though, I happen to have one. It lets you communicate with friends, and people in general. It is very convenient. But unfortunately every good thing comes with its flaws. You are very exposed on myspace and almost anyone can view your profile, even team coaches. Posting inappropriate things on myspace, makes myspace a bad thing. Athlete represent there team and school. The last thing any school or coach would want is a tarnished reputation. This is why it is very important to be responsible with websites such as myspace.com and facebook.com. Do not post inappropriate things that could ruin your school’s, team's, and even your reputation. Things like this could ruin an athlete’s athletic career, or career in general. Use your common sense and don’t do anything that you will regret in the future.
I really liked this myspace journal the most because being a high school athlete I have been hearing about the stories and concerns of myspace and facebook accounts and it has really taught me a lesson. I can understand why a lot of college and high school coaches are concerned about this matter. Coaches are worried that the information being posted on facebook and myspace is leaking into the media and can be damaging to the reputation of the athletes and also their school. Also the type of pictures and comments left on web pages are of concern to the coaches because it can involve behavior that is inappropriate or worse, illegal. Comments also need to be appropriate because everyone can read them and have access to them. Since this new way of communicating has developed many problems have occurred involving athletes and the content of web pages over the last year. This issue has never been as serious as it has become for both the athletes and the schools. I believe that the college coaches are taking the right initiative towards limiting the scandals and media access to myspace and facebook web pages. Athletes need to realize that they need to think about the things they post and the information they allow people to see before it comes back to haunt them. Some of the college coaches and athletic directors have chosen to allow athletes to have web pages such as myspace as long as they make the right decisions about the type of information they post. The coaches check the athletes web pages daily to make sure it is acceptable. Other coaches have told their athletes that they don’t want any of their players to have these web pages because they have seen what has happened to other athletes and they don’t want there to be any chance of scandals. Also athletes are a direct link back to their school and if any inappropriate or bad images or information is posted the school with look bad also. I do also believe that not only athletes should be concerned about their web pages, but students should also be concerned. When the information that posted on myspace and facebook is available to everyone you can’t control who will see it. For students future or present employers who may look at personal information on these web pages you don’t know how they may react to things they never knew about you. You may not get a job because they looked at your myspace and they didn’t like something they learned about you. You could be the best worker in the world, but they may not ever give you a chance. Myspace and facebook is actually a very dangerous way to communicate and share personal information, but still it is being used. I believe that as long as the information or pictures you post are appropriate it is safe. Like the quote says, it is appropriate if you would allow your mom to see your web page and postings.
I really liked this myspace journal the most because being a high school athlete I have been hearing about the stories and concerns of myspace and facebook accounts and it has really taught me a lesson. I can understand why a lot of college and high school coaches are concerned about this matter. Coaches are worried that the information being posted on facebook and myspace is leaking into the media and can be damaging to the reputation of the athletes and also their school. Also the type of pictures and comments left on web pages are of concern to the coaches because it can involve behavior that is inappropriate or worse, illegal. Comments also need to be appropriate because everyone can read them and have access to them. Since this new way of communicating has developed many problems have occurred involving athletes and the content of web pages over the last year. This issue has never been as serious as it has become for both the athletes and the schools. I believe that the college coaches are taking the right initiative towards limiting the scandals and media access to myspace and facebook web pages. Athletes need to realize that they need to think about the things they post and the information they allow people to see before it comes back to haunt them. Some of the college coaches and athletic directors have chosen to allow athletes to have web pages such as myspace as long as they make the right decisions about the type of information they post. The coaches check the athletes web pages daily to make sure it is acceptable. Other coaches have told their athletes that they don’t want any of their players to have these web pages because they have seen what has happened to other athletes and they don’t want there to be any chance of scandals. Also athletes are a direct link back to their school and if any inappropriate or bad images or information is posted the school with look bad also. I do also believe that not only athletes should be concerned about their web pages, but students should also be concerned. When the information that posted on myspace and facebook is available to everyone you can’t control who will see it. For students future or present employers who may look at personal information on these web pages you don’t know how they may react to things they never knew about you. You may not get a job because they looked at your myspace and they didn’t like something they learned about you. You could be the best worker in the world, but they may not ever give you a chance. Myspace and facebook is actually a very dangerous way to communicate and share personal information, but still it is being used. I believe that as long as the information or pictures you post are appropriate it is safe. Like the quote says, it is appropriate if you would allow your mom to see your web page and postings.
Almost everyone has a My Space. It is one on the easiest ways to get to know someone. My friends and I were talking the other day, and we weren’t sure if the couple we were talking about were still together or not. Someone brought up that the guy wasn’t on the girl’s “top eight” any more. We just thought it was so funny that you can tell the state of someone’s relationship just by looking at a website with pictures on it. You don’t even have to read anything. This shows that web sites like My Space give off so much information about you. Sometimes you might not even realize you are sending that message. I think it is fine to have a My Space, but you really need to monitor what kind of information you put on it. There are ways to make it so only people that you allow to see your page can see it. I think that is a smart thing to do. Why would you want people you don’t know looking at it anyway? There are to many creeps out there that could find you in an instant. If kids would just realize how dangerous this site can be, then maybe they would make theirs safer. The pictures that are put on there can be really funny or cute, but some of them could get you in trouble. The ones of kids drinking alcohol or stripping off clothes are completely inappropriate. Like the article said, the pictures of these kids are getting them in trouble. Do they really think it is that important to show other people these pictures that they would risk the chance of getting caught by coaches with them? They can keep those pictures to themselves, and just hang them in their room or something. In the end I think My Space is a waste of time. Some people spend way too much time decorating their My Space, or looking at other people’s. I personally don’t have a My Space, and don’t really want one. I’m not going to say I don’t look at other people’s, but I don’t that often. I just don’t find it that important to show people things that they aren’t close enough with me to find out directly from me.
This article is showing the many dangers of having an online site. Many people get themselves into trouble with the inappropriate things that they put on their space. I think that coaches are just trying to look out for their players because they know that in the long run it will lead them into trouble that they do not need. I somewhat agree with the coaches to ban their players from using this online sources because it is somewhat a reflection on them with the stuff that is on the kids myspace. In the other sense i do see the kids point of view with wanting to have a myspace since other people their age have one. "Its the cool thing to do." You really do have to be careful though what you put on the site because it stays out in the public for everyone to see and you can never truly earse it. In my opinon you should be allowed to have one, but people who decide to have one should not be allowed to put whatever they want up, but stuff the coach would approve of. If you are embarrassed to let your parents see what on your space then you probably shouldn't have one.
The article "Can Myspace.com Come Back to Haunt Athletes?" is about the dangers of posting personal information on Internet websites like myspace and facebook. Before Internet websites like myspace and facebook any information about athletes came from media guides that didn't contain more than your basic information about the players. Now with new Internet sites athletes can post any kind of information they want. Most of the things the athlete's are posting are harmless but some have posted things that could get them in trouble like pictures of themselves with beers in their hands. Teachers and coaches are taking necessary precautions to make sure that the content on their athlete's sites won't hurt them. Some coaches are searching the Internet and if they do find any inappropriate content on a student's site they simply tell them to take it off. Other coaches have had meetings with their teams to explain to them the dangers of these sites. The coaches tell their players to be smart. They can't control what the athletes post on their websites, they can only hope they make smart decisions.
In this article about myspace , it is showing how dumb high school students can really be. Most people do joke around when they say they do various actives on myspace,but most coaches,teachers, and parents will not understand the humor. Maybe students , espcially the student athletes, don't relize how easy it is for someone to go on their page and see them at a party with a can of beer in their hands. Now a days you dont' even have to have the beer yourself; if someone else was in the backround of your picture with a bottle of beer the student would still get in trouble. The crazy thing about this is there are ways of preventing people to see this information one the could set their page to private or just not have it on their page in the first place. I just dont think that student athletes relizes how much trouble they can get in with Myspace, Because there have been cases were a coach has banned an athlete because of what they saw on their page. In closing it is a great way to meet friends and communicate but it is also a great way to make dumb mistakes.
Myspace is a very controversial topic. It's dangerous if you put to much of yourself out there, such as explicit pictures, or any way to contact you. However, it can also be a fun way to interact with your friends and have fun online. I do agree that if you wouldn't want your parents to see something you have on your profile, then it shouldn't be on there because, in my opinion, you shouldn't be letting anyone else see what you wouldn't let your own parents see. Some of the information that people put into their profiles is put into them without thinking of the consquences; but, people need to realize that there are people on the internet that won't respect your privacy and will try and harm you. Especially after numerous tradgedies published in the papers about stalkers and rapists and murderers that have gotten their information from myspace or other online profiles, people need to be way more careful about what they say and put on the internet. I agree that people should be warned about online profiles such as myspace. I think that everyone would be kicking themselves if, when they were older and out on their own, they got in trouble for something that they posted on the internet years before. Coach Bobby Johnson has a great point when he said that whatever is on the internet will be taken as the truth even if its not. Myspace should be used only by students or anyone who is mature and responsible enough not to put too much information out there. It can be a fun website if people understand how to use it right.
mbgreen
I believe that myspace.com is a great place to share information about oneself and meet new friends. However, many people get too secure. They become oblivious to the fact that sexual predators can obtain this information. Many teenagers give out their phone number and address, which makes it easy to find them. But what they really don’t realize is that teachers, coaches, and possible employers can also obtain this information. In the case of the Northwestern women’s basketball team, some of the athletes put graphic photos of a hazing incident. They thought it was just harmless, but that information came into the hands of the athletic director. And in the case of the LSU football team, some of the athletes had enough information on their profile to have their identity stolen. Both incidents ended with unhappy, unexpected consequences.
Many people look up to athletes as role models. Many of the sites show the athletes doing wrong things, such as drinking or hazing. If some admiring little kid were to read his profile, he would want to be just like his favorite athlete. All of those negative items could easily undo all of their parent’s teachings about how wrong it is to do drugs.
Okay, let’s just say that the athlete goes through college without being confronted. Only one in every one hundred thousand athletes makes it to be a professional athlete. If this athlete isn’t one of those special athletes, he or she will probably want to get a job. This athlete fills out an application and resume, and lands an interview. At the interview, the person shows his or her knowledge and potential perfectly, and the manager/boss is obviously impressed. The boss then goes and does a search for the person on the internet and finds his myspace article. The employer sees this person drinking, pranking, and hazing and is outraged by what he has just seen. This athlete not only didn’t get the job, but his or her reputation to future employers is damaged beyond repair and will continue to make up for it the rest of his or her life.
Overall, myspace.com is a great website. Just don’t be stupid or naïve enough to place information on it that you wouldn’t want employers, coaches, teachers, or parents to see, because they eventually will
I'm all for myspace. It was especially important to me when I was in boarding school, it was a great way to keep up with all my friends without my cell phone bill being through the roof. I really liked the fact that myspace made it possible for me to keep in touch with some of the people I didn't really know personally enough to talk to on the phone.
However, I totally agree that you should be careful with what you put on your myspace, and that when used the wrong way, myspace can cause you some serious problems. I would recommend never putting something on myspace that you wouldn't want someone to see, be it you coach, parent or teacher, because it's quite likely that they might.
I agree with the article-myspace is dangerous, especially if you are a college athlete. It is also dangerous for anyone, regardless of whether they are an athlete or not. People in the band and regular students can still get in just as much trouble as athletes, and not by the press. In an athlete's case though, they can put a picture or comment up and have it all over the school by the next morning. I don't know about colleges and universities, but a lot of high schools ban myspace, even outside of school.
There is a way to avoid the danger, though. Myspace has posted a warning on their site recommending that users be cautious about what they post on Myspace. There is also a way to make sure that none of your real information is up so only your friends know who you are. You can also remove all of the pictures from your myspace. There is also a privacy setting on myspace that allows you to keep your myspace from being viewed by people other then your friends. It is a great setting that keeps things from getting to anyone other then your friends. If a myspace did all of the thingsabove and something still gets leaked out or spread around, there is only one thing left to do: find better friends.
In this article it talked about how dangerous myspace and facebook can be to athletes. When you're in college you should be smart enough to know not to write and post consequential things. Personally, I think it's dangerous unless you know what to do and what not to do. People that post blogs and pictures with inappropriate things have to learn that it is not ok to do that. Students and athletes have an obligation to everyone, not to post things that could get anyone in trouble. I think myspace and facebook are great places to talk to your friends, but not to meet strange people. There are a lot of people on those sites that you don't know and some of those people will try and befriend you for immoral reasons. As long as you stay smart about what you say and do online I think those sites are fine.
In a recent article, students learn the dangers associated with myspace and being an athlete... on myspace. In my own humble opinion, I don't really see anything wrong with myspace. It's a perfectly fine social networking site that let's you meet other people. I do, however, have a problem with the people that use it. That's how myspace has gotten the reputation it has today. You have many kids posting pictures of themselves doing things that are downright illegal. This becomes a major conflict for athletes when team coaches and schools start finding these pictures and expelling them from the team. But that's one of the things that I think makes myspace great. It gives those who deserve them, their just desserts. Everyone who joins a high school sports team knows the risks and what it takes to be kicked off the team. Those who disobey these rules should be kicked off their team, no matter who great of an athlete they are. After all, shouldn't there be a standard of dececncy that athletes should live up to? When these athletes post pictures of their wrong-doings on the internet, when they know the risks of what could happen, really says something about their character. Basically, it says that believe themselves to be above the other people on the team, and they don't have to obey the rules of the team. That is why I think myspace is great.
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Myspace Article
The basis of this article is the elaboration of the optional dangers that could arise after posting personal information on myspace.com. Kids now a days post very private info on this website which invites all kinds of people into their lives. People on a college level should be especially careful when posting a myspace, for if a professor or coach was to come across it, trouble would be an understatement of what they would find themselves in. An internship could be thrown away just as fast as their first blog was posted.
The problem with most young adults is that they don’t know how to be modest. To quote Ross, “If you don’t want your momma to see it, don’t post it up there.” So much explicit content and material is put on myspace that anyone can retrieve or find. All one has to do is search for a name and all personal information is retrieved.
I think myspace is an excellent way to communicate with friends if you’re smart about it. Make sure you know all the people in your friends list and that you don’t add anyone who you’ve never met. Myspace.com should be fun and exciting, not dangerous and terrifying. But if one doesn’t proceed with caution, that could be the outcome of an experience on this Internet site.
All my friends have myspaces but I don’t particularly agree with all the information they don’t realize they share with the world. Posting a fake address or anonymous address would make cruising on their web page a whole lot safer.
Coaches and parents are afraid that athletes on myspace are revealing to much information about themselves on the internet. More than the generic stuff, as in their hometown or date of birth. I also agree that every kid, especially athletes, should double think what they're putting out to the public. Atleast what they should do is keep their myspace private so only friends may read this information. People look up to athletes as heroes, guidances, and idols. They are setting a bad example for the younger ones if they are putting up interesting information about themselves. Somehow, even if people don't have myspace or facebook, everyone eventually will beable to see this personal info. Getting into it would be easy and posting it for the whole world to see would be a sinch. Athletes really need to think about what they are displaying to the public.
I actually think myspace and facebook are okay if you know how to use it. I personally have a myspace and yes I will get some weirdos who try and add me as a friend so they can see my profile and see things about me, but I have mine set on private so only my "friends" can see more about me. No one has my password and no one ever will. My messages are private and I don't display numbers or addresses on my page. I would only display some info about my family and lifestyle and my screenname perhaps. I, for one, think my myspace is pretty safe and i think I am responsible enough to keep mine because I've learned how to use it wisely. If athletes thought about how to use their facebooks and myspaces like some people I know, we probably wouldn't have this much of a problem with stalkers and abusers on the internet. They wouldn't beable to get to us.
Myspace and facebook are very dangerous, but as i said, if you know how to use it and keep yours protected, I don't think anyone will have a problem.
This is definently the types of things that the media has been telling everyone in the world: Myspace and facebook can get you in trouble. If you don't put things on there that your parents don't know, then its ok. But posting your favorite spots to hang and scantily clad and provocotive pictures of yourself can hurt you. There are people out there whose sole purpose is to hunt down girls that are hard on themselves and have very little dignity.
Those girls on that college basketball team should have known better than to put that sort of information on their web pages. Coaches are not doing a good job of keeping tabs on their players. They should ask for all of the players blog names at the beginning of the season, and check it frequently for information that should not be on there. Now some students are saying "That's an invasion of our personal life!" Well, if it's so personal, then don't put it on your myspace or facebook.
Now, I'm not trying to say that these things are bad. They are a great way to stay in contact with your friends. But for some, it's just a game to see just how many friends they can rack up. Some of these people could be stalkers that make a myspace just to meet girls that are lonely. I, myself, used to have a myspace, but after watching an article on NBC about girls and boys that were raped because sexual predators found them through myspace. My only thing is, if you're going to have a myspace, keep it clean.
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