Parenting
Saturday, August 30, 2008
CENSORSHIP...GONE FOREVER!
Well, I came to a grave discovery right now. I thought SHINE was cool, all the advice, all the talented writers and a cool place to hang....that is until I realized there is absolutely NO censorship!!!
I am a wife, writer AND mom! This truly sucks, that I have contributed to a place that allows such explicit talk about sex without any censorship or age verification! I am no prude by far, I am also all for freedom of speech, but when my 12 year old son or 17 year old daughter can read about how to have a "O" or where the "G" is...I have an issue with that!
I only found this out, because I wanted to write an advice column blog for relationships. I was hoping that it would be monitored and either approved or moved. NOPE! write whatever you want, because shine will not monitor, read or evaluate ANYTHING! Want a home-made porn site? DO IT HERE could be the title!
I know we as women, really need a place where we can express, talk, complain and even fantasize about our lives, but at the expense of under age kids? our kids?
Am I being too hard on Yahoo possibly? I don't think so. I emailed Shine about spam comments left on my other blogs, the kind that take you to some silly singles/soft porn websites. I wanted them removed immediately. No such luck! I love this blog site as well, really I do, but there needs to be a way to keep these posts out of the reach of kids.
My 10 year old son received an email from Yahoo Advertisements directing him over here to shine...that is how I actually logged on. My 10 year old? He could click on "Love & Sex" tab and get an ear and eyeful! I am hoping that this blog gets the attention of Moderators at Shine. I have much to offer in blogging and opinions here, but I am worried about the content being so visible to youngsters.
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Posted by kfccarrie Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:35am PDT
well this is really hard to say but my son is in alot of trouble with the court for dealing with bad check's and yes he is 25 year's old and yes i know he did to him self but i some how think it's my fault for tryuing to helphim more then what i did in the first place in the being....
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Posted by ldylce69 Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:17am PDT
are you looking over his shoulder all day. He may know more than you. heck does he watch family guy or the simpsons it's nothing knew under the sun
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Posted by fools_and_sages Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:32am PDT
Good God. Set up the parental controls on your internet browser and chill out. You can set up your computer so each family member has their own account and each has to log in with their own password. This also allows you to control the types of things your kids can access online. Don't depend on society to do everything for you.
And-- for that matter-- the adult content filters you seemingly depend on are not foolproof. All a kid has to do is choose to turn off the adult filters in yahoo or google anyways to access inappropriate content. The adult filters you so crave don't work very well if your kid can read.
I, for one, am sick and tired of parents who cry foul when something isn't kid friendly. Some things are not meant for kids. It's your responsibility as a parent to control access to non-kid things. Get computer savvy and learn how to do it. Don't cry to me, yahoo, google, or anybody else because you don't know how to use your web browser more effectively.
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Posted by AnotherLocal Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:07am PDT
You sound like such a sad bitter old woman fools_and_sages! WOW! Sorry for stating my opinions and concerns, don't like it? don't read my stuff...simple as that :)
ldylce69 you are so right! He probably does! hehe! Well so much for my rants here, oh well shuckie darn! OH wait... I can say GOD DAMNIT TO ----- ! haha! Because we all know how to use our parental controls now...yippie!
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Posted by Brenda Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:41am PDT
Hi Erinn, I'm Shine's Community Manager. We created Shine as a place for women and friends of women to read, share information, laugh, and converse. While we are building this community, we depend on users, like you, to report any abuse they see. By clicking on the report abuse link you'll help us appropriately handle any content that violates our Terms of Service. We did find one spam comment under your Stepford Wife post and it has been removed. We are committed to doing our best to stop abuse on Shine, and, with your help, we can make a difference. :)
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Posted by stacey c Fri May 16, 2008 8:31am PDT
I do not like all the, don't have to use these words to make a point, words, either. It does show just how many immature females there are out there. You can't very well complain about your immature man when you can't even talk without, bleeps.
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Posted by stacey c Tue May 20, 2008 11:44am PDT
Know what? I am sorry, there are some very immature males,too.
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Posted by jac Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:18pm PDT
My feelings are hurt. I am a man and I thought Shine was for everyone! Aw Shucks.
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