Friday, November 06, 2009
Users looking elsewhere
People use social networking, not only as a way to keep in contact with friends/ family, but also as a way to voice their opinions or share thoughts on different topics. Due to an over whelming amount of inappropriate discussions/ videos being posted on theses “popular web sites like YouTube and MySpace, they have hired the equivalent of school hallway monitors to police what visitors to their sites can see and do by cracking down on piracy and depictions of nudity and violence.”
So where does this leave fellow “thrill-seekers” to go? Since no one likes being told what they can write about or post videos on, many of these young users have looked else where as a way to network with fellow peers. They’ve come across this new website called Stickam.com, which unlike others has chosen to go where no other social network has gone before. On this website unlike Myspace or YouTube, users from the ages of 14 and up are able to chat & post videos about anything they want without having to obey any rules. Since this website isn’t monitored by anybody and there are no enforceable rules, due to live broadcasting and no way to verify a persons age, its really up to other views to monitor each other.
Many agree ““Letting people do whatever they want is one way for these sites to differentiate themselves,” said Josh Bernoff, a Forrester Research analyst. “It is the race to the bottom.”” While others argue the fact that its very unsafe for children, being that “people are very vulgar and like to ‘get their jollies’ from harassing people.”
So where does this leave fellow “thrill-seekers” to go? Since no one likes being told what they can write about or post videos on, many of these young users have looked else where as a way to network with fellow peers. They’ve come across this new website called Stickam.com, which unlike others has chosen to go where no other social network has gone before. On this website unlike Myspace or YouTube, users from the ages of 14 and up are able to chat & post videos about anything they want without having to obey any rules. Since this website isn’t monitored by anybody and there are no enforceable rules, due to live broadcasting and no way to verify a persons age, its really up to other views to monitor each other.
Many agree ““Letting people do whatever they want is one way for these sites to differentiate themselves,” said Josh Bernoff, a Forrester Research analyst. “It is the race to the bottom.”” While others argue the fact that its very unsafe for children, being that “people are very vulgar and like to ‘get their jollies’ from harassing people.”
