Topic: Myspace Obsession
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Tue 09/23/08 07:51 PM
This is what is wrong with the kids today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3a-ajsVVus

DeusExMachina's photo
Tue 09/23/08 07:59 PM
Spoiled brat who needs a big spanking. I cant believe he didn't lose his voice.

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Tue 09/23/08 08:12 PM
noway noway noway laugh laugh laugh

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Tue 09/23/08 08:24 PM
Two questions popped into my head by watching that....

where are the parents when the older siblings and friends are antagonizing the younger sibling?

And are the parents monitoring the younger child's internet use?

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Tue 09/23/08 08:45 PM
I can see the parents thinking they can leave the older sibling in charge while they are gone.....he did keep his cool!!!
but I hope to god somebody shows this video to them......because what he was doing was cruel and antagonizing!!!!

that little boy was obviously upset from before,
and they were being mean to him!!!

he could have been playing matchbox cars it would not have mattered......,

im sorry I am appalled by this......
no not by the lil boys actions ,but rather that it is even being viewed as funny!!

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Wed 09/24/08 03:32 AM

I can see the parents thinking they can leave the older sibling in charge while they are gone.....he did keep his cool!!!
but I hope to god somebody shows this video to them......because what he was doing was cruel and antagonizing!!!!

that little boy was obviously upset from before,
and they were being mean to him!!!

he could have been playing matchbox cars it would not have mattered......,

im sorry I am appalled by this......
no not by the lil boys actions ,but rather that it is even being viewed as funny!!


exactly!

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Wed 09/24/08 03:34 AM
I'm appauled by the little boys actions also.
I think the older kids had good intentions to start with, but then it became a game to them.
Serious parental intervention is needed.
By the way....how in the hell did the parents let this get this bad?
And how old is he? 12? What could he possibly be obsessed about?


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Wed 09/24/08 03:37 AM
Did anyone catch the story of the girl who committed suicide over a 'guy' on myspace that was initially into her and then told her how horrible she was? It turned out to be a rival classmates MOTHER portraying the 'guy'.

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Wed 09/24/08 03:42 AM
Here it is:

VIGILANTE bloggers have revealed the name of a woman allegedly linked to the suicide of a 13-year-old girl who was tormented through social networking website MySpace.

Megan Meier hanged herself hours after ringing her mother in tears to say a group of users on MySpace were sending her abusive messages and posting public bulletins calling her "fat" and "a slut".

According to Megan's father Ron, one of the messages said:

"Everybody in O'Fallon (Missouri) knows how you are. You are a bad person and everybody hates you. Have a sh--ty rest of your life. The world would be a better place without you."

It was later revealed that the message had been sent from a fake MySpace profile created by the mother of one of Megan's former friends who lived in the same street.

Members of the family had masqueraded as a "good looking" 16-year-old boy named Josh Evans in order to find out how Megan felt about other people, reported the St Charles Journal.
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"(The mother) explained the communication between the fake male profile and Megan was aimed at gaining Megan's confidence and finding out what Megan felt about her daughter," read a police report quoted by the paper.

"(She) stated she knew 'arguments' had broken out between Megan and others on MySpace. (She) felt this incident contributed to Megan's suicide, but she did not feel 'as guilty' because at the funeral she found out 'Megan had tried to commit suicide before'."

Megan's parents denied that their daughter had previously attempted suicide but said she had suffered from depression and attention-deficit disorder and was taking medication.

A spokesman for the St Charles Sheriff's Department said it was unlikely charges would be filed in connection with Megan's death, but the case remained open.

Parents named

Since the story was originally reported in the St Charles Journal, vigilante bloggers have tracked down one of the adults thought to be involved and named them online.

Outraged readers matched certain details of the article with property records to find the name and address of a woman they allege created the Josh Evans persona, Wired reported.

There has been no official confirmation that the woman's name published is connected to the case.

One blog published the woman's name and address under a picture of a man holding an axe, with the caption "win a date with Patrick Bateman". Patrick Bateman is the fictional serial killer and central character of the controversial book American Psycho.

The author of the blog added the following comment:

"Many news outlets declined to publish the parents' name, out of consideration for their teenage daughter. I call bullsh--, as do many other outraged news-readers. Other blogs and comments on news threads have outed these parents, as have I."

St Charles Journal reporter Steve Pokin, who wrote the original article, responded to criticism of the paper's decision not to publish the woman's name.

"In Sunday's story the Journal did not name the woman because the newspaper did not want to identify her daughter. It was a decision I supported," he wrote.

"A few of you took us to task for not naming this woman.

"I understand the loss the Meiers feel. But I told Tina (Megan's mother) in our very first conversation that even though we might have the legal right to publish a name, it doesn't necessarily mean we will."


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Wed 09/24/08 03:51 AM
Okay, I got thru about a minute and 15 seconds worth (which includes the 15 seconds I tolerated of the younger boy). You can obviously tell, that the boy had been harassed previously by two things, one he was already upset, crying and agitated, and two, the girl already had a picture of the older boy fighting with the younger boy on the floor.

What I don't understand, is why do people put videos like this on Youtube? What is the point?

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Wed 09/24/08 04:19 AM

Okay, I got thru about a minute and 15 seconds worth (which includes the 15 seconds I tolerated of the younger boy). You can obviously tell, that the boy had been harassed previously by two things, one he was already upset, crying and agitated, and two, the girl already had a picture of the older boy fighting with the younger boy on the floor.

What I don't understand, is why do people put videos like this on Youtube? What is the point?



eh,i'm finding youtube is actually becoming worse than myspace as far as people getting obsessed over it.i mean look at the teens in FL that attacked that one girl just so they could have a popular video on youtube


i kinda feel the older kids in this video did the same thing

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Wed 09/24/08 05:10 AM


Okay, I got thru about a minute and 15 seconds worth (which includes the 15 seconds I tolerated of the younger boy). You can obviously tell, that the boy had been harassed previously by two things, one he was already upset, crying and agitated, and two, the girl already had a picture of the older boy fighting with the younger boy on the floor.

What I don't understand, is why do people put videos like this on Youtube? What is the point?



eh,i'm finding youtube is actually becoming worse than myspace as far as people getting obsessed over it.i mean look at the teens in FL that attacked that one girl just so they could have a popular video on youtube


i kinda feel the older kids in this video did the same thing


I totally agree!flowerforyou flowerforyou

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Wed 09/24/08 05:12 AM

Did anyone catch the story of the girl who committed suicide over a 'guy' on myspace that was initially into her and then told her how horrible she was? It turned out to be a rival classmates MOTHER portraying the 'guy'.


Hey Deb. Yes, I caught that. It was horrendously sick. So we have to ask, not only what's with kids, but what's with society as a WHOLE? shades

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Wed 09/24/08 05:25 AM
You know this is actually one of the times where I really don't blame the kids. I blame both sets of parents. The one parent for coming up with stupid scheme (God only knows what this lady was thinking at the time) and I also blame the parents of the daughter because they should have been monitoring what she was doing on the computer.

I'm not saying they needed to stand over her shoulder the entire time she's on the computer, but they could of went back and looked at her page and seen all the remarks left on there, or they could have even installed (I forget the name of it) one of those programs that sends you an email of your child's entire internet activity.

It's really sad that it takes stuff like this to be publicized in order for some parents to finally take notice and step up to the plate.grumble frustrated

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Wed 09/24/08 05:41 AM

Did anyone catch the story of the girl who committed suicide over a 'guy' on myspace that was initially into her and then told her how horrible she was? It turned out to be a rival classmates MOTHER portraying the 'guy'.

yes I did, and how terrible of an adult to do something so childish!!! I dont get involved in my daughters relationships, I let her work things out between them.

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Wed 09/24/08 05:43 AM
these kids need a good butt whipping, and I am like everyone else where were the parents when all of this was going on.

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Wed 09/24/08 05:47 AM
Was this serious? cuz it really just made me laugh...

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Wed 09/24/08 05:48 AM
what

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Wed 09/24/08 07:56 AM
I feel bad for the little kid because he obviously is getting attention/affection off myspace that maybe he isn't getting at home. I'm just guessing of course, but why else would a 12 year old boy become so attached to it? Most 12 year old boys I know are into socializing, but more into hanging with their buds and playing sports and so forth. Something really disturbing about how upset he gets. He's not even old enough to have a myspace account so parental supervision is obviously lacking as was mentioned before. He's the kind of kid that I could see giving out information he shouldn't and being vulnerable to some creep doing god knows what to him.