Steve Huff does a wonderful job of exposing some rather disgusting and disturbing things about some of the webrings available to pedophiles.
This little quote pretty much sums up why it is so important for parents to monitor their kids' internet time:
Many of these blogs seem truncated, as if the perverts started out just fine and thought better of it, and forgot how to get in their account or something. That is the case with the following blogger. The most worthwhile quotes come from his profile:
Interests: Younger age girls, children, and other things.. I love children so much, I hope to have some of my own to take care of someday.
Expertise: I'm good at my job. I work at a computer company. ever heard of Intel?? *
So, this guy wants your pre-teen daughter, and has the computer savvy to hack his way into your desktop, too? He is also an excellent example of how much a curious sort of vapidity prevails in all these blogs, as if the writers, though adult males, truly have never matured themselves much beyond 10 or 11. Even the ones who pretend to a sort of self-mythologizing soulfulness are curiously flat.
*emphasis mine
Go read the whole thing, there is some very useful information on helping parents with how to find these predatorial webrings. Also, to contact Xanga to report abuse, go here. No one should have the right to prey on children.
Tip o' the hat: My little bro, The Trenchcoat.
Posted by Ethne at August 30, 2005 07:29 AM | TrackBackStill no word from Xanga.
Posted by: Trench at August 30, 2005 08:48 AMDear God, my skin is crawling. The depravity of these people leaves me nauseated.
Posted by: Linda at August 30, 2005 01:17 PMAh, the joys of the internets and social networking. And people used to think I was paranoid...
Xanga won't do anything unless these people are skulking around children's blogs. And even then it's not a sure thing. The proper course of action would be to track down (if possible) the towns these people live and contact the local authorities. I'm sure some of those posts are just enough to warrant an investigation...
Posted by: Ystros at August 30, 2005 05:25 PMIt's really sad that there are these kind of people. Parents really need to monitor their childrens dealings on the computer.
Posted by: Lucy Stern at August 30, 2005 08:55 PM