Comments on: Keeping kids safe online: It takes a Zephyr?

By: DadEO

DadEO — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:13:34 +0000

Hello, my username is Fluffydad, and my kids are Webkinzaholics. I haven’t spoken a word to them since Valentines Day…

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By: Randa

Randa — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:32:04 +0000

I totally agree with you. The computer that kids use should be in a high-traffic area in the house. Parents who allow their kids to surf unsupervised are naive and are just asking for it.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:59:54 +0000

To me this seems silly. Once kids hit a certain age (11, 12, 13…) they’ll be using other services. Any tech savvy adult that while MySpace may be the biggest social network in town, its certainly not the only one. Once kids get wind of the almighty Zephyr, they’ll probably be switching over to Facebook. Any web site that tattles on its users is going to slowly grow out of favor. In addition, I can’t imagine the endless security breeches this might cause.

MySpace is obviously doing this to cover themseleves. After being in the news for the past year, they have to do something to balance in some good PR. I’m just not sure if this is the solution!