On 12/20/06, Edmund Yeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's not unreasonable, yeah, just that having a panic button does make > people more vulnerable to pranks. > > Like "Wheeeee, I found Britney's Myspace page, now I shall press the > 'panic button'... once every single hour!" >
That's probably already an issue with "inappropriate content" report buttons. And if you have to be logged in to MySpace to press the button, they can trace the report back to you and shut you down for repeated abuse. Reading through the messages here, it kinda occurred to me some rather > major kind of cultural differences we had. Over here in Asia, or to be > precise, South East Asia, in Malaysia, or Singapore, it's not uncommon > to have children living with their parents even if they were married > (in fact, it seems even more convenient since, well, the little kids > can be looked after by their grandparents, yay!). 'Failure To Launch' > is a concept somewhat foreign to us, moving away from parents is more > a choice than a necessity. > > Sorry, just some random thoughts. > > Edmund > http://swiftywriting.blogspot.com > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Rick Rey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I believe every social network has a responsibility to its users. It > > comes with the territory. > > > > Having an emergency protocol in place is not unreasonable. It doesn't > > have to take the form of dedicated staff members monitoring profiles > > or keywords, but some employees should be trained in crisis > > intervention -- and there should be some way of contacting these > > people in case of emergency. > > > > -Rick > > > > On 12/19/06, Robyn Tippins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > No, I'm not suggesting that. I'd hope everyone would do like > these guys > > > did, but I know most wouldn't (not judging this list, but the general > > > population). I just think the 'break glass in case of emergency' > is a good > > > idea. I'd think the person that would get the memo on that would > be the > > > people employed by the service. > > > > > > Perhaps the person who was hired to police porn on MySpace could > do it. > > > They certainly aren't doing that job so they must have free time. > > > > > > Robyn > > > > > > From: [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>] > > > On Behalf Of Lan Bui > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 7:52 PM > > > To: [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: MySpace Suicide Note > > > > > > > > > Sure we would want to help them. In this case someone did, in other > > > cases someone didn't. Are any of you willing to quit your job to > > > patrol myspace (or any other social network sites) for suicidal kids? > > > How about just take one week off of work and devote that to looking > > > for someone you can help. That's a lot to ask, how about just 1 hour > > > a day... 1 hour a week? 1 a month? > > > > > > Sure some will say yes I'll commit to that, but for how long? How > > > long/much will you sacrifice yourself to help others? > > > > > > For someone that would actually do this... Great!!! Keep in mind, I > > > hear they have been having trouble in Africa too, you might want to > > > check that out. > > > > > > -Lan > > > www.LanBui.com > > > -------------------- > > > > > -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
