Myspace Has Gone Downhill!!!
By Rozie37
@Rozie37 (15499)
Turkmenistan
January 17, 2008 11:56pm CST
Not just because it is getting old and tired, but because people have lost respect for themselves on there. I see all sorts of profanity, perversed pictures and sayings, not to mention nudity.
There must be way more self-employed, childless people in this world than I thought. They put things on this site that I would not want my boss, mother, child, or anyone for that matter to see. It is really a shame.
Just because you can get away with doing something shameful doesn't mean that you should. I spoke to a friend the other day that I had not spoke to in three years. I know that she would never put a profile on Myspace, because she is a self-respecting private person.
But, her 17 year old daughter and all of her sisters and other family members are on there. One of her sisters is literally showing her tail. They have also put pictures of her on their profiles.
When I mentioned that I had saw her on Myspace, she said there ain't no pictures of me on Myspace(her Mississippi accent came out). I said, oh yes there is. I started telling her about her family members on there and she said, that's not my family, that is someone else's family.
She is a very nice person, so she was saying it in a joking like fashion, but I know that she was serious and very embarrassed. I did not remember how private she was until after I asked her to call me back and she never did.
I kind of felt bad for bringing it up. I do not know whether she really does not know that her family is on there or she was just upset that I knew. Whatever the case do you think that she should speak to her family about taking the pictures of her off, or do they have a right to display all the members of the family if they choose to?
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@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
18 Jan 08
I don't think they should use members of their family if they don't want them to one there myself. I am a member in there but I hardly go in there. I have a friend that goes in there a lot because she has a lot of friends on myspace. I agree there are some people that do dress trashy on there. I have also seen bad things on the news about myspace. Like a party that this one girl had and members of myspce trashed her families house. That gives myspace a bad name to me.
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
20 Jan 08
I have a page too, the only friends I have are family members. I don't really like myspace. Its so Xrated and anybody can see some of the pictures displayed. I rarely go on myspace, unless my neice or nephews message me. I much prefer the cleanlyness and friendlyness of mylot. I think people should get your permission before putting your picture on the internet anywhere. My son would have a cow, if I posted any of his kids pictures online. We can never be too careful. Its scary the way the youngens have put up personel info and pictures. Anybody can find them easily. Its good you keep an eye on the youngens in your family.
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
21 Jan 08
Good for you, for keeping an eye out for the younguns. I have noticed that some people do want to talk dirty. We have to be very careful what we say here. There are young people on here to. I would hate for mylot to become like myspace. I like mylot so much better. Some adult talk is ok, you just have to not cross the line. I also had a friend that has been getting racy with some of the discussions. I turned off the email notification. So far I haven't deleted them, I just might end up doing that.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
21 Jan 08
Now, I will tell you, there are some people who are trying to pervert Mylot. I had to delete a friend yesterday, because I was so offended by what she was discussing. Some people just have no self-respect at all.
I keep a very close eye on my nieces and nephews. I did not grow up in an innocent environment like my sisters did. I know what is really out there.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
18 Jan 08
It was right of you to tell her about her family putting up pictures of her without her permission. I always ask permission of my family and friends before posting pics of them on my personal homepages and such. I have a few friends that are very private and I always run it pass them first even sending them a copy of the picture and if they allow it then I do, if not then I don't. Not everyone likes their picture displayed online.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
18 Jan 08
The thing of it is, I did not know that I was talking about something that she did not know. There are so many pictures of her, I figured she had to know. But I feel the same way, if someone is not okay with it, not even family should do it.
My aunt made it very clear to me that she did not want any pictures of herself online. I had one on there with all the surviving sisters and even though I wanted to keep it up there, I had to respect her and take it off. She said if I see my picture on there, I will know you did it. I am not afraid of her, but I do respect her, and I do not want to give her any reason to fuss at me, LOL.
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
19 Jan 08
I am surprised that they don't keep better tabs on their online doings either. I guess they feel that they have the time to sit and fight with their children about what they are doing on Myspace. I feel that it is an extremely important time investment though.
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
20 Jan 08
As far as I know there is no law that say they cannot put her picture on myspace but to me it is an invasion of privacy. I am with her I will decide when it is time to put my photo on a web page and no one elses.
On 20/20 they did a story about a woman who is a Mayor of a town who put a picture on myspace before she bacame mayor. She is in deep doodoo because the photo is in her bra. Now why would someone pose for a photo in there bra and then post it on the internet? It makes no sense to me why someone would do such a thing. I do not think it is funny nor do I think it is right or moral.
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@Flight84 (3048)
• United States
18 Jan 08
People are obsessed with MySpace anymore! There was a mama at the daycare that was married and two young children and she had a real nasty profile on MySpace. Basically, her profile was begging for men to flirt with her and her pictures were all nasty looking. A woman at my work has two high school age granddaughters and she said they are always on MySpace and ditching homework to do that. Since when did a website mean more than doing well in school? Maybe I'm a nerd. I think I'm one of the few people left in the world that doesn't have a MySpace account. I'm just not interested in it for some reason and I think all the hype around it turned me off from it. You know my sister had some MySpace drama with my dad and his insane family making her a fake profile to get her in trouble. I told her she just needed to stay away from that site! MySpace isn't for me.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
19 Jan 08
Hey Flight84, I haven't seen you around these parts in a minute. Glad to see that you are back for a visit. I know what you mean about Myspace. I can not get in to it the way that most people do. I am on there to keep up with my nieces and nephews.
I am close with them, but they are so busy now. But, as far as collecting a bunch of friends and chatting back and forth, I just can't get into that. I have tried, but it is just not my thing either.
@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
18 Jan 08
I have never been a member of myspace. I have some friends and at least one family member who are though. I never saw a need. And with all the recent news about my space of late, I am glad I never became a member. As far as I know they don't have pics of me or the rest of my family out there. I have heard of other people being embarrassed about the stuff they have on there though.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
19 Jan 08
Yes, myspace has pretty much gone wild. I never did really spend much time one there. I like to go and steal new pictures of the kids and such things like that. I also like to see what they are up to. But, I have never been in to hanging out on Myspace and trying to make friends. I have tried it, but it is not my cup of tea.
@SViswan (12051)
• India
18 Jan 08
I don't think her family members have the right to display her pictures especially since she is a private person and they ought to know it. I wouldn't have thought of this matter before somoen bought it up on myLot about posting pictures of other family memebers without permission and I realized what they meant.
I feel they should have asked your friend if it was alright with her to put up her pictures.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
18 Jan 08
I don't think they should have the right to display pictures of anyone without their knowledge and permission, family member or not but I'm not positive what the actual law is. I rarely get on MySpace, only to post to my blog and I don't do that very often but I've heard enough to know it's gotten disgusting. Think of all the people who have allowed their photo, or even put it there themselves and then have later come to regret it when it turns up and costs them a job or promotion or even a relationship with someone they care about. I'm against censorship mainly on principle because it's a slippery slope once it starts. But I'm with you, just because someone "can" do something sure doesn't mean they should. What ever happened to old fashioned pride? I feel if I wouldn't want my mother, my daughter or my granddaughter to see it I wouldn't allow it to be there...period!
Annie
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@sojournseeker (1244)
• United States
18 Jan 08
Well I can't say what your friend should do about her family putting pictures of her up on mySpace but I do agree with you very-wholeheartedly that mySpace has lost much of its integrity as a decent place when I was getting spammed everyday for almost a month by some chick (nearly naked and offering her 'you know what' favors expecting I wanted some ! I turned her and many of her 'false identities' and got mySpace to clean up a little. Not much help cause more and more youngsters just use it to air their stuff which should be private.
Permissions to do things even if they are wrong should not be done in lieu of others knowing so yes, her family should have at least told her . . .
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