View Full Version : bebo? is it all that bad
gothlife420
15-Apr-07, 20:44
i hear warnings on the radio i see it in the news i even get emails about....that right bebo is usually in the news weekly and its always a warning...now i know u get those odd people that "prey" on the younger but i have been with bebo for ages and all my mates say the same thing it aint as bad as everyone sais it is in all my time with bebo i have never heard of pedo's or those "people" and it has never happened to me now the qeustoin is do you think it is actually that bad can u trust your children to go onto bebo and did u know its a very very protected site
i have never heard of pedo's or those "people" and it has never happened to me
Isn't there another thread about this where you can bring yourself up to speed?
A simple 'Google' of the terms should bring about some satisfactory definitions.
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I'm on bebo as a method of keeping in touch with the grandchildren.
I don't have a problem with the lack of punctuation............but I do have to find an interpreter for much of the text-speak............have never managed to get my head round that at all.
We had a short discussion about Bebo at the HYV meeting yesterday and found out that people have committed suiscide because of bullying on bebo and in actual fact, you can give out all sorts of information about yourself on bebo. If you are under 21, bebo reccommend that you make your profile private however there are still so many people who do not do this as they want to make their profile as popular as possible, accepting any one as their friends. This is when people can then access your bebo, posting inappropriate/ abusive/ threatning comments. Whether they are just a bad joke or serious, no one is going to know. When registering with Bebo, you also do not have to give your real name even though that is what they ask for when you register. A I also found when tested, their 'report abuse' feature is not much use either as they automatically send you an email saying that you should just block the abusive person from your profile and that the case you reported will be closed. Not much use, is it? They do however give the option of making a formal report to the police. After saying all that, I do use bebo myself however, my profile is set as private and always will be and I am also very careful what I'm writing on my profile.
bebo as with all internet site's and chat rooms can have paedophiles lurking about on them, on the internet people can be anyone they want to be, how can you tell
I would say if kids are using the internet they should have parent control set up on the computer or be supervised by an adult, after all you cant be to safe when it comes to you're kids
I think bebo is great, been on it for ages and managed to find friends that have moved away that I havent spoken to for years.
You do hear of people taking pics from sites, but lucky with bebo you do have the option to be private.
I have set my page set to private so that only my friends can view it as it has pictures of my kids on there.
Plus there is less chance of being bullied via the web if the younger people privatise their pages.
bebo is just the same as any other site or chat room, if you are careful...i.e not posting up all ur personal info on the page and not adding random people that you dont know then you'll be fine. it depends on how u use the site, i use bebo to keep in touch with my friends and i have never had any bother i only ever add people that i know tho
ŠAmethyst
16-Apr-07, 09:28
I think bebo's great. Normally it's my friends leaving a message for me asking what I'm doing at the weekend etc. Or it's a friend that works with Mr A complaining that he's single lol - don't get to speak to him otherwise very much as he stays miles and miles away.
Also managed to find my best friend from school on bebo and her mum.
Though I am rather particular as to who I add as a friend. I'm not private but then the info I've put about myself is simple little things - don't think I even put down where I live as the specific village I'm in.
For me, it's just a way to network with my friends (old and new). If someone wants to leave a message they can - but I only accept friend requests from people I am sure aren't hunting for young kids.
That's the good thing about bebo - you have the choice who your 'bebo friends' are and it's quite easy to delete any dodgy comments etc.
I do find fault with it though. My sister's in P7 and has a bebo. So do her friends. I really don't like my sister on it as she's not even 13 yet. Even though she's got a good head on her an is quite sensible for her age... I don't trust peope on the internet to such an extent where I can let an 11 year old on it without wondering what could happen.
I think bebo is great.
I've managed to get back in touch with friends i went to High school with whom i haven't seen for years as they have moved away to uni, or got jobs etc. At the end of the day, people who use the internet can reveal as little or as much as they want about themselves. If people are getting bullied so badly via bebo, they should simply delete their bebo/ myspace page.
Jeemag_USA
16-Apr-07, 16:22
I have never once had a problem with bebo, its fantastic, its much easier to use than any other blog type site going. I have had four different accounts on myspace and closed them all down because I constantly get bogus friend requests, invitations to porn groups and all sorts of rubbish so I just gave up on it all, myspace is terrible. I never once had this problem on bebo, nobody bothers me except the people I invite, never been spammed, never been abused. Bebo is great.
I actually find it better than friends reunited & have found myself using it more than i do the beloved ccws chat room ...shock horror!!
I do not think there is anything wrong with Bebo as long as you are responsible and understand the risks of putting any personal details on your profile and if there is personal details, be sure to make your profile private and only accept friends you trust.
i just signed up for it the other day and i cannot get over how many people are on it. i have spoken to some people i have not seen in over 10 years.
DarkAngel
17-Apr-07, 12:34
Im also on Bebo..Have been for over a year..I love it! Its a great way of keeping in touch with all your old friend who you have lost touch with over the years...Plus..You find out all the gossip from the weekends too!! Classic!! :lol:
changilass
17-Apr-07, 12:52
I did go on bebo, but shut mine down when it went public even though I had set it to private, very happy to share with friends and family but don't wnat everyone and anyone being able to see pics of my wee boy.
i have bebo and i think its great! most of my friends have it so its a good way of keeping in touch way them. i've never come across anyone who seemed to prey as such. i think bebo is a fun way of keeping in touch with people and anyone who wants to join should :D
I just started using bebo a couple of months ago after my pal made a page for me but I made a big mistake of giving out my address in the chat room on here by pm but the other folk gave theirs out on the screen. I didn't mind giving it to the people I was speaking to but there was one person in the chat room I didn't want to have it so they must have got it from one of the other folk and contacted me, so I blocked them. Next thing they are sending nasty messages to other people about me. They must be keeping tabs on me through other folk, how creepy.I've got a stalker, lol
Bebo is a bad thing, I have evidence to prove it. If you take the word 'bebo', flip the first b upside down, then turn the other b around, you get the word 'pedo'. Coincidence? I think not.
DarkAngel
18-Apr-07, 12:02
Bebo is a bad thing, I have evidence to prove it. If you take the word 'bebo', flip the first b upside down, then turn the other b around, you get the word 'pedo'. Coincidence? I think not.
Yes but you can keep you page private to keep all them bebo....Oooops pedo from googling at you or stalking you!!!
Anyway im sure your on Bebo MGB1979 ;)
Yes but you can keep you page private to keep all them bebo....Oooops pedo from googling at you or stalking you!!!
Anyway im sure your on Bebo MGB1979 ;)
If anything happens to me on Bebo then I'm blaming Dark Angel
!!! ;)
DarkAngel
18-Apr-07, 18:04
LOL Victoria! :lol:
were on bebo and the kids are on too. i look at theirs regularly and my youngest had a couple of rude messages so i sent some rude ones back and then blocked the idiot who was sending him stuff.
DarkAngel
18-Apr-07, 20:44
:lol: Personally i love bebo... You can add friends that you want and make your profile Private..That way you wont get any creeps nosing at you or sending you rude messages..Its a fab way of keeping in touch and gettin the weekend gossip aswell!!
vodka-queen
18-Apr-07, 22:04
Bebo is the place to be!
Have your page or your photographs private if you are worried about any of the pedo's
Working Mum
20-Apr-07, 22:38
Bebo should be strictly for adults. Go on a Child Protection Course if you need persuading. Can't believe folk are making jokes about this sort of thing.
Bebo should be strictly for adults. Go on a Child Protection Course if you need persuading. Can't believe folk are making jokes about this sort of thing.
Glas someone is seeing some points.
mums angels
21-Apr-07, 00:10
I love bebo , i was very cynical at first but once i learnt you can keep your page private i was happy to try it. Now i'm a bit of an addict:eek:
As for children using it they should all be made private but really its up to childrens parents to make sure there child is protected, i know that mine would be private and i would constantly keep an eye on what was going on...i wouldnt let any of mine go on to chat rooms etc but id let em do bebo when they are old enough but there would be rules like i stated already.
I've only ever come across one or two under 18's pages been private ...there are kids as young as 10 on there that have there pages accssesible...why arnt the parents making sure that they are ????:(
Tom Cornwall
22-Apr-07, 09:59
I agree with most people's replies. I've been on bebo for a while now, and you can be private if you want to. I'm not all that bothered with secrecy, why go on the internet if you don't want people to know who you are. If you want to be private don't sign up for anything. Hide youself away.
Fair enough, yes, it's probably all adults that have been replying to this thread but there are much younger people who have a Bebo who, maybe do not think about all the dangers of not setting their profile to private. Maybe Bebo's reccommendation of setting your profile to private if you are under 21 is a bit to much as, most people over the age of 12 will be able to see the reasons for setting a profile to private but there are people younger than 12 with a Bebo who haven't even set their profiles to private.
As I have said in a previous post, there have been people to attempt suiscide because of abusive comments written on their Bebo. I'm sure these people weren't that young so it just shows that no matter how old you are, there are the dangers. I suppose there are dangers in chat rooms but more on profile pages such as Bebo and Myspace as people tend to give their details on such websites.
I'm just trying to give a fair view from young people. A lot of young people will just say.. "Bebo's perfectly safe and I don't give out any personal details on it anyway" but I'm sure if they think a bit more about it, they will find that they have given more than intended.
Jeemag_USA
22-Apr-07, 13:09
Fair enough, yes, it's probably all adults that have been replying to this thread but there are much younger people who have a Bebo who, maybe do not think about all the dangers of not setting their profile to private. Maybe Bebo's reccommendation of setting your profile to private if you are under 21 is a bit to much as, most people over the age of 12 will be able to see the reasons for setting a profile to private but there are people younger than 12 with a Bebo who haven't even set their profiles to private.
As I have said in a previous post, there have been people to attempt suiscide because of abusive comments written on their Bebo. I'm sure these people weren't that young so it just shows that no matter how old you are, there are the dangers. I suppose there are dangers in chat rooms but more on profile pages such as Bebo and Myspace as people tend to give their details on such websites.
I'm just trying to give a fair view from young people. A lot of young people will just say.. "Bebo's perfectly safe and I don't give out any personal details on it anyway" but I'm sure if they think a bit more about it, they will find that they have given more than intended.
I didn't know anyone had commited suicide from Bebo because of comments on Bebo, what part of the world was that in?
If there are people under the age of 12 or even 16 using Bebo then its up to their parents to keep an eye on what they are doing. Bebo is not the problem, its parents not paying attention their kids that is the problem. bebo is less dangerous than a lot of other things, it can be abused, and I can also tell you a lot of the abuse on Bebo comes from kids as young as ten up to 17, putting porn on their pages, calling everyone a bee-atch and worse and so on. Most kids at that age think thats cool and they do it because their parents have no idea what they are doing. Don't see why anyone woud blame Bebo for anything?
I didn't know anyone had commited suicide from Bebo because of comments on Bebo, what part of the world was that in?
If there are people under the age of 12 or even 16 using Bebo then its up to their parents to keep an eye on what they are doing. Bebo is not the problem, its parents not paying attention their kids that is the problem. bebo is less dangerous than a lot of other things, it can be abused, and I can also tell you a lot of the abuse on Bebo comes from kids as young as ten up to 17, putting porn on their pages, calling everyone a bee-atch and worse and so on. Most kids at that age think thats cool and they do it because their parents have no idea what they are doing. Don't see why anyone woud blame Bebo for anything?
I don't know what part of the world it is in, all I was told is that people have committed/ attempted to commit suiscide because of abuse on Bebo. I can however show you this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=448123&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490
I very much doubt that this has happened on many occasions but it has happened. And yes, I agree with you, it isn't Bebo's fault however I do feel that they SHOULD take abuse reports more seriously than how they do and maybe also insist that people under a certain age make their profiles private.
Jeemag_USA
22-Apr-07, 13:20
I don't know what part of the world it is in, all I was told is that people have committed/ attempted to commit suiscide because of abuse on Bebo. I can however show you this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=448123&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490
I very much doubt that this has happened on many occasions but it has happened. And yes, I agree with you, it isn't Bebo's fault however I do feel that they SHOULD take abuse reports more seriously than how they do and maybe also insist that people under a certain age make their profiles private.
Yeah that is true, there is no point in complaining to them about spam or abuse on the Bebo complaint thing because they don't do anyting about it. They do answer questions though because I had some replies on how to work some of the music stuff. But they are not really doing anything to clean up the smut and rubbish on there, which is mostly posted by teens and pre teens.
Thats is a very sad story, poor kid. But still its not Bebo that made him commit suicide. It was bullying, bullying has been around since long before the internet and I remember stories on the news as a kid of other kids hanging themselves because of bullying. Bullies will find a way to bully no matter where it is. The newspaper should have more sense not to make that clear themselves, instead the name bebo and lable it a teeenage site which it is not, it was started by a husband and wife and its a community site for all ages to join so Bebo should have a case in complinaing to the newspaper for putting them in a bad light, this incident could have happened anywhere, online or offline. Its like someone killing someone by bashing them over the head with a bottle and then the Newspaper saying "The man was bashed over the head with a bottle of BUDWEISER a drink common amongst teenagers"
But anyway, I guess my point is this thread was opened to askif Bebo is bad, obviously bebo is not bad, bad people are bad.
I have had a look through some people's Bebo's just to see what type of content they have on theirs and I can tell you that there are some people's Bebo's which have very inappropriate content on it. This, being against rules and regulations of Bebo, they still fail to do anything about these profiles. These profiles were also not private therefore any young person could easily see inappropriate material not intended for their age. Bebo prominently states that such material should not be posted and, if it is, their Bebo account will be deleted but yet, I still fail to see this happen to any accounts.
Jeemag_USA
22-Apr-07, 13:29
I have had a look through some people's Bebo's just to see what type of content they have on theirs and I can tell you that there are some people's Bebo's which have very inappropriate content on it. This, being against rules and regulations of Bebo, they still fail to do anything about these profiles. These profiles were also not private therefore any young person could easily see inappropriate material not intended for their age. Bebo prominently states that such material should not be posted and, if it is, their Bebo account will be deleted but yet, I still fail to see this happen to any accounts.
I think the problem is Bebo is staffed by a handful of people and they don't know where to begin removing the smut because it grew so fast so quickly. Its kind of like the youtube thing where they say don't post copyrighted material and then they just let everyone do it and they do nothing about it until they are threatened with a multi million law suit. I think Bebo will go the same way, they will do nothing until the courts threaten them. Good point.
Wickerchick
22-Apr-07, 20:08
I love bebo, its a great free way to keep in touch with all your friends and family, if anyone is worried about people looking at theirs then they should just keep it private that way only people you invite can see yours.
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