bbendick ([info]bbendick) wrote,
@ 2008-02-29 10:51:00
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kids and the internet

David Pogue has an excellent blog entry in the dangers kids face on the Internet. It’s a brief read worth checking out, as many of us will soon be (or are already) confronting some of the issues.

 

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[info]dagnabit
2008-02-29 08:50 pm UTC (link)
But, but, but TEH INTERNETZ want to steal UR BEEBEZ!!!!!1!1!! What is this foolishness about modertion? Surely there are predators lurking beneath every PBskids.com site?!? Right?

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[info]wyvernfree
2008-02-29 09:28 pm UTC (link)
It's so amusing to me that the media seems to think this is new. Granted that I'm something of an early adapter, but I started going online more than TWO DECADES AGO. When I was 15. And promptly received clumsy propositions from so many teenage boys that I changed my handle from "Lora" to the less obviously female "Sunfighter." Then I started playing in this ancient BBS-based ancestor of a MUD, and ended up getting together with the players in real life. But I was, like, smart enough to meet them in a group and in a public place till I knew them better.

If I could figure out coping mechanisms back then, I'm sure today's young teens can. :-)

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