This week our discussion centered around cyberbullying. The instructor has also asked us to discuss our experiences with Facebook and MySpace. To be honest, I have never used or looked at Facebook. As for MySpace, I only used it to search for students who graduated from a local school to see if I could find their current location. Showing my age, I found MySpace to be noisy and brash. Many of the posts included information that I wonder if that person would be willing to say in a face to face interaction. I didn't understand the appeal of MySpace to young people.
I found an interesting post that talks about cyberbullying on Facebook. This person was subject to cyberbullying but followed the rules and reported the offender as per Facebook TOS. The poster also provides some hints on what you can do if you become a victim of cyberbullying.
I am posting the following link with some reservations. I looked through the web site and it seems that the group is interested in educating parents and families about the proper use of media without saying we shouldn't use media. I may be wrong, and apologize if I am. The site seems to provide good information on how to use MySpace and what to watch for.
Let me know what you think.
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That is funny I thought that I was the only one who has never used facebook or myspace. I feel out of the loop when I talk with some of my friends who basically "live" on myspace. Sometimes I think that I am either to old for it or too busy :-)
It is good to know that there is another person out there not using the social networks. Maybe I'm too old but often I think you need to be creative on these sites and that I am not.
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