Is my space.com safe for girls under 14 years old?

Answer 1

Stay out of myspace if you are that age. It is not made for you.

Answer 2

There is a way to sign up to myspace so that your age prohibits a lot of the unsavoriness that is out there. The only problem is that the site is self policed. Meaning that if someone wants to upload a raunchy picture or even an adult based video they can. It will not be deleted until someone notifies myspace to let them know that there is indecent material there. Each video does have a report this button-but it is too late because you are already exposed.
No one can be your friend unless you allow it. BUT they can press on the email this person button on your home page and then you will receive the email at your personal address. The person will not have your address though. If you really wanted to be on myspace the best way to do it is let them know your age and to NOT upload any personal pictures.
Also realize that just like any other site you never know who you are really talking to. If someone you don't know IM's you and says they liked you profile and they are your age-blah blah you CAN NOT know for a fact that they aren't some old guy in his underwear. Just that thought alone is creepy but it happens all the time.
If you are determined to go on myspace use caution. Go on and just check out music and games. Search by name or email address for your friends and only add people you know to your friend list.
Start a group for your friends or people with a like interest that will not attract weirdos. Don't make it a teen group or anything that will give away that you are 14 year olds. Make the group about something boring and only let people you know join. There is the ability to make a group private.
When doing a search always look for specific person or band. Don't be vague or you may see things you don't want to.
This isn't a site that I would want to be on at 14 to make friends. There are sites that are more geared toward your age out there. Ask around and maybe you and your friends can find a site you enjoy more that has less hazards. Or make sure you are very leary of everyone on myspace.
Good luck to you. Lee

Answer 3

girl im 14 and i have one. the question isnt is it safe its are you smart enough not to put your house number, city, or any surroundings out there where everyone can see?? you see there are some perverts and everything on there but then again thats life. Youre gonna bump heads with some from time to time. Put your profile on private, dont put your real city go on yahoo and get a zip code for another city or state and dont reply to messages from ppl that you dont know. Its basically common sense

If you want to see mines then here's my page url: my space.com/13542715

Answer 4

Actually, it would probably be a good learning experience for your daughter. This would probably be a good time to explain to her that someone who is strange may be very nice, and try to get personal information from her, but that the "don't talk to strangers" should really apply on the online world too.

Most problems that occur between Myspace users are because people were too trusting or gave out too much personal information about themelves.

Young adults and kids tend to have a feeling of anonymity online, but predators know exactly what information they want to harvest and how to get it.

This could be a good way to help her identify what is acceptable conversation and what isn't. If you are going to let her interact with others, I would be sure to question who she talked to, and what they talked about.

Good luck.

Answer 5

Personally, I don't think *ANYPLACE* on the Internet is a good place for a 13-and-under to be going unsupervised. It isn't just myspace.com, it's *everything* on the net. Remember - she;s not allowed into an R-rated movie without a parent, and *much* of the net is R-rated.

Good way to start: Put the PC in the living room or other public area of the house, so you can keep tabs on what she's doing. And remember - staying in touch with what your kids are into is important. It doesn't matter if it's myspace.com or not.

Answer 6

It's safe if you're smart about it. Obviously, don't engage in conversation with people you don't know. Even though it's the internet, you have to think of it as meeting someone in real life. Would you stick around to chat it up with a 40+ year old perv? I certainly hope not. Be smart, have some common sense and you can do a lot more than you think.

Answer 7

I don't think so. In today's paper there is a story about a 31 year old lady who met a 32-year old man from myspace.com. They decided to meet at a local restaurant and feeling safe, she decided to return to his home for "coffee".

The pervert dropped a few Roofies in her coffee and when she finally woke up, she realized she had been raped.

Needless to say, if a 31-year old woman can not recognize a pervert when she sees one, what chance do you think your 14 year old daughter has?

Answer 8

no its not. i saw a thing on dateline where young girls had myspaces, but they thought they never put personal info on it. an undercover cop pretended to be a boy from the area added one of the girls. through that one girl he was able to become friends with all the girls. they said "well i saw him on so and so's page so i thought he was okay". through the girls bulletins, comments, and friends list; he was able to get enough information to find out the girls full names, where they went to school, where they lived by, and what they were doing.

one of the girls put "we're going to taco bell by the school at 5:30! anyone want to join us?" - a perfect opportunity for any abductor on myspace.

at the end of the show the cop confronted the girls and told them who he really was. they thought they were being safe, since they had no direct personal information in their profile. but now they know better.

i suppose as long as you arent naive - which is hard for a 14 year old, then you should be okay.

Answer 9

I don't think it is safe, period. There are too many weird people out there who will take advantage of a very young person, let alone a child. I
If you haven't read about MySpace in the paper or heard about it on the news lately, you are missing some very important information for the protection of your daughter.

I WOULD BLOCK IT!

Answer 10

Absolutely not. You should be listening and watching recent news reports in both the US and Canada about girls, and at times boys, who get in trouble with pedophiles. Talk to your parents, talk to your teachers, talk to anyone over 18. It's not worth it to your safety just to show off some stuff. Also, make sure your friends aren't putting pictures and/or information about you on THEIR sites! The world is ugly out there, unfortunately.

Answer 11

NO! NO!!!!! My 13 year old step-daughter had a account and added too much info. and too many pics. and she got targeted by some crazed older man that became obsessed with her, now there is a restraining order, court dates, etc..... Read a book or hang out with your friends and family. Get a life outside of your computer.