6th Blog

When I think about class this past week, the MySpace video keeps popping into my head. I think that the movie was a humorous way to illustrate just a few of the stereotypes of websites like MySpace. I liked the part when the guy tried to meet his online girlfriend and she didn't end up being as "hot" as he thought she was. It always amazes me as to how many online dating commercials I see on TV and how many stories I hear about people flying across the country to meet their online love interest. I don't know if any of the real life stories end up like the one in the video, but I can't help but think that not all online encounters are honest.

I especially connected, however with the scene about the password. Even though, as I have expressed before, I am bad at remembering my passwords, I also never give any of my top secret passwords out. The only time I let someone else log into a site for me is if it is a friend that I trust who is logging into my name. Otherwise, I will simply type the password in myself. I don't mean that I cover the keys or treat my passwords like FBI material, but I also do not share my passwords really at all.

That's all I have to say for now.

5th Blog

Well, spring break is over... back to reality.

I feel like our discussions in class on Friday were rather interesting. I really don't know where I stand about what should and shouldn't be put online. What I mean is that I completely understand that children put too much information on their webpages and that can lead to serious problems with online predators and whatnot. I do not think that it should be the websites' responsibility to limit what information is shown online. I think that rather than parents being upset that their child could post his or her phone number, they should be paying more attention to what their child does online and educating their child of the dangers of the internet. Maybe my opinion will change if I ever have kids, but for now, I think that websites can't control stupidity.