With Myspace was once at the peak of social networking among users including ages from middle school to adults, they are now on the edge of becoming nothing. What is the most scary thing about MySpace is that theres really now way of telling who is who. 50% of users don't even know who they add when accepting a friend request. One of the glories of the site was meeting strangers and making new friends. But that is also a dangerous thing when it happens on a day-to-day basis. Pedophiles have been have a much easier job finding children. With a nice picture, information about you, and your age, older gentleman can target younger children for their dirty deeds.
On the plus side, law enforcement have been able to use this type of public exposure to bust people. They have creeped on people's profiles to find out where and when illegal activity has taken place. In the article "Social Networking Websites" criminals have often have the tendency to post online their handiwork and brag about it. Although people may feel unsafe with the police monitering the internet, their highest priority has been public safety. CBS did a show called "To Catch a Predator" with a programmer talking to older guys pretending to be a 13 year old girl ,trying to get them to come to a house which is set up with cameras and police hidden inside and out. When they come inside the house, an actor says that she'll be right back. Then the host of the show comes out and talks to him. When the predator exits the house, the local police force arrest him.
I have made fake accounts to mess around with friends. Nothing that can be considered identity fraud. So called cyber bullying has been apart of every social network. Bullying can be anything from threats to teasing. I was once a "victim" of this. What makes it something to laugh at is how anyone can be a bully, siting behind a keyboard typing mean crap. But others may take it more seriously than others.
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