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lonelyandhorny
42 / male
someplace between the borders, Minnesota, US
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am i the bad guy here?
i have an 8 year old nephew, and he has an account on Facebook. my sister helped him set it up. since he is only 8 years old, Facebook would not allow him to set up an account, so my sister helped him create an account using a fake name (she just used his first name and his middle name).
i reported him as a fake, under-aged profile. you have to be at least 13 years old to create an account there.
my sister and i do not get along, in fact, most of my other siblings do not get along with her either.
i did not report him because of my issues with my sister, i reported him because in my opinion, he's way too young. and there must be a reason that Facebook does not allow anyone under 13 to join.
(honestly, in my opinion, she let him join, so that she wouldn't have to spend as much time doing things with him, cuz he'd be spending time there. it can get quite addicting. i know, cuz that's where i spend most of my time when i'm at my computer.)
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| August 27, 2009, 15:04 |
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Re: am i the bad guy here?
QUOTE (lonelyandhorny @ August 27, 2009, 15:04)i have an 8 year old nephew, and he has an account on Facebook. my sister helped him set it up. since he is only 8 years old, Facebook would not allow him to set up an account, so my sister helped him create an account using a fake name (she just used his first name and his middle name).
i reported him as a fake, under-aged profile. you have to be at least 13 years old to create an account there.
my sister and i do not get along, in fact, most of my other siblings do not get along with her either.
i did not report him because of my issues with my sister, i reported him because in my opinion, he's way too young. and there must be a reason that Facebook does not allow anyone under 13 to join.
(honestly, in my opinion, she let him join, so that she wouldn't have to spend as much time doing things with him, cuz he'd be spending time there. it can get quite addicting. i know, cuz that's where i spend most of my time when i'm at my computer.)
To young. Kids don't need to be exposed to the real world at that age - To many wackos out there just looking for young kids. I vote for 21!
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| August 27, 2009, 15:52 |
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Chazzy
45 / female
private location, Missouri, US
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Re: am i the bad guy here?
No one thinks there's any harm to it....till the lawsuits hit....
It's the recent lawsuits that pushed facebook and myspace into their age requirement. (Myspace - Megan Meirs, the young girl who hung herself after being bullied by an adult through her myspace account) and countless cases of adult predators prowling these sites. The internet is an open ground now for new laws, but sadly the new laws come from real events.
You're right to be concerned and anyone has the right to report any underaged activity on any site with an age requirement. Since it was family though, that can take a delicate and diplomatic touch.
Even the afore mentioned Megan, her mother took great precautions with her myspace account, only allowing short amounts of time on the internet, and that account had parental supervision, but...it all went dramatically bad for Megan in a matter of minutes...it was all said and done in just minutes.
Children and the internet is never going to be a safe combination, and parents cannot be too careful or too wary.
The age rules are there for a good reason. A very good one, because there are some parents that can't or don't supervise their children's internet use, and some parents that just don't see the severity of the threat the internet has.
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| August 27, 2009, 16:49 |
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Re: am i the bad guy here?
Not only internet, in the news i saw a 13 year old girl wanting to sail around the worls, alone. Childsupport called on a judge to stop her. Curious how it will end.
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| August 27, 2009, 16:55 |
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Chazzy
45 / female
private location, Missouri, US
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Re: am i the bad guy here?
There are even problems with predators joining Disney chatrooms, just to get at the very young children.
I agree, 8 years old is way too young for facebook or myspace types of sites...but how you handle family issues is a whole other thing...
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| August 27, 2009, 17:02 |
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funlovingpair
47 / couple
Frozen Tundra, Minnesota, US
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Re: am i the bad guy here?
I would agree that he is way to young for that. He needs to hone is others skills first. If the rules say must be 13+, then that is what it is, peroid. No you are not the "bad guy", maybe naughty, but not bad.
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| August 28, 2009, 01:08 |
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lonelyandhorny
42 / male
someplace between the borders, Minnesota, US
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Re: am i the bad guy here?
i just think it's a shame that my sister helped him join. he needs to be doing other things that kids do. he's 8 years old, and can barley ride a bike (with training wheels even!)
my sister lets him spend WAY too much time on the computer. yes, he is fairly smart for his age because of it, be he has no clue on how to act like a kid.
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| August 28, 2009, 04:20 |
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OOMG
57 / male
Moving, South Dakota, US
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Re: am i the bad guy here?
i think that 8 is far to young for facebook and such. Of course in my opinion so is 13.
My real opinion is that if you need to socialize, you should go and see people in person. 
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| August 28, 2009, 05:57 |
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Mooant
29 / male
New Britain, Connecticut, US
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Re: am i the bad guy here?
You'd be surprised what parents will let their children do. Its no surprise that I'm into video games (I think I've mentioned it a few times...). A lot of games that are online now will let people talk to each other, not only through typing it out, but through voice communications as well, provided you have a microphone. Some of these games can be quite violent, which pushes people into egotistical and outright antisocial behavior while online. Cursing, trash talk, humiliating behavior, everything that people see wrong with violent video games.
One particular game in mind for this point is Counter Strike, originally it was a modification of the game Half-Life, but the developers took over the mod and made it into a stand alone game. The basic premise of the game is that it is an online confrontation of Terrorists and Counter-Terrorist forces. The EULA (End User License Agreement) specifically says you must be at least 13 years old to play, because of how violent the game is and how disgusting people can act in the game.
There are so many under aged kids playing this game that many servers will kick any player that breaks the following rule (direct quote mind you): Do not speak over voice chat until your balls have dropped. (but this is only because under aged kids having a REALLY high voice and it hurts to hear them talk)
Honestly, there are age restrictions for very good reasons, and things like MySpace, Facebook, and these games would normally make them higher ages, but then they'd lose over half their user base.
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| August 28, 2009, 12:56 |
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Chazzy
45 / female
private location, Missouri, US
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Re: am i the bad guy here?
PWN the n00bs!!!!!
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| August 28, 2009, 16:46 |
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QueenofMILFS88
46 / female
Manassas, Virginia, US
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Re: am i the bad guy here?
You are anything BUT a bad guy....as the mom of a 10 yr old I understand your concern for your nephew. The only way my son is allowed online..is to play Ben10 and cartoon network games...and even then, I'm sitting next to him the whole time. It's a shame how some parents use the internt, t.v. and video games as babysitters...what ever happened to the good ol' days of family night and board games? I can say that my son and I enjoy playing playstation and WII...but I still control what types of games he's allowed...yea, he gets mad at me...but, I'm the mommy and I rule! Besides, there'll be enough violence when he gets in the grownup world.
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