Myspace is Private

I really don’t ask my mom or my family if they want to view my myspace page. But if they ask, then I let them. When I was 14 my nana wanted to see my myspace and I didn’t have a problem with that.There isn’t anything that I have and/or need to hide on my page. There aren’t any inappropriate or violent pictures and I don’t have any foul language on it either. I let everything hang out….privately! I let it be known what is going on. At the same time, I’m not just going to air out my business to the world.

THIS IS MY ADVICE TO PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO BE ON MYSPACE….
1. Don’t give your password out to people because if you get into a disagreement with that person, they might: change your password, give it out to people, or delete it.
2. Make sure there are no inappropriate pictures or information on your myspace page.
3. Only add people you know. Don’t approve strangers, even if they say they know and/or seen you.

-Breanna Coleman

Myspace almost got my a** whooped.

Last year someone told my daddy that they saw naked pictures of me on myaspace. My daddy told my mama and she immediatleyto come and comfront me. I had just got my lunch when a boy came running in the cafitera talkin bout "Venus yo mama here" before i could say anything my mama came through the door with a mean mugg on her face. I didnt know what was wrong but i knew it was something terribly bad. She led me out out of the school and when we got to the car she told me what my daddy had informed her earlier. I stareted crying because i really didnt know what she was talking about. when we got home i had to explain to them that there was no naked pictures of at all on the internet. I showed them my profile and my profile showed no naked pictiures of me. Then my daddy says " Oh, well he didnt say naked he said too much cleavage." I deleted my Myspace after that becuase it almost got my ass whooped.

Misunderstood.

"Is it myspace...or is it everybody's space

When I get on myspace it's usually from a friends account. My sole purpose is to see what my friends,cousin's,sister's,etc...are doing. I a;so use it to look at pictures and to see how many friends people have. I believe the worst I've seen on myspace is when my friends had an argument on there. It was basically just them going back and forth talking about each other and the worst part was it started over he say;she say. I personally don't have one because my sister's won't allow it. They both have one they say they use for networking purposes. It does get lonely not having one but in the end is it really your space or...everybody's space.
-Akilah Watkins

Be careful what you post!

One day my best friend had a picture in her bra and her panties. And she had it at her default picture which meant that everybody on myspace could see the pictures that she took in her bathroom. Within a weeks time a lot of older creepy guys were asking to be her friend and at the time she was only 14 so you can only imagine how she felt. She was so scared so her mother made her take the pictures off and now she has to get her pictures screened by her mom.

It is very important to know what you are getting into when using myspace, and facebook, and any other online service. It is very important to let your boundaries be set when using my space. I only go on myspace really to check my mail and to post the latest pictures. I really don’t log into myspace that much because all the people that are my friends on myspace attend school with me. I think that young girls shouldn’t put inappropriate pictures of themselves because the attention you would receive is not good. Well I think if you choose to continue to have a myspace here are 3 tips for you to make sure that your page is safe.

1. make sure your parent or guardian approves of the pictures that you put on your myspace if you are under 18
2. Be very careful of who you accept as you friends
3. Also be careful of the content that’s on your page. That might help narrow down the people you have requesting to be your friends.
4. Know yourself worth. Don’t be little yourself to fit in with a certain crowd, its not worth it I n the long run.

No Drama on MySpace

With my MySpace, I let my mom view my page whenever she wants because I think that if my mom doesn’t approve of it, then obviously I shouldn’t be putting it out there for the world to see. I only had one incident on my page when my mom told me I needed to change it and it was some cusswords. I wasn’t really cussing about or to someone, I was just typing how I really talk and there were a few cusswords. It didn’t bother me at all that my mom made me change it because she explained why it shouldn’t be on there. I never was bothered by what other people were writing about. I put stuff out there that I would want my friends, or if a teacher or anything was viewing my page, I would be okay with them seeing it. I wouldn’t want to put out a bad reputation for myself over the internet. I had two friends who were arguing at school and then once they got home they were arguing on MySpace, then it made them want to fight more but they never fought.

I think the three tips for staying out of MySpace drama is make your page private, only add your friends-not just anyone you know, and last - don’t put personal business or talk about anyone.

- Tajh