Ban on 'Social Networking Sites' for teens?

[Lemonking]

like in so many things,what applies in this situation is, If parents would just care what their kids are doing on the PC then we would have alot less problems.instead going atround with a banstick and ban everything what parents dont want to confront themselfs with.

 

[Axyon]

Yes, you argued that you didn't like the design. But rather than leaving it at that, you also went into the usual "all MySpace users cut themselves" line and the "it's only used by whiny teenagers" line.

Oh, and thank you for your derisory tone. It always boosts the credibility of one's point if one happens to sound irretrievably conceited.

The self-harming comment was with regards to navigating MySpace sites, not as a reference to teenage culture. Context. Use it, know it, love it.

I'll take a derisory tone when someone commands me on who I can communicate with. It's really that simple.

 

[el Chi]

The self-harming comment was with regards to navigating MySpace sites, not as a reference to teenage culture. Context. Use it, know it, love it.

To recap:

I quite like myspace..

Do you also happen to like self-harming?

THEN you went onto criticising the layout. Considering so many people equate MySpace with emo and emo with self-harm, it seemed pretty self-explanatory.

I'll take a derisory tone when someone commands me on who I can communicate with. It's really that simple.

At no point did I try and tell you who you could or could not communicate with. I said if you don't like them, don't talk to them, because surely there's no need.
There is a difference.

 

[Axyon]

THEN you went onto criticising the layout. Considering so many people equate MySpace with emo and emo with self-harm, it seemed pretty self-explanatory.

It was obvious that the question was a form of introduction and context (there's that word again!) for the main point of the post, which was to emphasise how navigating most MySpaces is a visual and aural assault. It's not hard to work out.

At no point did I try and tell you who you could or could not communicate with. I said if you don't like them, don't talk to them, because surely there's no need.
There is a difference.

Hedging by tacking on "because surely there's no need"? Yeah, that's a real difference.

 

[el Chi]

1. Saying "Are you a masochist?" would have been obvious when talking about inflicting the arduous task of sifting through horrorshows of badly-designed profiles upon yourself. Saying "Do you also happen to like self-harming?" within the MySpace context (and there it is again!) instantly rings the bells of the deriding-emo-kids-bandwagon.
Even if I did get it wrong, the context I interpreted is quite obvious.

2. I'm not hedging in the slightest. That was always the point of my post, although I can see that that wasn't entirely clear.
"If you don't like the emo stereotypes, don't talk to them - it's really that simple."
It just seemed to me self-explanatory that if you don't like someone, there's really not that much point in talking to them - surely?

 

[Sulkdodds]

Hey hey hey, surely you can just not visit all the crappy myspaces and isntead only visit the ones of your friends?

I mean, if you're meeting new people through new people through friends on myspace, you're still going to stick within the same basic 'circle'. It's like the internet - 75% of the internet is porn, but you don't necessarily look at it.

Anyway, this bill is stupid with a stupid name (lol! Deleting! Geddit?) and will fail.

 

[el Chi]

Hey hey hey, surely you can just not visit all the crappy myspaces and isntead only visit the ones of your friends?

This was exactly the point I was trying to get across. Perhaps I failed. *Sigh*

 

[Axyon]

2. I'm not hedging in the slightest. That was always the point of my post, although I can see that that wasn't entirely clear.
"If you don't like the emo stereotypes, don't talk to them - it's really that simple."
It just seemed to me self-explanatory that if you don't like someone, there's really not that much point in talking to them - surely?

That's completely irrelevant to the point. If I make the notation that you told me not to talk to a certain group of people, defending it by saying 'yes I did, but surely it's pointless anyway' does not negate what I said.

Hey hey hey, surely you can just not visit all the crappy myspaces and isntead only visit the ones of your friends?

I mean, if you're meeting new people through new people through friends on myspace, you're still going to stick within the same basic 'circle'. It's like the internet - 75% of the internet is porn, but you don't necessarily look at it.

Anyway, this bill is stupid with a stupid name (lol! Deleting! Geddit?) and will fail.

I'm not making distinctions between my friends and everyone else's MySpaces - they're just as irritating.

 

[el Chi]

That's completely irrelevant to the point. If I make the notation that you told me not to talk to a certain group of people, defending it by saying 'yes I did, but surely it's pointless anyway' does not negate what I said.

I disagree - it's not irrelevant at all. I did not tell you who to talk to and who who not to talk to, I suggested to you that if someone annoys you there is no point in talking to them.
...and on that note I shall extricate myself from this scintillating debate.