I admit that I am not an internet wizard. I don’t blog or even fully understand the concept. I prefer personal contact with people as opposed to virtual relationships. Even though my significant other and I met through Match.com (we only ‘talked’ online a couple of times before we met in person), I have a REAL problem with MySpace.
I know a family who is in constant turmoil and crisis due to the postings on individual’s MySpace pages. It has become the way for families to trash one another, choose temporary favorites, and in general create pain, division and heartache. These people literally check what is being said about whom on a daily basis. And what they post is vicious. Truly vicious. Secrets are shared and accusations made, keeping this family constantly at odds with each other. And of course the harshest punishment for some perceived indignation is to be blocked. It’s the modern day version of locking an offending person in the attic, never to be heard from again.
Family is hard enough without all of this constant churning. Forgiveness is hard enough without someone always stirring the pot of insecurity and hatred thanks to an online social tool.
And let’s not EVEN get me started on the perverts who can ‘steal’ a photo or bio from a MySpace page for their personal gratification…
- Kim
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