« TrendWatching: INFOLUST | Main | YouTube » The boyd factor Bill O'Reilly interviewed danah boyd about myspace.com March 30; danah's posted the video at YouTube. She does a good job explaining the myspace phenomenon - kids want to hang out at myspace with people they know, they're not there to meet strangers. In fact, they generally ignore adults and strangers, and avoid risky situations. O'Reilly mentions a 16 year old girl who was arrested for putting a nude photo of herself online, and danah says she might've been looking for a date or attention from adults, but something like that would be rare. (Oddly, O'Reilly says the girl put a photo of herself in an unregulated space, but the fact that she's been charged with a crime sorta contradicts this view of a "lawless" Internet where anything goes... but you knew that.) [Link] jon posted this at 12:09 PM |
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There needs to be an adult MySpace to fill the void and it should help reduce nude photos on sites designed for the public, in my opinon if you run a social netowrk website you should have an alternative website for adults that wish to post nude or adult related content.
Posted by: Stephanie | April 11, 2006 6:34 PM