What is your comfort level on posting on these type of boards? I know people get really hooked on blogging etc. and it can be fun but when is it too much information?

I've seen blogs and Youtubes that are very family oriented. They post pics on the blogs of their kids. They upload vids of them driving all over town and doing errands. Vids of their house etc. Most of these blogs give hometown info and some of these bloggers mention restaurants they go to, museums they take the kids to etc. It seems like it would be really easy to find the person in real life. How scary is that. I heard of one Youtuber that received flowers one day and wondered how a fellow Youtuber got her
personal info to send them.

I have a Myspace. I barely maintain it. I have pics of the kids on there and it mentions what high school I went to. My last name is not on there and no where does it mention what city I live in. I'm sure someone real smart could go thru my friends list and figure out what county and state I live in but there are no pics of the front of my house and I will not mention the name of the schools my kids go to.
I made sure the kids aren't wearing their school tshirts in any photos too.

I think blogs, Myspace and Youtube are fun. I just wish people would think about the kids and not post so much info.

What are your thoughts?

I don't post on any and I don't ever read them.

I did see this on GMA today. Everyone should be very careful what they post .

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TakeContro...2933734&page=1
Shirley

I agree 100% with you. I have a blog, but I would never ever post private, personal information on it. No city I live in, information concerning my children, place of employment, etc. Especially concerning the children. There are perverts all over the web just looking for things like this.

I have also read blogs, myspace, etc. where some people have posted things about their children. Like they had filled out nicely, lost weight, etc. I even saw a blog where a person put that their daughter had started her visits from Aunt Flo!!!! Can you imagine how that daughter would feel if she saw that! I saw another blog where pictures were posted of their children and they said to ignore the breakouts on the daughter's face? How rude is that? Nothing like drawing attention to the break out problem of the teenager, which is quite normal.

I would never ever post pictures or videos of my house. Never. I would never say when I was going to be out of town. That is like advertising for someone to come and burglarize your home! Some people do not have much common sense. They think that bad things only happen to other people. Then again, some people have to be the center of attention. They think that the world revolves around them! I saw one video where the person who posted the video was blowing kisses to their viewers! OMG! They thought that they were a movie star or something! LOL! ROTFLMAO!

I didn't think about the going on vacation thing. Wow! Can you imagine telling people you are going to go on some trip for spring break and when you got back your house had been robbed. Yikes!

It's gotta be hard for kids that parents are always making them pose for pics or taking vids of them constantly. I hope the kids don't read the blogs cos i know if I was the kid I wold freak if my Mom told the world that I had started my period!

Can you imagine? What would make a person want to post on the internet that their daughter had started their period? It is one thing to post on a message board, but on a blog? What about those that have their kids go shopping and post pictures of them in their clothes? Or how about going on a date?

I have seen a few youtubes where they actually videotaped their doctor's appointments!

Well I am pretty careful not as careful as I think I should be. Especially on these boards I think I give way to much info. BUT with my 10 year old I am always telling him he has to be very careful. These things can usually be permanent. There is always someone smart enough to figure out who you really are. When going for a job interview 24% of companies google your name you better be careful as to what they will find. And Pictures why do these people put their pictures out there? I personally don't want my kids pictures on the internet. Perverts are capable of taking their face and doing something nasty with them. Look at Obama's daughter her picture was put on a pedophiles website. These are very scary times and I think we need to remember that there are some real scary people out there and they usually want something bad or do something bad. It seems like on the internet there are more bad people than good. If you look at the comments on youtube normal people would not say those things. You really aren't as protected as you think. It's almost like driving I find myself being mad at people in the car and if I were in line with them at the store I would not have those thoughts. Or if someone were to walk in front of me at the store I wouldn't be mad but if they cut me off in the car I would be pi@s#d. I think we all have to be careful.

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On my myspace I have pictures of my kids. I also do not have any pictures of my house, say where I live, or chat about when I will be gone. My real name is no where on my page and my last name is also missing.

Yesterday I posted in a bulletin that DH has a myspace now. I found it comforting that a friend I added from here warned me about his page and making sure I knew everyone he added as a friend. I think she thought he is my son. My kids are WAY to young to have a myspace and when they are older they will also have to add me as a friend so i can monitor it.

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I have some baby videos on my YouTube (mostly use my account so I can subscribe to other users) and kid pics and a couple of me on my MySpace, mostly use that to keep up with my friends, I don't think I've posted anything about my kids on there besides the pics. I do have my high school on there, it lets people find you when they search for people that went to a school. No job so I can't put company lol

I'm more worried about my son being online, so now he's pretty well locked down, and he asks for info to fill out forms on the web thinking he has to register this and that... I tell him to make up a last name and street address (or tell him to get off the site/reg form entirely). His email comes to my Outlook so I can check it, and I can log into his xbox live account. Hopefully, starting this early will make it seem like less of an invasion of privacy? We've already decided the kids will not have a computer with internet access in their rooms. I caught my sister playing some game and talking about school while she was here once... she doesn't have the internet at home yet and I guess she never imagined the other person might be making things up. I think she's more cautious now after I explained that to her.

I love posting my blog and I love my myspace page. I am no teenager not by a long shot but I have made connections with good people. My blog I am careful because of prospective employers etc but I am opinionated and I will post my political and spiritual views. I am almost 50 so at this point if someone is so judgemental that they would not hire me because of my political or spiritual views then good riddance to you and I don't want to work for or with you anyway.

I agree about he stuff with kids. One of my myspace friends sent a bulletin with a child's picture announcing the child would have their own myspace and I sent them a message saying I am sure you have thougth about this. I want you to know there are bad people out here and they could use your child's picture or somehow or other harm them. I was very polite and I hope they were not offended.

I even worry about my older teenage neices but they are set to private and they are pretty careful.

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I don't understand that. It's very irresponsible. It's one thing if you have a small, private message board or something, but most people have their blogs set so that literally the entire world can see it.

I actually read one blog where the mother posted her teenage daughter's bra size! She's also posted when her husband is out of town. Why would a mother do that? It makes you wonder. It would not be hard for someone to find out exactly where she lives as she posts her and her whole family's full names, what city they live in, where she works, and she shows pics of their house, inside and out.

Terribly irresponsible, in my opinion.

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I would love to know what the person who posts such personal information is thinking? Especially pertaining to their children. There is a blog I go to everyday now. The little boy has leukemia. The Mother has made a page on Caring Bridge with the name, hospital address, and pictures of this little boy who is fighting for his life. She posts an update everyday. I see nothing wrong with that. It is not myspace, a blog, or youtube.

Does anyone here post all this personal information of their children, such as age, pictures, names, your last name, what city you live in, etc.? If so, why? Don't you read the newspaper? You are endangering your children! You are as guilty of child abuse as someone who is emotionally or physically abusing their child.

I agree with you 100%. Very irresponsible. Yes, a private board is different than a myspace, blog, or youtube. That is how this one particular person was found out to be posting extreme "holes in their story". They were on a private board, but then what they were posting on the private board and what was being posted on their blog and youtube were entirely different. Not even close! Oh my, which was the truth? No one knew what to believe!

This person is supposedly married and videotapes "dates" with their husband and shows them to the entire internet! Like anyone would care to see that!

I have a new blog. I started it to talk about my crafts and couponing, but my family is mentioned occasionally. I enjoy having the opportunity to talk about my life, even if noone wants to listen.

While my children's names are mentioned, I have decided not to put pictures of them out in cyberspace. I might be wrong, but I don't feel like I am endangering them by mentioning their names and ages. I don't discuss anything provocative, and my location isn't mentioned. I feel like I am respecting their privacy, as well as my husband's.

I am still learning about blogs, and feeling out what I want to share and not share, but I believe that you can share some personal information safely.

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