Myspace

[kristina]

about myspace

I'm on my space and I have a lot of christian bands and friends on there.
and I post some verse on there I believe God put us here to share his word with others and my space is the one of the best way to do it.
and besides that you still have chat rooms to worry also.
when I use to go to those there were a lot of weirdos in the chat room.
besides that in my space you have the right to pick your friends on there

 

[3nails=love]

I'm a teenager and from my point of view it's not a very safe environment actually I've signed up for membership twice there and cancelled it both times. I just would rather be safe than sorry. Plus there are far better sites I could be on including this one!

 

[Eclipse]

I had an account on there, but due to the fact that most people are egotists looking for sex, or perverts in some way or just seriously dubious I removed it. I have recently put up another account, but haven't found any christians so far...so I'm friendless :-((edited by LLJ). However, I'm being very picky for a very good reason. I think you need to be very careful, especially if you are a young girl, bad attention is zoned in on you much more. Its the same as in real life, you need to be careful.

 

[Dreamer]

No myspace at my house. Our filter blocks it, and I'm glad. Call me strict, but I don't want my daughter wasting her time there. It could very possibly add hurt to her life, as there are some predators there.

There are so many other fun things to do besides myspace!

 

[trucker]

My Space

As I read these threads about My Space I was astonished on some of the comments. My daughter has a site on My Space, she is a christian and her post reflect that. Folks, we have been sent to the world to be a light. If you think My Space is bad, as soon as you enter the web you are one click away from all kinds of filth. If you can not trust your kids on My Space, then you better turn off your computer, because they will be clicking on to sites they should not be on. Not only that, my son's wife who is the childrens director at her church has a web page on My Space and uses it to reach out to others with the Gospel. Here is a biggy, I also am building a My Space site and I find you can block whoever you want. Folks, lets get real here. If you are so tempted to go into sites that are bad, you better throw your computer out the window and quit now. Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the World.

If you do not trust your children concerning the dangers of computers, then take the time to teach and train them. Put a monitor on the computer until you can trust your childrens judgement. Heck, your kids see TV shows, movies, go to school and are exposed to ungodly things everyday. Fearing My Space is a little far fetched. As far as it being ungodly, the moment you walk out the front door, ungodly smacks you in the face due to the fallen world we live in.

 

[Stylez4Christ]

I got myspace because all you see is a myspace with Christian so when a person from the world come in, they will know I am a Jesus Freak lolz and I got my evangelist people, HEY!! And I got My Favorite Evangelist on my list and I thought it was cool to post comments on his thing :shade: :shade: SO YA! YA!

But If I have worldly people posting comment and doing all that junk, well I will warn them or if they keep doing it then I will take them off of my friends list because my pages is not made for the world it is to glorified God, amen.... ALSO I GOT TALKDITTY AND IT IS A CHRISTIAN MYSPACE. First I have witness to this lady and they don't want to talk to me back but yea the devil is a liar and they can't take the truth but yea the truth hurts!!!!

 

[TheKingdom]

As I read these threads about My Space I was astonished on some of the comments. My daughter has a site on My Space, she is a christian and her post reflect that. Folks, we have been sent to the world to be a light. If you think My Space is bad, as soon as you enter the web you are one click away from all kinds of filth. If you can not trust your kids on My Space, then you better turn off your computer, because they will be clicking on to sites they should not be on. Not only that, my son's wife who is the childrens director at her church has a web page on My Space and uses it to reach out to others with the Gospel. Here is a biggy, I also am building a My Space site and I find you can block whoever you want. Folks, lets get real here. If you are so tempted to go into sites that are bad, you better throw your computer out the window and quit now. Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the World.

If you do not trust your children concerning the dangers of computers, then take the time to teach and train them. Put a monitor on the computer until you can trust your childrens judgement. Heck, your kids see TV shows, movies, go to school and are exposed to ungodly things everyday. Fearing My Space is a little far fetched. As far as it being ungodly, the moment you walk out the front door, ungodly smacks you in the face due to the fallen world we live in.

Amen brother, we dont hide from the hurting. We bring light.

 

[Dreamer]

I'm sorry but I don't agree. Teenagers don't always have the wisdom to stay away from things that are bad for them.

I don't have a liquor stash in my house either. Should I make one available?

A mature teen who is grounded in Christ can have a great ministry at myspace. Or a mature adult. All I said, is that I don't want it at my house.

And that's my choice.

I go to jail and prison ministry and love inmates and bring them the Good News. But I don't bring them back home with me at this point, because I have a son and a daughter to raise. My kids need love and attention.

The christian home is to be a safe haven.

Of course the world offers other things as soon as you step outside the door.
But the home is to be a haven.

Trucker, you don't mention how old your daughter is...the one with the myspace account. My daughter is 14. My son is not 2 years old yet. My oldest son (19) is coming to visit in a couple of weeks. I want him to feel God's love in our home. I want him to know that we are safe, but that we have set boundaries to help us live in Christ.

Myspace is a great ministry for people who are called to it.

 

[trucker]

my space

My daughter is 24 and has been on my space over two years. No temptations, no problems.

I know this may hurt some people’s feelings, but we get to super spiritual for our own goods when it comes to dealing with the world. You would have to hide in a cave to get away from it. Look at Jesus, he was accused by the religious crowd of being a wine bibber and a sinner because he went to the people the self righteous would never go. He was sent to the sinner, died for the sinner and touched the sinner’s life. The balance here is he was mature and HE AFFECTED THE WORLD, THEY DID NOT AFFECT HIM. We must realize that we all carry Christ with us as we go into the world. Its time for the church to step up to the plate and reach the world. Each person has to follow the heart of God in this area, but for me, My Space is a cake walk. I also go to prisons, and minister to the unlovable, but we must instill confidence in our kids not to be afraid of the world we live in. Wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

I do agree, you have to set boundaries in your home and follow your heart and the leading of God when you deal with your kids. This is an individual thing. Each of us must know where we stand, what our temptations are. Of course a two year old will not be on my space. If you have a fourteen year old, each parent knows their limitations. I just know when it comes to computers; you have to physically click on bad sites to get them to come up. It is very rare that I get spammed and someone sends me junk. I have been on My Space over one year and I have NEVER experienced anyone sending me vulgar post or giving me problems.

 

[Dreamer]

There's quite a bit of difference between a 14 year old girl and a 22 year old young woman, Trucker.

 

[Eve]

Hi All,

My Space is one of a whole host of a social networking websites. It is a tool by which people can meet on-line. So this part of it seems innocent. Until you factor in all the risks that this might involve. However, it all requires a certain amount of discernment and wisdom to recognise the dangers. Which is where the problem is because it is quite easy to attract 'bad company' through these sites if you aren't careful.

On one of these sites my 13 year old daughter has been introduced to other kids who are older than she is and has found out that they are involved in law breaking activities. They related these things to her in an exiting manner. Fortunately, she felt that she could confide in us and we were able to offer her advice and guidence on the matter.

We monitor her computer fairly regularly to check her photo downloads are appropriate etc. also. We check what's going on from time to time etc... as one cannot be too careful. We are lucky my husband is a computer programmer and knows how to search her computer etc... and monitor what she is doing on-line if we are concerned but not all parents are able to do this.

Below are some social networking sites for parents to be aware of, how many members there are in each and who can join.

'43 -Things Tagging -627,000 -Open
Advogato - Free Software and Open Source developers -11,000 - Open
aSmallWorld - European jet set and social elite 150,000 - Invite-only
BlackPlanet.com - African-Americans - 16,000,000 - Open
Bebo Schools and colleges - 22,000,000 - Open
Blue Dot Link - sharing - 80,000 - Open
Blurty Blogs, - based on LiveJournal - 947,169 - Open
Bolt General - (music and video) - 4,000,000 - Open
CarDomain - Car enthusiasts - 1,600,000 Open
Care2 - Green living and activism - 6,900,000 - Open
Classmates.com - School, college, work and the military -40,000,000 - Open
Consumating - Consumeetings - 21,000 - Open
Cyworld Young South Koreans -15,000,000 - Open
Dandelife - Collective narratives or "shared biographies" unknown - Open
DeadJournal - "Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal - 490,310 - By invite or payment (OpenID)
Dodgeball.com - Mobile location-based service unknown - Open
DontStayIn - Clubbing (primarily UK) 235,000+ - Open
Doostang - Careers - 53,000 - Invite-only
Ecademy - Business - 100,000 - Open
eSPIN - General 3,800,000 - Open
Facebook - College/High School students - 16,000,000 - Open
Facebox - European young adults (14-24) - 12,000,000 - Open
Faceparty - British teens and 20-somethings 5,900,000 - Open
Flirtomatic - Flirting/Dating 265,000 - Open to people 18 and older.
Flickr - Photo sharing - 4,000,000 - Open (Yahoo! login)
Fotki - Photo sharing - 1,000,000- Open
Friends Reunited - School, college, work, sport and streets - 12,000,000 - Open
Friendster - General - 29,100,000 -Open
Frühstückstreff - General - 10,100 - Open
Gaia - Online Anime and Games - 5,000,000 - Open
Gazzag - General Unknown - Open
GoPets - Virtual pets - 400,000 - Open
Graduates.com - School, college, and work - 650,000 - Open
GreatestJournal Blogs, - based on LiveJournal - 1,514,865 - Open
Grono.net - Poland - 830,000 - Invite-only
Hyves - General; focus on students and Dutch speakers - 2,311,790 - Open
imeem Instant messaging - Unknown - Open
IMVU - 3D chat software - 1,000,000 - Open
IRC-Galleria Finland - 400,000 - Open
iWiW - Hungary - 1,500,000 - Invite only
Joga Bonito Football (soccer) - Unknown - Open
Last.fm - Music - 15,000,000 Open
LinkedIn - Business - 8,500,000 - Open
LiveJournal - Blogging - 10,921,263 - Open (OpenID)
LunarStorm - Sweden - 1,200,000 - Open
MEETin - General - 67,000- Open
MiGente.com - Latinos - 3,600,000 - Open
Mixi Japan - 8,000,000 - Invite-only
MOG Music - Unknown - Open
Mugshot - Live social experiences around entertainment - Unknown - Open
Multiply - "Real world" relationships - 3,000,000 - Open
myGamma - Cell phones - 1,510,000 - Open
MySpace - General - 155,000,000 - Open
myYearbook - General 950,000 - Open
Nexopia - Canada 989,000 - Open
orkut - Owned by Google - 41,000,000 - Open (Google login)
Passado - General - 4,700,000 - Open
Phrasebase - Foreign Languages (education)- 100,000- Open
Piczo - Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing 10,000,000 - Open
Playahead - Swedish teenagers 530,000 - Open
ProfileHeaven - British teens 100,000 - Open
RateItAll - Consumer ratings + social networking 900,000 - Open
Rediff Connexions - India - 1,400,000 - Open
Reunion.com - Locating friends and family 25,000,000 - Open
Ruckus - Music 400,000 - College students only
Ryze - Business 250,000 - Open
Sconex - American high schools 500,000 - Open
Studivz - University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries 1,000,000 - Open
Stumbleupon - Websurfing 1,200,000 - Open
TagWorld - General (tagging) 1,850,692 - Open
TakingITGlobal - Social action - 116,000 - Open
The Student Center - Teens and colleges - 800,000- Open
Threadless - Custom T-shirts - 364,474 - Open
Travellerspoint - Travel 82,000 -Open
Tribe - General - 602,876 - Open
Vampire Freaks - Gothic industrial culture - 766,000 - Open
VietSpace - Vietnamese 20,000 - Open
Vox Blogging - Unknown -Open
WAYN - Travel & Lifestyle 7,000,000 - Open to people 18 and older
WebBiographies - Genealogy & Biography Unknown - Open
Windows Live Spaces - Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) 30,000,000 - Open (Windows Live ID)
Xanga Blogs - and "metro" areas 40,000,000 - Open
XING - Business - 1,000,000 - Open
Xuqa - Colleges - 1,000,000 - Open
Yahoo! 360° - Linked to Yahoo! IDs - 4,700,000 - Open to people 18 and older
(Yahoo! login)
Yelp United States - adults unknown - Open
Zaadz - Social consciousness - 36,467 Open'

(quote source Wikipedia)

God Bless

Eve

 

[Pocahontas]

Big No on Myspace

I am a very cautious person when it comes to sites like MySpace or Facebook. I had a Myspace account one time, a while ago. Someone who left me a message threatened me, and it scared me very much. I wrote the MySpace moderators, and they told me to go to the police. This guy lived half way around the world. I'm sorry, what are people really going to do to assure me of safety? I do NOT like MySpace whatsoever. I canceled my account, and never looked back.
God Bless

 

[Truehearts]

yeah this is cooler than myspace... although if u know Christianster? its kind of like myspace for christians, maybe its a bit better.

 

[wils]

Hi think myspace can have it's advantage's as well , yes there is a lot of people who will use it for there own sinful ways , but also it can be used to get the word of jesus to the unblievers who come a cross your myspace where there is imformation about the truth of jesus , i have started sharing stuff off talkjesus to my myspace , to let people know how there life can be change through our lord jesus ,
this is my myspace , http://www.myspace.com/brummy64 .
god bless you all

 

[51_5_16-18]

I like myspace becasue i can keep in touch with freinds and family abroud. Of course there are some bad things, but the same can be said for all internet, t.v. radio, books. And we can't just walk around with our eyes shut. We can avoid the bad myspaces if we want to. So weather Myspace is good are bad i think depends on each person. Some people use it for good(to spread the word and just keep in touch.) While others use it for bad. I choose to use it for good.

 

[AshleyLove.]

I think it's great, as long as it's used right and by the right people. But, we can't control who uses it or how it's used. But it's still a great way for people to connect and keep in touch. Haha, no one even asks for phone numbers and email addresses anymore. All we say is "I'll look you up on myspace. ;]"

 

[bruren777]

My space!

My Space can be used for good! One must exercise caution, there is a lot of talk that grieves the Holy Spirit. If a Christian is not grounded in the Word, they can veer off the narrow path temporarily. As a Christian, one can be a light and plant the seed in the non-believer. You never know, someone may have become curious after reading your post.

They may contact you with questions, this is an opportunity to turn the person to the Lord!

 

[Br. Bear]

Greetings all,


I posted something earlier on this topic, but may I just add a little thought....


As Christians, who are we?

To whom do we belong?

How do we live our lives?

Myspace is like any other part of this world, full of all sorts of good and bad, and it is not so much our concern whether Myspace is good or bad, than the question, what are we doing if we have a Myspace account or visit it's pages regularly?

Are we doing it to the glory of God in Jesus Christ the Lord?

Scripture tells us ....

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1Peter 4:10


Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
1Corinthians 12:4-7

Why are we there...... at Myspace?

Are we there by unction of the Holy Ghost or are we there for our own purpose?

It is not so much a thing to concern ourselves with, whether it is good or bad, because we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 1John 5:19



1John 1:6-7 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.


And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Colossians 3:17



Bless you ....><>


Br. Bear




To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 1:79


1John 5:20-21 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

 

[PirateLady]

I have both a Myspace and a Facebook page.

I created the MySpace page a few years ago as one way to communicate with my 2 stepdaughters, who at the time lived about four hours away. It was a way to "meet" their friends. My son also has a page, but I retain his password and the right to log in and view his personal information and messages anytime. We have not had any negative experiences so far. In fact, it was by reading comments on my oldest SD's page that H and I discovered that she was having sex at the age of 16. This was taking place right under her mother's nose without her knowledge. Needless to say, we confronted SD with the information from her page to much wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Later, the oldest went to college and established a Facebook. H and I have pages as well, more or less to "spy" on the kids and remain aware of the things that might be going on in their lives that they don't share with us directly. We've also met up with old friends from school on the sites.

My heart has been broken several times by what I've read on SD's Facebook page, but they are things that I may otherwise not know because while she's very direct about her practices, doubts, and ideas when asked she doesn't usually volunteer to tell us things that she fears will hurt us.

I think that you can use MySpace or Facebook for bad or for good, but the simple existence of a social network does not make it a good or bad thing in and of itself.

 

[trucker]

Myspace is like anything else, if it is used for evil its evil, if you use if for good, its good. I have found with Myspace and facebook you have to really search to get bad stuff. If you use if for bad, then its bad.

computers, TV Movies and any electronic mode of communication can be used wrongly. Its our choice.

I have a myspace and a facebook acct and I have never had any problems with sexual content or being forced to observe any bad sites