I almost got first… but now I am taking my time, because I know I won’t get it. Some day I will though, I know it.
Neither, the person looking at it.
Both.
The parennts arn’t doing there jobs though.
parents.
neither. the kid.
Parents. And the youth, too.
The kid shouldn’t be surfing any websites he wouldn’t want his parents seeing.
The parents can’t hold their hand all the time, you know? They want to give their child as much space as they can, while at the same time protecting them. The two conflict with eachother.
the youth. and parents.
Well, I refuse to blame xanga for exercising free speech, so since we have to blame someone, blame the parents.
the youth i guess for lookin for the content TOP 20!!!
The parents bear responsibility, both immediately for supervising their child’s time on the Internet, and in a more long-term sense, for instilling in their child the ability to make good decisions about how to use their time online.
The older the child is, the more responsibility it bears on its own shoulders.
Xanga is a privately owned domain and has the right to police content on its own site in such a way as to make a good experience for its subscribers, and to avoid legal liability where it might exist. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people out there, adults and youths alike, who make unfortunate decisions about how to pass their spare time on the Web, so Xanga has to think about this stuff and respond to it in some way, don’t they?
The parent, technically, but the youth also is responsible.
the parent of course.
What inappropriate content on Xanga?
neither, the kid should be held responsible for his own actions.
The youth is ultimately, however, if there was none than it would be better. I’d say all three play a major role. -Josh
Neither, really, it’s the posters bloody fault.
Chrissakes.
parents
Al Gore for “inventing the internet” . . . .If we can’t blame the youth for making their own choices then I would say the parents own more blame than Xanga, but each person shares in the blame nonetheless.
Both,but still Xanga could tighten up on this type of stuff,they’re are very inapropiate sites on xanga.
-elizabeth
I think it would be more the youth’s concern, I know that’s not a choice, but both have problems. There are so many people on Xanga, it couldn’t possibly deal with every little inappropriate thing. Also, what is “inappropriate” is such a debate that I don’t think it’s the parents responsibility. Because what is inappropriate to them, may no longer be inappropriate to us in our generation. Also, hopefully, the “youth” is old enough to be able to be mature about he inappropriate stuff, or else they shouldn’t be on xanga without parental supervision.
Laura
parental figures DUH.
Neither, the child.
I agree with Drakonskyr. The parents can’t control EVERYTHING a child see’s, and Xanga can’t trash everything. It’s the posters fault.
IMO, The parents.
both and the kid too
Youth. They know what they view. It is there choice to do so. However, if the parents raise them right, they will have no concerns, whatsoever.
Parents should monitor the internet but as you know, you can get on xanga at the library and even bypass some school blocks. So I do think Xanga needs to at leat make an effort to monitor what they allow. Or they need to have a disclaimer where the person says they are 18 and older.
I take it back. NOT xanga’s fault.But the poster’s. And the kid who’s reading it. And the parents…kinda… but less at fault
xanga has that FLAG button though…
It depends on the situation. If the kid is under Xanga’s minimum age (13?), then it is the parent’s fault for allowing such freedom that their kid could break a web site’s rules. If the kid is over Xanga’s minimum age and their parents are fine with them having a Xanga, then it’s Xanga’s fault (indirectly) if the posted material is against Xanga’s policy. If the parents said don’t get a Xanga and the kid did anyway, then it’s the kid’s fault. If the kid found it by accident and never goes back on purpose, then it’s not the kid’s fault. If the kid is looking for inappropriate material, then it is their fault and they will probably look places other than Xanga.
Is that complicated enough for you?
whatever happened to blaming the youth? all share the blame.
parents. but nobody wants to own up to the fact that they’re a horrible parent.
Neither. The parents can only do so much. Xanga; Well, since its a public forum they’re in a position of having to honor Admendment I of the Bill of Rights. It’s sad that people take advantage of it to express their lewd and inappropriate material in a way that children may access it. I have my opinion as to what should be done but (as my husband reminds me) it would be infringing on their rights. This is a no win situation.
Mostly parents.
Though, xanga could be better about it. And it would require more than a parental control setting. Because most don’t block xanga as an inappropriate site…despite the many that there are
The Kid.
The parents, and the child himself if he chose to view innappropriate material.
Here’s an idea. It can’t be the kids fault, because he is viewing it, and if he is willing to search for it and find it, he obviously doesn’t feel like it is a bad thing, thus it isn’t his fault, because he feels what he is doing isn’t a bad thing. One of Jesus’ greater teachings, if you don’t know what you are doing is bad, then you shall not be judged for it.
It isn’t the parents fault because they weren’t the ones who found it.
It isn’t xangas fault because they are just the server and didn’t put the stuff on their own website.
It isn’t the fault of the person who put the information, pictures, etc. on xanga, because they aren’t forcing anyone to witness it
Now for my rebuttals.
It is the kids fault because he was the one who found it, whether accident or not, the crime must be punished.
It’s the parents fault for letting their child on the internet, allowing them to find it, and also because they didn’t teach their child good from evil, and so failed to show their child what they should and shouldn’t look for and find.
It’s xangas fault because they don’t make their website safe enough and don’t edit materials placed on the website.
It’s the fault of the person placing the materials on xanga because they are the one allowing the inappropriate materials to be witnessed.
Isn’t philosophy just grand. I can show both sides of four arguements, and still side with none. I believe it is no ONE’S fault, but rather all four parties must share some blame for what is witnessed. In what proportions blamed should be dealt…well I really don’t want to waste time getting into that.
Parents, without doubt.
watch your kids…parents
both, xanga should not be allowing that kind of stuff online, and parents should watch what their kids are doing whether the kid likes it or not.
Xanga. Kids will be kids and most will do things their parents don’t want them to be doing regardless of what they’ve been taught. If Xanga didn’t take measures, it would be equivilent to a bar that never carded anyone no matter how young they looked.
The person who puts the material on Xanga.
neither…the person who put up the content and the child they are the ones doing the deeds you can’t go blaming the innocent bystanders…
PARENTS
Parent.
50% for each. xanga should regulate better, and parents should supervise their child’s web viewing. if any of them, i’d say parents.
neither. its the persons own responsiblity. Xanga can’t deal with every fingle inapporipiate thaing, seeing how many peaple who has accounts. but atlas..it is hard to say.
!~nicole~!
parents
the youth.
then parents
then xanga
but all are responsible
neither- it’s the youth’s. the parents might have a part in it, but mainly it’s what’s on the mind of the person doing it. it’s no one else’s responsibility.
for example:
i decide to smoke pot. my parents don’t smoke, in fact- they would be very, very upset if they found out. so it’s not my parent’s fault. but then, is it the pot’s fault? no, it’s my fault.
easy as that.
the parent
I’d say the youth…
It’s not as though teens aren’t smart enough to find their ways around parental controls.
Both
the parents………..
it’s not xangas responsibility…that would be an insane responsibility, with millions of users, it just couldn’t be done….
unfortunately parents are not also available or able to to take these responsibilities, or otherwise chose not to, and this is a shame, but that still does not make it the responsibility of internet websites
~~~megan
so what’s going on with your myspace?
Depends on the age. It’s hard to make an arguement about a 17 yearold viewing porno on the net.
13 and under parents. 13-15 Shared responsibility. 16, the kid.
If parents haven’t taught their kids by example what is appropriate or not, they won’t learn it in a crash course when they get caught looking at inappropriate stuff on Xanga.
Xanga should be conscious of the age group on here. There is a crossover in age groups, going from the very young, blossoming teens, to the *ahem* more mature
So, the kids are responsible for what they watch, and depending on their age or circumstances, so are the parents.
But Xanga is supposed to be an open forum, so kids can’t be kept from it.
THE YOUTH!
Xanga… I mean the parents can only do so much to protect their children and xanga is SUPPOSED to be safe…there’s only so much a parent can do.
parents
The parent. Xanga shouldn’t have to regulate everyone’s usage of the website. It would be much easier for the parent’s to take care of their children and they should be the one’s in charge of their behavior in the first place. Too many parents are trying to find cop outs for why they are bad parents.
The kid(s).
them, and then the parents.
Definitely, the parents.
the parents
i jsut had this discussion about MySpace on my site….boy did i get a response both public and private to it…not nearly as good as your responses LOL:)
parents and the kid both. not xanga.
amanda
xanga because they should have block on what you can and can’t put on your site so that’s that
The youth. Especially if they are 13 and up (the required age to register for Xanga). I feel that at that age they are old enough to make mature and informed decisions about what content they view online. Xanga is simply a tool to make information public. There’s no reason a teenager can’t make good decisions, and there’s only so much a parent can do to protect their children.
erm. i don’t know. i’d have to say both.
the people who look it up and the parents for letting them on the comp
The youth. I guess it’s still Xanga’s and the parent’s fault, too.
The youth.
The youth is most responsible. Then the parents. Then Xanga. However, since Xanga promotes itsself to minors it has a responsibility to keep the content as appropriate as it can.
it’s the poster’s fault. people shouldn’t be posting inapporpriate things.
If you aren’t mature enough to accidently see “inappropriate material,” maybe you shouldn’t be on xanga in the first place. I, being 13, think that the parents shouldn’t hound over kids about what they do and what they don’t do. Other people will argue about this because there are those stupid annoying people (whom I hate, by the way) who say that the parents shouldn’t give their children any online privacy at all, but they bug me because most of them aren’t in the predicament of a 13 year old and they have no idea what it’s like. If your child isn’t responsible at all, they shouldn’t be going on the internet. If they are online, you should be able to trust them. So yeah, it’s the child’s responsibility if they come across “inappropriate material” on xanga.
neither
The parents. It’s just like the question who’s more responsible for a child meeting someone online and getting killed, who’s to blame? It’s the parents…. b/c if you don’t know what you’re kid is up to online, then you are obviously a bad parent and if you aren’t going to take responsibility for your own kid, who will? Sure, xanga can take some precautions but ultimately, it’s the parents responsibility.
the kid…….kids are always wrong
The parents should have raised their kid better than to look up stuff, but if they accidentally stumble upon it, it is xanga’s fault.
Depends if the parents are totally oblivious to what their kids are doing. Then parent. But if the kid knows what he or she is doing is wrong then the kid. If xanga is letting people put up highly inapporpriate content (porn, hate talk, ect.) then Xanga.
I would have to say in most cases it’s the kids fault.
We can’t “hang it” on the parents all the time. The youthful offspring of the most caring and cautious of parents can engage in many forms of unsavoury activities on the Internet; being at an age where the youth is very aware of the gravity and consequence of its action.
Youth, accept the responsibility!
Neither. Society for allowing it to be appropriate to even have that type of content where a young person can easily find it. <3
I think it’s the kid’s fault. If they wouldn’t go on sites they’ve never seen before that belong to people they don’t know, then this problem wouldn’t exist. But it isn’t Xanga’s job to monitor the youth on the site–too many of them, and it isn’t their responsibility either way. Kids have brains, although they’re rarely used, and if they go somewhere of their own free will that somehow poisons their brain with inappropriateness, then it’s their own fault, and I don’t think parents nor Xanga should be blamed for a youth’s indiscretions.
parents duh
parents should know there may be inappropriate content before letting their kids sign up for xanga….unless the kid signs up behind their backs.
both!
Parents.
The youth.
The child for the foolish behaviour, the parent for failing to raise the kid better?
I’d like to think it’s equal, but goodness… Dragonskyr has a point.
Or if it is accidental, the parent for not putting up safer guards, and the child for not being safer?
What kind of person puts “innapropriate material” on xanga? Chances are, if it’s innapropriate enough to effect people 13 and up, it shouldn’t be on xanga in the first place. Adult issues and such, by the time you’re 13, shouldn’t really be considered innapropriate, so I guess if someone who should be on xanga (Over 13) comes across something nasty enough to be considered “innapropriate”, it’s xanga’s fault for not getting rid of porn sites and extremely WRONG pages. Now if a kid, under 13, sees something innapropriate, which in their cases would be adult issues, it’s the parent’s fault for letting their kid get on a site too mature for them.
Youth, and to a lesser extent, parent.
The parent’s responsibility for that decreases as the child gets older.
the youth they know whats wrong and whats right…they know exactly what they are doing
parents
Both.
Parents should…
actually.. the youth is more responsible… then parents… xanga should not be held accountable. it is almost like saying: it is the govts fault gas prices are high… forget inflation… forget high demand… forget greedy people w/ tons of suvs… lets blame them.
The parents. Parents are responsible for children. Im tired of people blaming media, celebrities, society, etc for a child’s downfall. Yes it has influence but parents MUST remain in control.
I’m not sure I would place the blame entirely on either. Parents need to keep track of what their children are looking back, but it’s not possible to do it every second. And Xanga can’t very well monitor everyone’s site (and after the uproar over the flagging thing, I’m not sure anyone would want them to.) Kids, like everyone else, are ultimately responsible for their actions.
Of the two options you offer, it would be Xanga. Xanga has a commitment, because they allow ages 13+ on here, to keep “adult” material off the site. The parents would be responsible if it were myspace, because that’s 18+…but here at Xanga, it’s Xanga’s responsibility and legal and moral duty to keep it clean.
xanga
Hmmm… kids view and hear inappropriate stuff probably everyday. They have to make a choice whether they are just going to just notice and move on or investigate it closer.
So 1st, the kid. Then 2nd, the parent. Know what your kids are doing and are about. It’s your job, Man. If you don’t like it, you shouldn’t have signed on. Sorry.
3rd, …well, you didn’t mention this one … but I say the stupid people who feel the insane need to exploit themselves for others. I have no desire to see anyone’s exposed anatomies…but still there it is on Xanga regularly. They are starved for attention but they should be smarter about where they get it. They know there are kids on here but they must just be to selfish to inhibit themselves in any manner.
4th, … Xanga has it’s share of responsiblities. It should not offer access to underage kids if it is going to allow ”Adult XXX Material” liberty by it’s bloggers. At the very least they could try to keep nude/violent stuff off the Featured Content list where kids have the easiest access to it.
Other than that, I really don’t have an opinion. 8~D
The xanga what the hell is the parent going to do, he can’t possibly watch the kid every single minute. The easiest thing for the kid to do is delete his computers internet history for the day. And now think, if there wasn’t a Xanga he couldn’t be looking at it in the first place.
the kid
It’s the person’s fault. The person who looked at it, I mean. It’s their actions; they should be responsible.
a little of both. If there was no bad content to view they wouldn’t see it….
It is also very difficult to try to monitor EVERYTHING a child is doing online….
Neither. Blame the internet!
I am!
The parents, duh.
the youth! Freedom of speech!
I say the fault lies with all of the above – the parents, the kid viewing it, and the person posting it. Now before some of you get your knickers in a wad, here’s my take.
A. The parents should be keeping tabs on what their kid is doing online i.e. what sites they frequent, how much time they spend, and if they have a blog what kind of information is on it. It all amounts to paying attention to the child – sure give them some slack and some trust, but still monitor what they do. And be a freaking parent! Tell them about the dangers, even if they know it doesn’t hurt to tell them again.
B The kid – yeah, he or she is young, impressionable, etc. but come on. Surely your parents, teachers, whoever has told you of the inherent dangers of the internet. They were right. Remember the “don’t talk to strangers” thing – well, getting into a chat room or blogging is pretty much talking to strangers. And if you are old enough to go online, then you are likley old enough to know what not to look at.
C. The poster. Yeah, it’s the old shopworn argument of “if it’s not there for them to see then they won’t find it”… and there is a lot of truth in that. If it’s protected, then the average kid on a lark won’t be able to see it. And sure, the kid in question can go other places to find it but why make such material widely available here as well? The also shopworn excuse of “if it’s not here it’s somewhere else for them to find” is not an excuse at all for posting it out in the open.
I’d say no one is more or less to blame but in all honesty I believe that the bulk of the responisbility lies with the parents.
Parents! The parents are responsible for everything their child does until they are no longer a minor under their roof. That is why as parents we have to know what are kids are doing at all times, and who their friends are….there is a reason God gave kids parents…that’s it….well one of the reasons.
the kid as well as the parents
all of the above.
Xanga for allowing it to be shown and provided and easily accessible.
The kids themselves, if they’re looking for it purposefully, if not, then at least for being in a position to stumble upon it.
The parents are always responsible in some part, because they are the parents.
The youth.
Duh
I was gonna write a reeeeeally long comment but I decided to make an entry instead.
Check it out.
Me
nobodys really to blame. its really just the type of environment kids grow up in these days. It is impossible to shelter kids the way they used to be.
The responsibility is that of the author. Would you walk nude in public? Would you have sex in public for all to see? What about getting drunk and cussing out your boss during the middle of the workday? Every author here is responsible for what they write. Unless you make your Xanga public and restrict access, then you are knowingly providing content to minors that they are able to access. It is therefore no different if you showed up on their doorstep and asked them to watch.
The parent.
I agree with CuriousGeorgina… Xanga can police its own website, and holding domain, can’t it?
the youth.
the youth/parents. parents should monitor what websites their kids go on.
If the material weren’t available, the youth would have to go to extra measures to view the inappropriate material. It’s a little convenient to say that it’s the parent’s fault or the kid’s. If it’s out there, and so easily available, I say it’s the fault of the facility who is making the inappropriate material available. It’s just too easy for kids to get on the internet and to get into stuff that will do them absolutely no good.
Since kids have no idea of the problems this inappropriate stuff is going to give them later on in life, it is either the parents’ fault, or Xanga’s. The parents seldom want to throw out the computer because of inappropriate material ( all over the internet), so they do the best they can with what they have.
I say, the folks on the internet who assign such a shrug of the shoulders to porn, bad language, etc., are to blame. They put it out there. The parents didn’t. If the parents are to be blamed, then it’s because they didn’t just chuck the computer when they discovered all the inappropriate material. Maybe if parents would do just that, computer companies might take more of an interest in what was shown on their computers. Personally, I don’t think anybody gives a rip except for the parents.
The youth.
I feel that both the parents and xanga are responsible if youths view inappropriate entries. I’m 25 and I saw something very inappropriate on someone’s xanga that disgusted me and bothered me a’lot. I didn’t understand why xanga didn’t send them an email or shut down their site. I was looking at a blogring and I clicked on someone’s site and when I went on it they had a very vial and disgusting picture, beyond vulgar.
as long as the person wasn’t purposely looking for the inappropriate material, its xang’s fault for allowing it on their site
The parental unit, DANNO!
The youth. In a legal sense I suppose xanga would be at fault for giving youths access to inappropriate content. And in an-old-fashioned sense I suppose the parents should monitor the youth and guide the youth towards being good and moral and not looking at things they shouldn’t. But honestly, that doesn’t really happen anymore. There’s a lot more freedom for people to look around and go places and parents can’t stop that without being incredibly nosy.
Parents
Of course the kid is doing wrong looking at the pictures, but it is the parents fault for allowing it. If anybody says it is not the parents fault but rather the kids, then they don’t understand the concept of responsibility. Of course, its not xangas fault. Why can’t they allow inappropriate material? Again, I think to say that it is xanga’s fault is to misplace the responsibility.
Its the parents!!!! Xanga isn’t responsible, because if xanga didnt exist, the youths could still find such sites, the youth isnt responsible because it was their curosity that discovered it, and curosity should never ever ever be blamed.
Xanga for not giving a shit about it. I’ve flagged kiddie-porn sites and they are still up and running.
Oh my; I agree with Drakonskyer.
Well primarily the kid him/herself, after that the parents, then xanga. Always look to the closest source of the problem first.
xanga…bc they should mangae wat is displayed on their own website that is seen by millions of young indivuals…some content should be fliterd
Parents…..screw the whole litigation BS.
The youth.
the parents… they should raise their child better
I would hope that my child is mature enough to know what is out there, but would make good decisions about what to view. It is not the responsibility of the Xanga personal to babysit my child. The youth should take on the responsbility themselves to resist what lies out there that they should not see. They are guided by their parents, but parents can’t be everywhere all of the time.
the youth.
or the parent.
xanga shouldn’t have to worry about it.
it just creates a nasty hassle for the rest of us.
p.s. if you can’t control yourself. you shouldn’t be allowed on the internet.
maybe.
we should lock you in a box.
where you can’t bother anyone.
The parent.
parents.
parents today would like to blame anyone and anything but themselves for the way their children act.
sometimes i don’t think they realize the responsibility that they have.
…Neither.
The youth is responsible.
Duh.
Seems like the person who posted the inappropriate material would be to blame for people seeing it, reguardless of age.
Parents
Parents
What about the youth? Or the person putting up the innapprorpiate stuff in a public post?
The parent does have a big resposibility– you just can’t trust others to take care of your stuff (for example, letting school and tv take care of raising your children and teaching them morals and values). You obviously can’t monitor everything your kid does online, but I really like the idea of having the family computer be in a public and often-used space like the kitchen or living room.
But the kid is quite responsible, too. Unless s/he stumbled accross the questionable content by accident, it’s his/her responsiblity to stay out of trouble, to some extent at least.
Parents, definitely.
The individual who posted it.:p
THE YOUTH IS!! … you can blame everyone BUT the youth but it all comes down to the YOUTH in the end!
The parents because it’s their job to raise the child
And the child b/c if the parents did their job right, then they have to make their own choice to view it or not off of what they’ve been taught.
Parents.
I agree with those who say the youth first, parents second, xanga not at all.
Parent and child should bear equal responsibility – the parents should monitor to the best of their abilities (not always possible, if student is at school, library or friend’s house – and it’s correct that a lot of blocks can be gotten around). The child – usually a teen – should bear equal responsibility for following parents’ rules and making appropriate choices. Parents can set up all the rules and monitor the best they can, but an errant child will still find a way. Parents who don’t set rules and guidelines and let their kids be on their own constantly sometimes still have kids who follow their own internal sets of rules and form their own boundaries, in spite of bad parenting. It probably depends on the family dynamics.
The kid. If they are looking for it they WILL find it.
Neither. The youth is responsible for his/her own actions. If he is old enough to go to sites like that, he is old enough to know he ought not to.
parents are more responsible than xanga, but the child is ultimately responsible
The fault is shared between the poster, the youth, and the parents.
The poster should have never made the material availible, the parents should have been supervising or restricting what the youth does online, and directly it is the youth’s fault.
Xanga is not liable for what is posted, they have rules and regulations, but it is physically impossible to always enforce them immediatly.
parents mostly…but it is both…parents should keep a better eye on what their children do on the computer…its not that hard to find out what they been doing and the sites they have seen…xanga should keep a better on things as well
Parents – but it’s stupid of the posters to put that type of content out there where lotsa youngins muck about.
Both. But at the same time, neither. Parents can’t patrol their kids day and night….and parental controls only go so far. At the same time, xanga can only do as what they can do to prevent it, but they can’t completely do it….I’d prefer to blame it on the decline of our societies moral values.
xanga, they should make a “innapropriate material” blocker…although they are doing a wonderful job!!! its not the parents fault because there are good things on xanga too, such as this site, and others, but then again, its not really xanga’s fault for the bad stuff, although they do have more control over it than the parents
First I blame the parent for giving the computer to the kid probably who has it all to themselves in their room. Then I’m blaming the kid for being irresponsible for letting themselves get caught. Then I’m blaming the parents again cause they really need to get the blame even though they would claim its Xanga falt. I would blame the pervert on the other end of the computer for trying to pick up I mean talk to little girls.
Obviously no one is being responsible if a young person is able to view something that’s inappropriate for him.
Dan,
when I was a kid, NOTHING could keep me from porn. I would find it, it would be found and tossed, I would find more, it would be found and tossed.
We didnt even have a computer or internet! I clipped swimsuit pics from the weekly world news for crying out loud!
Is it xangas responsibility on our litigation crazy society?
NO! Nor is it the parents repsonsibility to do anything more than raise their kids with a personal and moral foundation secure enough to resist the damages that fantasy and masogynistic imagerie can do when a kid not yet socially or sexually mature is exposed, or EXPOSES THEMSELVES to it!
Ok, now that I have read a few more of these:
1. Xanga can not possibly police. The number of employee’s would be outragous. Otherwise, you have to have a commitee of leftist and right wing writers to decide on what is allowed. Just having a “community” of police would end up getting everyone’s postings axed. For the record, I am very conservative, but that means free speech as a conservative value. You are entitled to your opinion, whether I agree or not, just keep it clean.
2. Parents can not police. Technically, I can either block the domain or allow the domain with current technology. I can not provide partial access to the domain based on “pages”. That is not how the technology works.
3. Youth can not be held liable for every little curiosity 100% of the time. I try to keep blog site browsing clean. But, I sometimes can not avoid what I run into.I know MySpace is a moral death trap and stay away. The Xanga community stays somewhat clean, but it is purely author’s choice. This leads to the Xanga issue again…
4 Xanga Improvements: Xanga can put some controls in place to allow what is clean and what is not. All adult content must require login and age verification, that increases cost and must be adopted/paid by the poster. You can say the poster must follow or be terminated, but that once again hits number 1 above.
Therefore, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author:poster as they are the initial instigators of the problem in the first place. Personal opinion, if you want to be inappropriate, go to myspace. They have lots of filth for you to join in on there. Let Xanga be a clean blog community and allow the Xanga users to share, think, discuss, debate, and argue (if desired) free of filth.
Pfft, kids will be kids.
The Parents
The Kid.
I would say the parents but, oh yeah – I am one and try as I might keeping the kids from “viewing” inappropriate content is next to impossible. Even when they are trying to be good (They don’t like my punishment – I catch them on an inappropriate site and they will have to read a book on pornography and the damage it does “Fatal Attractions” by Jack Hayford) stuff still happens. There is no way Xanga can keep all the trash out of Xangaland. So, it comes down to the one who posts it. The only thing that will work in that scenerio is the conviction of the Holy Spirit. We can preach, legislate, rant and rave and yet the darkened heart will continue to do what it does – and not see anything wrong with it. So it comes down to educating our kids, loving them through all of the darkness and holding on to the Lord – the keeper of our faith.
The kid and his/her parents
Definitley the parents.
Parents can not watch kids 24 X 7. Xanga can police its system better that parents can control kids, but evey xanga can not catch everything before the wrong people see it. Give ‘um a break.
parents
The kid. I’m so sick of everyone blaming the parents or the media when a kid makes a mistake. Children have personal responsibility, too. Unless the parents really fucked up, they should know better.
Xanga’s terms of use state that no one under 13 is supposed to be on here. Xanga has a form that parents can use to delete the accounts of their underage children. Xanga is not the parent and Xanga can’t police individual homes to make sure parents are watching their kids. It’s the parents’ responsibility to know what their kid is doing online. If you are a parent and your gut reaction is to whine and say “but they’ll do it at their friends’ houses” then maybe you should examine who you are allowing your child to hang around with. Or why you didn’t teach your child when they were younger so they wouldn’t disobey you now.
I believe the Parents should have the primary responsibility, however Xanga (or any other blog space) should provide the necessary tools to allow parents the ability to check up on things, if needed.
However, the youth need to be taught what is socially acceptable behaviour. Things like “sex” and/or “nudity” should be taken into context of what is being discussed/shown on-line. The youth also need to be aware/taught about predatory behavior that some may have, or at least understand that being on-line is like being in a big mall…although your in the privacy of your own office/room…your in a public place.
We hope that with the new tools of communication, the understanding that there is a responsibility associated with them should be clearly understood at all levels (youth, parent/guardian, and xanga).
just a rambling thought.
interesting question. unless xanga keeps track of everything the users write on the websites, they don’t know what is on there, therefore taking the blame from them. BUT on the other hand, parents don’t know everything their kids see or do, which removes them from blame also. the fact of the matter is, people shouldn’t put innapropriate stuff on the website, ‘cuz if you think about it, who all is gonna read it? is that really something you want ur friends, family, or future employer to see? i think the person most at fault is the person who posted it on xanga. very good question, on ur part. tori
Parents and Xanga are both least responsible, but if one must be chosen, the parents are more responsible for having a computer and internet. The responsibility for garbage on the internet belongs to the one putting it there, and the one viewing it. I’ve personally seen very little offensive material on the internet, because I do not seek it.
The parents. It’s just that today parents don’t want to take responsibility and want to blame the medium instead. Plus there are many sue-happy people who would love to get a free hand-out.
parents.
not really either. but i guess parents should try to keep certain age limit off of xanga, but xanga should be more careful about what they allow ON xanga…. but then it’s the whole myspace issue, kids get around everything…
ahhh, youth. they’re gonna see it anyways eventually so it’s their own fault… i mean just going on the internet in general is taking a chance at sketchy/shady things.. haha
If the youth is purposely looking for ‘inappropriate’ content, then the youth is. However, if the person who posted the inappropriate material made it pointed towards youth viewers, or too accessable to youth viewers, then it is their fault.
How about – The youth doing the viewing?
I guess if we insist on assigning blame to one or the other, then parents have the primary responsibility for censorship.
L,r
The youth
1. The parents have the ultimate responsibility when it comes to their kids. They have the job of teaching right from wrong, appropriate from inappropriate. They also have the responsibility to monitor online usage and online responsibility. 2. The child. 3. Since xanga allows kids of thirteen years old here, they too bear some responsibility for content. If they allow young teens to post kiddie porn – that ain’t legal, any way you slice it. The responsiblity on xanga’s part would be alleviated if they didn’t allow young teens here. But they do, and because they do, they have an inherent responsibility to keep the site and its contents PG-13.
I’m a mom to two kids on xanga and an R-rated blogger. My kids aren’t allowed to read my site. I don’t want them on a lot of xanga sites, but xanga can be a healthy outlet if used properly.
Hands down, the parents are responsible. The internet is no place for unsupervised children. Xanga and other site perform a service, it is up to individuals whether or not they decide to be a part of it.
I try to monitor my own kids on it- and so far it seems fine. They don’t go looking for that type of stuff, thank goodness!
the youth!!
Kinda both- the parents should have some kind content monitor or put the computer in a public part of the house, but then Xanga should also have some kind of monitor to filter out inappropriate content, which I think they do.
Both. The parents lay the foundations that their child er…. builds upon? You know what I mean. But anyway, the youth’s also responsible because no matter how they were raised they should have some inkling as to what’s right and what’s wrong.
What do you consider inappropriate? We can’t go protecting the kids at the expense of adults. Kids are going to see porn, hear hate speech, and meet someone who’s suicidal or anorexic. Let them learn early on how shitty life is so they don’t grow up thinking that everything will go as planned and that life will be perfect.
the youth is the one responsible… since you didn’t define youth, i’m going with 16 and under, and i knew what i was doing at 13, let alone 16 …. even found my friend’s father’s playboy magazines when we were 11…
after that, it is the parents who are responsible for not regulating/monitoring what their children see online…
how could xanga ever determine what a parent (or any person for that matter) would consider inappropriate?
the kid and xanga. the kid for taking the action of submitting to temptation, and xanga for having the content in the first place.
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the Youth if they are educated enough to know that blogs have the potential to contain bad content
the one choosing to view the material has first mea culpa. especially if it’s a minor who is representing him/herself online as one of the age of majority. even as a pre-teen or teenager, one knows what one is and isn’t supposed to do. the second mea culpa goes to the parents. they should be involved in all aspects of their offspring’s life, including their web-activity. failure to monitor (or to even care) what is being viewed is their fault. no child should have a computer in their room, and no family should put a computer in a place where anyone can close themselves off from the rest of the house. it should be in an open place where anyone could walk by, in order to discourage inappropriate surfing. failure of the parents to monitor makes it their fault.
xanga (or any other website) isn’t responsible for the actions of a free-willed individual. if something is off-color or inappropriate, it’s not like the website pops up unbidden and forces the computer user to look.
PARENTS. people need to know where their kids are and what they are doing. the internet can be a dangerous place.
In a theological discussion, “more” vs. “less” sin is rarely an issue. The questions are 1. what do you do about your sin?; 2. how do you confront someone else’s sin, a la Matt. 18?
I hear you. You know what you are talking about
I don’t see how Xanga is at fault. That would be like blaming a wall because your child saw a poster of a man sodomizing a goat that was posted on it.
The parents, while not completely at fault, do have some resposibility. If they don’t want their kid seeing certain things, they should keep an eye on him/her, and discuss guidelines (not just what the rules are, why). However, I believe the ultimate responsibility falls on whomever is viewing said “inappropriate” content.
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parents.
but it also depends what is being labelled ‘inappropriate’
xanga…most youth have no choice but to take in the sexual messages that are being thrown around so casually. But if xanga is going to claim itself to be a safe environment for youth then it needs to clean itself up. Now if a parent allows their children to be on the computer with no supervision and constant privacy then the parents are at fault when the child falls into a sexual immorality problem. Nothing bothers me more than irrisponsible parents who give their children no freedom or too much; everything in moderation. But on the same note it used to be difficult to fall into a life of sexual immorality, not it is difficult to stay out of one. Good parents can keep their kids innocent for as long as they want to but ultimately purity is something that must be worked at by the individual sometimes even after their innocence is long gone.It has to be wanted for oneself.
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Esther, 18
Parents with an exception. In the 1860′s it was socially unacceptable for a boy and girl to be in the same room without adults, preferably parents, but in some cases, a chaperone to be there. Communications – school, clubs, books, newspapers, radio, movies, television, bathroom walls, chatrooms, now xanga and beyond become the vehicle for going beyond what has been acceptable. Some parents are sucessful in raising their kids to know how to interact with the world. Many are not. Experimenting will happen, but hopefully the parent will have taken the time to prepare their kids to understand what affect their actions have on themselves and others, and then to make good decisions.
It is in Xanga’s best interest to become a socially acceptable method of communication. They choose their future by how the site is managed, that is their responsibility. Allowing the wrong things to go on will make them unpopular, and the next media will take over. Nothing much new under the sun.
BOTH is equally responsible!
it depends on how old the youth is. A 16-year-old knows what he or she is getting into. Also, it’s not like their parents are standing over their shoulder looking at everything they do online.
The kid and the parents i guess…
THE KID.
Parents of course!
i think xanga could be a little stricter about some stuff.. but ppl need to take responsibility for their own actions and those of their children. thats one of my pet peeves.. when ppl dont take responsibility for themselves. it bugs me.
I think in part it’s both of them. But maybe it’s Xanga, depending on what you consider youth. To me, 13 years old (the minimum age to get a xanga) is still a little too young to be watching 18 and over material. They could stumble upon someone else’s site who has inappropriate content. Maybe Xanga should create a disclaimer. But I say also the parents because, younger people will try to watch inappropriate material anyways and that’s when the parents should monitor what their kids are doing.
I think that it is a combination of all three. The parents need to teach the children how to properly surf the internet, while xanga and other bloggers do their best to keep sites clean for everyone. The child should also know not to look at inappropriate sites.
Yesterday my screen went blank right on the click to view a zanga blog. virus maybe? my system died for a while. xanga has to know who the bug bloggers are or is there a way to block bug-carrying blogs? Not even the bloggers might know???
I think that both should be.
its not the parents or the xangas fault its all up to the youth to know morals and know if what they are doing is right or wrong
the kid. xanga makes you agree to being 13, and on top of that has policies.
it’s the kid.
the youth lol
well, seeing that I just had to make another hidden xanga because my mom found mine and overreacted, I’d say the parents. Parents always seem to overreact.
The youth. The parent maybe, for not knowing, or knowingly letting their child view “inappropriate” behavior. I wouldn’t place any blame on xanga at all.
> Parents! I dare say if you can’t keep trackof the brat and what they do, give ‘em up, toss ‘em out or do your job as a parent should, watch your kids. Period….
Peace
both.
the parents definitely.
as a youth, I know that I need to avoid stuff I shouldnt look at, and I would be willing to let my parents look at the sites I have been too. I also agree that any site that has innapropriate stuff should take that into consideration. Also parents should do a better job of monitoring. But if you mean teenagers, they have the capacity to watch what they see and know that there is bad stuff out there and just have a shield for when you accidentily DO look at something innapropriate, including on xanga.
The ones who made the page are responsible for their own actions. The host (Xanga, in this case) is responsible for hosting the page. The youth is responsible for viewing the page. And the parents are resonsible for allowing him/her unhindered access to the web. WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS.
The kid. We all have to be responsible for our own actions!
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hmm them.
SECOND COMMENT!
The youth.
I almost got first… but now I am taking my time, because I know I won’t get it. Some day I will though, I know it.
Neither, the person looking at it.
Both.
The parennts arn’t doing there jobs though.
parents.
neither. the kid.
Parents. And the youth, too.
The kid shouldn’t be surfing any websites he wouldn’t want his parents seeing.
The parents can’t hold their hand all the time, you know? They want to give their child as much space as they can, while at the same time protecting them. The two conflict with eachother.
the youth. and parents.
Well, I refuse to blame xanga for exercising free speech, so since we have to blame someone, blame the parents.
the youth i guess for lookin for the content TOP 20!!!
The parents bear responsibility, both immediately for supervising their child’s time on the Internet, and in a more long-term sense, for instilling in their child the ability to make good decisions about how to use their time online.
The older the child is, the more responsibility it bears on its own shoulders.
Xanga is a privately owned domain and has the right to police content on its own site in such a way as to make a good experience for its subscribers, and to avoid legal liability where it might exist. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people out there, adults and youths alike, who make unfortunate decisions about how to pass their spare time on the Web, so Xanga has to think about this stuff and respond to it in some way, don’t they?
The parent, technically, but the youth also is responsible.
the parent of course.
What inappropriate content on Xanga?
neither, the kid should be held responsible for his own actions.
The youth is ultimately, however, if there was none than it would be better. I’d say all three play a major role.
-Josh
Neither, really, it’s the posters bloody fault.
Chrissakes.
parents
Al Gore for “inventing the internet” . . . .If we can’t blame the youth for making their own choices then I would say the parents own more blame than Xanga, but each person shares in the blame nonetheless.
Both,but still Xanga could tighten up on this type of stuff,they’re are very inapropiate sites on xanga.
-elizabeth
I think it would be more the youth’s concern, I know that’s not a choice, but both have problems. There are so many people on Xanga, it couldn’t possibly deal with every little inappropriate thing. Also, what is “inappropriate” is such a debate that I don’t think it’s the parents responsibility. Because what is inappropriate to them, may no longer be inappropriate to us in our generation.
Also, hopefully, the “youth” is old enough to be able to be mature about he inappropriate stuff, or else they shouldn’t be on xanga without parental supervision.
Laura
parental figures DUH.
Neither, the child.
I agree with Drakonskyr. The parents can’t control EVERYTHING a child see’s, and Xanga can’t trash everything. It’s the posters fault.
IMO, The parents.
both and the kid too
Youth. They know what they view. It is there choice to do so. However, if the parents raise them right, they will have no concerns, whatsoever.
Parents should monitor the internet but as you know, you can get on xanga at the library and even bypass some school blocks. So I do think Xanga needs to at leat make an effort to monitor what they allow. Or they need to have a disclaimer where the person says they are 18 and older.
I take it back. NOT xanga’s fault.But the poster’s. And the kid who’s reading it. And the parents…kinda… but less at fault
xanga has that FLAG button though…
It depends on the situation. If the kid is under Xanga’s minimum age (13?), then it is the parent’s fault for allowing such freedom that their kid could break a web site’s rules. If the kid is over Xanga’s minimum age and their parents are fine with them having a Xanga, then it’s Xanga’s fault (indirectly) if the posted material is against Xanga’s policy. If the parents said don’t get a Xanga and the kid did anyway, then it’s the kid’s fault. If the kid found it by accident and never goes back on purpose, then it’s not the kid’s fault. If the kid is looking for inappropriate material, then it is their fault and they will probably look places other than Xanga.
Is that complicated enough for you?
whatever happened to blaming the youth? all share the blame.
parents. but nobody wants to own up to the fact that they’re a horrible parent.
Neither. The parents can only do so much. Xanga; Well, since its a public forum they’re in a position of having to honor Admendment I of the Bill of Rights. It’s sad that people take advantage of it to express their lewd and inappropriate material in a way that children may access it. I have my opinion as to what should be done but (as my husband reminds me) it would be infringing on their rights. This is a no win situation.
Mostly parents.
Though, xanga could be better about it. And it would require more than a parental control setting. Because most don’t block xanga as an inappropriate site…despite the many that there are
The Kid.
The parents, and the child himself if he chose to view innappropriate material.
Here’s an idea. It can’t be the kids fault, because he is viewing it, and if he is willing to search for it and find it, he obviously doesn’t feel like it is a bad thing, thus it isn’t his fault, because he feels what he is doing isn’t a bad thing. One of Jesus’ greater teachings, if you don’t know what you are doing is bad, then you shall not be judged for it.
It isn’t the parents fault because they weren’t the ones who found it.
It isn’t xangas fault because they are just the server and didn’t put the stuff on their own website.
It isn’t the fault of the person who put the information, pictures, etc. on xanga, because they aren’t forcing anyone to witness it
Now for my rebuttals.
It is the kids fault because he was the one who found it, whether accident or not, the crime must be punished.
It’s the parents fault for letting their child on the internet, allowing them to find it, and also because they didn’t teach their child good from evil, and so failed to show their child what they should and shouldn’t look for and find.
It’s xangas fault because they don’t make their website safe enough and don’t edit materials placed on the website.
It’s the fault of the person placing the materials on xanga because they are the one allowing the inappropriate materials to be witnessed.
Isn’t philosophy just grand. I can show both sides of four arguements, and still side with none. I believe it is no ONE’S fault, but rather all four parties must share some blame for what is witnessed. In what proportions blamed should be dealt…well I really don’t want to waste time getting into that.
Parents, without doubt.
watch your kids…parents
both, xanga should not be allowing that kind of stuff online, and parents should watch what their kids are doing whether the kid likes it or not.
Xanga. Kids will be kids and most will do things their parents don’t want them to be doing regardless of what they’ve been taught. If Xanga didn’t take measures, it would be equivilent to a bar that never carded anyone no matter how young they looked.
The person who puts the material on Xanga.
neither…the person who put up the content and the child they are the ones doing the deeds you can’t go blaming the innocent bystanders…
PARENTS
Parent.
50% for each. xanga should regulate better, and parents should supervise their child’s web viewing. if any of them, i’d say parents.
neither. its the persons own responsiblity. Xanga can’t deal with every fingle inapporipiate thaing, seeing how many peaple who has accounts. but atlas..it is hard to say.
!~nicole~!
parents
the youth.
then parents
then xanga
but all are responsible
neither- it’s the youth’s. the parents might have a part in it, but mainly it’s what’s on the mind of the person doing it. it’s no one else’s responsibility.
for example:
i decide to smoke pot. my parents don’t smoke, in fact- they would be very, very upset if they found out. so it’s not my parent’s fault. but then, is it the pot’s fault? no, it’s my fault.
easy as that.
the parent
I’d say the youth…
It’s not as though teens aren’t smart enough to find their ways around parental controls.
Both
the parents………..
it’s not xangas responsibility…that would be an insane responsibility, with millions of users, it just couldn’t be done….
unfortunately parents are not also available or able to to take these responsibilities, or otherwise chose not to, and this is a shame, but that still does not make it the responsibility of internet websites
~~~megan
so what’s going on with your myspace?
Depends on the age. It’s hard to make an arguement about a 17 yearold viewing porno on the net.
13 and under parents. 13-15 Shared responsibility. 16, the kid.
If parents haven’t taught their kids by example what is appropriate or not, they won’t learn it in a crash course when they get caught looking at inappropriate stuff on Xanga.
Xanga should be conscious of the age group on here. There is a crossover in age groups, going from the very young, blossoming teens, to the *ahem* more mature
So, the kids are responsible for what they watch, and depending on their age or circumstances, so are the parents.
But Xanga is supposed to be an open forum, so kids can’t be kept from it.
THE YOUTH!
Xanga… I mean the parents can only do so much to protect their children and xanga is SUPPOSED to be safe…there’s only so much a parent can do.
parents
The parent. Xanga shouldn’t have to regulate everyone’s usage of the website. It would be much easier for the parent’s to take care of their children and they should be the one’s in charge of their behavior in the first place. Too many parents are trying to find cop outs for why they are bad parents.
The kid(s).
them, and then the parents.
Definitely, the parents.
the parents
i jsut had this discussion about MySpace on my site….boy did i get a response both public and private to it…not nearly as good as your responses LOL:)
parents and the kid both. not xanga.
amanda
xanga because they should have block on what you can and can’t put on your site so that’s that
The youth. Especially if they are 13 and up (the required age to register for Xanga). I feel that at that age they are old enough to make mature and informed decisions about what content they view online. Xanga is simply a tool to make information public. There’s no reason a teenager can’t make good decisions, and there’s only so much a parent can do to protect their children.
erm. i don’t know. i’d have to say both.
the people who look it up and the parents for letting them on the comp
The youth. I guess it’s still Xanga’s and the parent’s fault, too.
The youth.
The youth is most responsible. Then the parents. Then Xanga. However, since Xanga promotes itsself to minors it has a responsibility to keep the content as appropriate as it can.
it’s the poster’s fault. people shouldn’t be posting inapporpriate things.
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If you aren’t mature enough to accidently see “inappropriate material,” maybe you shouldn’t be on xanga in the first place. I, being 13, think that the parents shouldn’t hound over kids about what they do and what they don’t do. Other people will argue about this because there are those stupid annoying people (whom I hate, by the way) who say that the parents shouldn’t give their children any online privacy at all, but they bug me because most of them aren’t in the predicament of a 13 year old and they have no idea what it’s like. If your child isn’t responsible at all, they shouldn’t be going on the internet. If they are online, you should be able to trust them. So yeah, it’s the child’s responsibility if they come across “inappropriate material” on xanga.
neither
The parents. It’s just like the question who’s more responsible for a child meeting someone online and getting killed, who’s to blame? It’s the parents…. b/c if you don’t know what you’re kid is up to online, then you are obviously a bad parent and if you aren’t going to take responsibility for your own kid, who will? Sure, xanga can take some precautions but ultimately, it’s the parents responsibility.
the kid…….kids are always wrong
The parents should have raised their kid better than to look up stuff, but if they accidentally stumble upon it, it is xanga’s fault.
Depends if the parents are totally oblivious to what their kids are doing. Then parent. But if the kid knows what he or she is doing is wrong then the kid. If xanga is letting people put up highly inapporpriate content (porn, hate talk, ect.) then Xanga.
I would have to say in most cases it’s the kids fault.
We can’t “hang it” on the parents all the time. The youthful offspring of the most caring and cautious of parents can engage in many forms of unsavoury activities on the Internet; being at an age where the youth is very aware of the gravity and consequence of its action.
Youth, accept the responsibility!
Neither.
Society for allowing it to be appropriate to even have that type of content where a young person can easily find it.
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I think it’s the kid’s fault. If they wouldn’t go on sites they’ve never seen before that belong to people they don’t know, then this problem wouldn’t exist. But it isn’t Xanga’s job to monitor the youth on the site–too many of them, and it isn’t their responsibility either way. Kids have brains, although they’re rarely used, and if they go somewhere of their own free will that somehow poisons their brain with inappropriateness, then it’s their own fault, and I don’t think parents nor Xanga should be blamed for a youth’s indiscretions.
parents duh
parents should know there may be inappropriate content before letting their kids sign up for xanga….unless the kid signs up behind their backs.
both!
Parents.
The youth.
The child for the foolish behaviour, the parent for failing to raise the kid better?
I’d like to think it’s equal, but goodness… Dragonskyr has a point.
Or if it is accidental, the parent for not putting up safer guards, and the child for not being safer?
What kind of person puts “innapropriate material” on xanga? Chances are, if it’s innapropriate enough to effect people 13 and up, it shouldn’t be on xanga in the first place. Adult issues and such, by the time you’re 13, shouldn’t really be considered innapropriate, so I guess if someone who should be on xanga (Over 13) comes across something nasty enough to be considered “innapropriate”, it’s xanga’s fault for not getting rid of porn sites and extremely WRONG pages. Now if a kid, under 13, sees something innapropriate, which in their cases would be adult issues, it’s the parent’s fault for letting their kid get on a site too mature for them.
Youth, and to a lesser extent, parent.
The parent’s responsibility for that decreases as the child gets older.
the youth they know whats wrong and whats right…they know exactly what they are doing
parents
Both.
Parents should…
actually.. the youth is more responsible… then parents… xanga should not be held accountable. it is almost like saying: it is the govts fault gas prices are high… forget inflation… forget high demand… forget greedy people w/ tons of suvs… lets blame them.
The parents. Parents are responsible for children. Im tired of people blaming media, celebrities, society, etc for a child’s downfall. Yes it has influence but parents MUST remain in control.
I’m not sure I would place the blame entirely on either. Parents need to keep track of what their children are looking back, but it’s not possible to do it every second. And Xanga can’t very well monitor everyone’s site (and after the uproar over the flagging thing, I’m not sure anyone would want them to.) Kids, like everyone else, are ultimately responsible for their actions.
Of the two options you offer, it would be Xanga. Xanga has a commitment, because they allow ages 13+ on here, to keep “adult” material off the site. The parents would be responsible if it were myspace, because that’s 18+…but here at Xanga, it’s Xanga’s responsibility and legal and moral duty to keep it clean.
xanga
Hmmm… kids view and hear inappropriate stuff probably everyday. They have to make a choice whether they are just going to just notice and move on or investigate it closer.
So 1st, the kid. Then 2nd, the parent. Know what your kids are doing and are about. It’s your job, Man. If you don’t like it, you shouldn’t have signed on. Sorry.
3rd, …well, you didn’t mention this one … but I say the stupid people who feel the insane need to exploit themselves for others. I have no desire to see anyone’s exposed anatomies…but still there it is on Xanga regularly. They are starved for attention but they should be smarter about where they get it. They know there are kids on here but they must just be to selfish to inhibit themselves in any manner.
4th, … Xanga has it’s share of responsiblities. It should not offer access to underage kids if it is going to allow ”Adult XXX Material” liberty by it’s bloggers. At the very least they could try to keep nude/violent stuff off the Featured Content list where kids have the easiest access to it.
Other than that, I really don’t have an opinion. 8~D
The xanga what the hell is the parent going to do, he can’t possibly watch the kid every single minute. The easiest thing for the kid to do is delete his computers internet history for the day. And now think, if there wasn’t a Xanga he couldn’t be looking at it in the first place.
the kid
It’s the person’s fault. The person who looked at it, I mean. It’s their actions; they should be responsible.
a little of both.
If there was no bad content to view they wouldn’t see it….
It is also very difficult to try to monitor EVERYTHING a child is doing online….
Neither. Blame the internet!
I am!
The parents, duh.
the youth! Freedom of speech!
I say the fault lies with all of the above – the parents, the kid viewing it, and the person posting it. Now before some of you get your knickers in a wad, here’s my take.
A. The parents should be keeping tabs on what their kid is doing online i.e. what sites they frequent, how much time they spend, and if they have a blog what kind of information is on it. It all amounts to paying attention to the child – sure give them some slack and some trust, but still monitor what they do. And be a freaking parent! Tell them about the dangers, even if they know it doesn’t hurt to tell them again.
B The kid – yeah, he or she is young, impressionable, etc. but come on. Surely your parents, teachers, whoever has told you of the inherent dangers of the internet. They were right. Remember the “don’t talk to strangers” thing – well, getting into a chat room or blogging is pretty much talking to strangers. And if you are old enough to go online, then you are likley old enough to know what not to look at.
C. The poster. Yeah, it’s the old shopworn argument of “if it’s not there for them to see then they won’t find it”… and there is a lot of truth in that. If it’s protected, then the average kid on a lark won’t be able to see it. And sure, the kid in question can go other places to find it but why make such material widely available here as well? The also shopworn excuse of “if it’s not here it’s somewhere else for them to find” is not an excuse at all for posting it out in the open.
I’d say no one is more or less to blame but in all honesty I believe that the bulk of the responisbility lies with the parents.
Parents! The parents are responsible for everything their child does until they are no longer a minor under their roof. That is why as parents we have to know what are kids are doing at all times, and who their friends are….there is a reason God gave kids parents…that’s it….well one of the reasons.
the kid as well as the parents
all of the above.
Xanga for allowing it to be shown and provided and easily accessible.
The kids themselves, if they’re looking for it purposefully, if not, then at least for being in a position to stumble upon it.
The parents are always responsible in some part, because they are the parents.
The youth.
Duh
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nobodys really to blame. its really just the type of environment kids grow up in these days. It is impossible to shelter kids the way they used to be.
The responsibility is that of the author. Would you walk nude in public? Would you have sex in public for all to see? What about getting drunk and cussing out your boss during the middle of the workday? Every author here is responsible for what they write. Unless you make your Xanga public and restrict access, then you are knowingly providing content to minors that they are able to access. It is therefore no different if you showed up on their doorstep and asked them to watch.
The parent.
I agree with CuriousGeorgina… Xanga can police its own website, and holding domain, can’t it?
the youth.
the youth/parents. parents should monitor what websites their kids go on.
If the material weren’t available, the youth would have to go to extra measures to view the inappropriate material. It’s a little convenient to say that it’s the parent’s fault or the kid’s. If it’s out there, and so easily available, I say it’s the fault of the facility who is making the inappropriate material available. It’s just too easy for kids to get on the internet and to get into stuff that will do them absolutely no good.
Since kids have no idea of the problems this inappropriate stuff is going to give them later on in life, it is either the parents’ fault, or Xanga’s. The parents seldom want to throw out the computer because of inappropriate material ( all over the internet), so they do the best they can with what they have.
I say, the folks on the internet who assign such a shrug of the shoulders to porn, bad language, etc., are to blame. They put it out there. The parents didn’t. If the parents are to be blamed, then it’s because they didn’t just chuck the computer when they discovered all the inappropriate material. Maybe if parents would do just that, computer companies might take more of an interest in what was shown on their computers. Personally, I don’t think anybody gives a rip except for the parents.
The youth.
I feel that both the parents and xanga are responsible if youths view inappropriate entries. I’m 25 and I saw something very inappropriate on someone’s xanga that disgusted me and bothered me a’lot. I didn’t understand why xanga didn’t send them an email or shut down their site. I was looking at a blogring and I clicked on someone’s site and when I went on it they had a very vial and disgusting picture, beyond vulgar.
as long as the person wasn’t purposely looking for the inappropriate material, its xang’s fault for allowing it on their site
The parental unit, DANNO!
The youth. In a legal sense I suppose xanga would be at fault for giving youths access to inappropriate content. And in an-old-fashioned sense I suppose the parents should monitor the youth and guide the youth towards being good and moral and not looking at things they shouldn’t. But honestly, that doesn’t really happen anymore. There’s a lot more freedom for people to look around and go places and parents can’t stop that without being incredibly nosy.
Parents
Of course the kid is doing wrong looking at the pictures, but it is the parents fault for allowing it. If anybody says it is not the parents fault but rather the kids, then they don’t understand the concept of responsibility. Of course, its not xangas fault. Why can’t they allow inappropriate material? Again, I think to say that it is xanga’s fault is to misplace the responsibility.
Its the parents!!!! Xanga isn’t responsible, because if xanga didnt exist, the youths could still find such sites, the youth isnt responsible because it was their curosity that discovered it, and curosity should never ever ever be blamed.
Xanga for not giving a shit about it. I’ve flagged kiddie-porn sites and they are still up and running.
Oh my; I agree with Drakonskyer.
Well primarily the kid him/herself, after that the parents, then xanga. Always look to the closest source of the problem first.
xanga…bc they should mangae wat is displayed on their own website that is seen by millions of young indivuals…some content should be fliterd
Parents…..screw the whole litigation BS.
The youth.
the parents… they should raise their child better
I would hope that my child is mature enough to know what is out there, but would make good decisions about what to view. It is not the responsibility of the Xanga personal to babysit my child. The youth should take on the responsbility themselves to resist what lies out there that they should not see. They are guided by their parents, but parents can’t be everywhere all of the time.
the youth.
or the parent.
xanga shouldn’t have to worry about it.
it just creates a nasty hassle for the rest of us.
p.s. if you can’t control yourself. you shouldn’t be allowed on the internet.
maybe.
we should lock you in a box.
where you can’t bother anyone.
The parent.
parents.
parents today would like to blame anyone and anything but themselves for the way their children act.
sometimes i don’t think they realize the responsibility that they have.
…Neither.
The youth is responsible.
Duh.
Seems like the person who posted the inappropriate material would be to blame for people seeing it, reguardless of age.
Parents
Parents
What about the youth? Or the person putting up the innapprorpiate stuff in a public post?
The parent does have a big resposibility– you just can’t trust others to take care of your stuff (for example, letting school and tv take care of raising your children and teaching them morals and values). You obviously can’t monitor everything your kid does online, but I really like the idea of having the family computer be in a public and often-used space like the kitchen or living room.
But the kid is quite responsible, too. Unless s/he stumbled accross the questionable content by accident, it’s his/her responsiblity to stay out of trouble, to some extent at least.
Parents, definitely.
The individual who posted it.:p
THE YOUTH IS!! … you can blame everyone BUT the youth but it all comes down to the YOUTH in the end!
The parents because it’s their job to raise the child
And the child b/c if the parents did their job right, then they have to make their own choice to view it or not off of what they’ve been taught.
Parents.
I agree with those who say the youth first, parents second, xanga not at all.
Parent and child should bear equal responsibility – the parents should monitor to the best of their abilities (not always possible, if student is at school, library or friend’s house – and it’s correct that a lot of blocks can be gotten around). The child – usually a teen – should bear equal responsibility for following parents’ rules and making appropriate choices. Parents can set up all the rules and monitor the best they can, but an errant child will still find a way. Parents who don’t set rules and guidelines and let their kids be on their own constantly sometimes still have kids who follow their own internal sets of rules and form their own boundaries, in spite of bad parenting. It probably depends on the family dynamics.
The kid. If they are looking for it they WILL find it.
Neither. The youth is responsible for his/her own actions. If he is old enough to go to sites like that, he is old enough to know he ought not to.
parents are more responsible than xanga, but the child is ultimately responsible
The fault is shared between the poster, the youth, and the parents.
The poster should have never made the material availible, the parents should have been supervising or restricting what the youth does online, and directly it is the youth’s fault.
Xanga is not liable for what is posted, they have rules and regulations, but it is physically impossible to always enforce them immediatly.
parents mostly…but it is both…parents should keep a better eye on what their children do on the computer…its not that hard to find out what they been doing and the sites they have seen…xanga should keep a better on things as well
Parents – but it’s stupid of the posters to put that type of content out there where lotsa youngins muck about.
Both. But at the same time, neither. Parents can’t patrol their kids day and night….and parental controls only go so far. At the same time, xanga can only do as what they can do to prevent it, but they can’t completely do it….I’d prefer to blame it on the decline of our societies moral values.
xanga, they should make a “innapropriate material” blocker…although they are doing a wonderful job!!!
its not the parents fault because there are good things on xanga too, such as this site, and others, but then again, its not really xanga’s fault for the bad stuff, although they do have more control over it than the parents
First I blame the parent for giving the computer to the kid probably who has it all to themselves in their room. Then I’m blaming the kid for being irresponsible for letting themselves get caught. Then I’m blaming the parents again cause they really need to get the blame even though they would claim its Xanga falt. I would blame the pervert on the other end of the computer for trying to pick up I mean talk to little girls.
Obviously no one is being responsible if a young person is able to view something that’s inappropriate for him.
Dan,
when I was a kid, NOTHING could keep me from porn. I would find it, it would be found and tossed, I would find more, it would be found and tossed.
We didnt even have a computer or internet! I clipped swimsuit pics from the weekly world news for crying out loud!
Is it xangas responsibility on our litigation crazy society?
NO! Nor is it the parents repsonsibility to do anything more than raise their kids with a personal and moral foundation secure enough to resist the damages that fantasy and masogynistic imagerie can do when a kid not yet socially or sexually mature is exposed, or EXPOSES THEMSELVES to it!
Ok, now that I have read a few more of these:
1. Xanga can not possibly police. The number of employee’s would be outragous. Otherwise, you have to have a commitee of leftist and right wing writers to decide on what is allowed. Just having a “community” of police would end up getting everyone’s postings axed. For the record, I am very conservative, but that means free speech as a conservative value. You are entitled to your opinion, whether I agree or not, just keep it clean.
2. Parents can not police. Technically, I can either block the domain or allow the domain with current technology. I can not provide partial access to the domain based on “pages”. That is not how the technology works.
3. Youth can not be held liable for every little curiosity 100% of the time. I try to keep blog site browsing clean. But, I sometimes can not avoid what I run into.I know MySpace is a moral death trap and stay away. The Xanga community stays somewhat clean, but it is purely author’s choice. This leads to the Xanga issue again…
4 Xanga Improvements: Xanga can put some controls in place to allow what is clean and what is not. All adult content must require login and age verification, that increases cost and must be adopted/paid by the poster. You can say the poster must follow or be terminated, but that once again hits number 1 above.
Therefore, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author:poster as they are the initial instigators of the problem in the first place. Personal opinion, if you want to be inappropriate, go to myspace. They have lots of filth for you to join in on there. Let Xanga be a clean blog community and allow the Xanga users to share, think, discuss, debate, and argue (if desired) free of filth.
Pfft, kids will be kids.
The Parents
The Kid.
I would say the parents but, oh yeah – I am one and try as I might keeping the kids from “viewing” inappropriate content is next to impossible. Even when they are trying to be good (They don’t like my punishment – I catch them on an inappropriate site and they will have to read a book on pornography and the damage it does “Fatal Attractions” by Jack Hayford) stuff still happens. There is no way Xanga can keep all the trash out of Xangaland. So, it comes down to the one who posts it. The only thing that will work in that scenerio is the conviction of the Holy Spirit. We can preach, legislate, rant and rave and yet the darkened heart will continue to do what it does – and not see anything wrong with it. So it comes down to educating our kids, loving them through all of the darkness and holding on to the Lord – the keeper of our faith.
The kid and his/her parents
Definitley the parents.
Parents can not watch kids 24 X 7. Xanga can police its system better that parents can control kids, but evey xanga can not catch everything before the wrong people see it. Give ‘um a break.
parents
The kid. I’m so sick of everyone blaming the parents or the media when a kid makes a mistake. Children have personal responsibility, too. Unless the parents really fucked up, they should know better.
Xanga’s terms of use state that no one under 13 is supposed to be on here. Xanga has a form that parents can use to delete the accounts of their underage children. Xanga is not the parent and Xanga can’t police individual homes to make sure parents are watching their kids. It’s the parents’ responsibility to know what their kid is doing online. If you are a parent and your gut reaction is to whine and say “but they’ll do it at their friends’ houses” then maybe you should examine who you are allowing your child to hang around with. Or why you didn’t teach your child when they were younger so they wouldn’t disobey you now.
I believe the Parents should have the primary responsibility, however Xanga (or any other blog space) should provide the necessary tools to allow parents the ability to check up on things, if needed.
However, the youth need to be taught what is socially acceptable behaviour. Things like “sex” and/or “nudity” should be taken into context of what is being discussed/shown on-line. The youth also need to be aware/taught about predatory behavior that some may have, or at least understand that being on-line is like being in a big mall…although your in the privacy of your own office/room…your in a public place.
We hope that with the new tools of communication, the understanding that there is a responsibility associated with them should be clearly understood at all levels (youth, parent/guardian, and xanga).
just a rambling thought.
interesting question. unless xanga keeps track of everything the users write on the websites, they don’t know what is on there, therefore taking the blame from them. BUT on the other hand, parents don’t know everything their kids see or do, which removes them from blame also. the fact of the matter is, people shouldn’t put innapropriate stuff on the website, ‘cuz if you think about it, who all is gonna read it? is that really something you want ur friends, family, or future employer to see? i think the person most at fault is the person who posted it on xanga. very good question, on ur part.
tori
Parents and Xanga are both least responsible, but if one must be chosen, the parents are more responsible for having a computer and internet. The responsibility for garbage on the internet belongs to the one putting it there, and the one viewing it. I’ve personally seen very little offensive material on the internet, because I do not seek it.
The parents. It’s just that today parents don’t want to take responsibility and want to blame the medium instead. Plus there are many sue-happy people who would love to get a free hand-out.
parents.
not really either. but i guess parents should try to keep certain age limit off of xanga, but xanga should be more careful about what they allow ON xanga…. but then it’s the whole myspace issue, kids get around everything…
ahhh, youth. they’re gonna see it anyways eventually so it’s their own fault… i mean just going on the internet in general is taking a chance at sketchy/shady things.. haha
If the youth is purposely looking for ‘inappropriate’ content, then the youth is. However, if the person who posted the inappropriate material made it pointed towards youth viewers, or too accessable to youth viewers, then it is their fault.
How about – The youth doing the viewing?
I guess if we insist on assigning blame to one or the other, then parents have the primary responsibility for censorship.
L,r
The youth
1. The parents have the ultimate responsibility when it comes to their kids. They have the job of teaching right from wrong, appropriate from inappropriate. They also have the responsibility to monitor online usage and online responsibility.
2. The child.
3. Since xanga allows kids of thirteen years old here, they too bear some responsibility for content. If they allow young teens to post kiddie porn – that ain’t legal, any way you slice it. The responsiblity on xanga’s part would be alleviated if they didn’t allow young teens here. But they do, and because they do, they have an inherent responsibility to keep the site and its contents PG-13.
I’m a mom to two kids on xanga and an R-rated blogger. My kids aren’t allowed to read my site. I don’t want them on a lot of xanga sites, but xanga can be a healthy outlet if used properly.
Hands down, the parents are responsible. The internet is no place for unsupervised children. Xanga and other site perform a service, it is up to individuals whether or not they decide to be a part of it.
I try to monitor my own kids on it- and so far it seems fine. They don’t go looking for that type of stuff, thank goodness!
the youth!!
Kinda both- the parents should have some kind content monitor or put the computer in a public part of the house, but then Xanga should also have some kind of monitor to filter out inappropriate content, which I think they do.
Both. The parents lay the foundations that their child er…. builds upon? You know what I mean. But anyway, the youth’s also responsible because no matter how they were raised they should have some inkling as to what’s right and what’s wrong.
What do you consider inappropriate? We can’t go protecting the kids at the expense of adults. Kids are going to see porn, hear hate speech, and meet someone who’s suicidal or anorexic. Let them learn early on how shitty life is so they don’t grow up thinking that everything will go as planned and that life will be perfect.
the youth is the one responsible… since you didn’t define youth, i’m going with 16 and under, and i knew what i was doing at 13, let alone 16 …. even found my friend’s father’s playboy magazines when we were 11…
after that, it is the parents who are responsible for not regulating/monitoring what their children see online…
how could xanga ever determine what a parent (or any person for that matter) would consider inappropriate?
the kid and xanga. the kid for taking the action of submitting to temptation, and xanga for having the content in the first place.
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the Youth if they are educated enough to know that blogs have the potential to contain bad content
parents
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the one choosing to view the material has first mea culpa. especially if it’s a minor who is representing him/herself online as one of the age of majority. even as a pre-teen or teenager, one knows what one is and isn’t supposed to do. the second mea culpa goes to the parents. they should be involved in all aspects of their offspring’s life, including their web-activity. failure to monitor (or to even care) what is being viewed is their fault. no child should have a computer in their room, and no family should put a computer in a place where anyone can close themselves off from the rest of the house. it should be in an open place where anyone could walk by, in order to discourage inappropriate surfing. failure of the parents to monitor makes it their fault.
xanga (or any other website) isn’t responsible for the actions of a free-willed individual. if something is off-color or inappropriate, it’s not like the website pops up unbidden and forces the computer user to look.
PARENTS. people need to know where their kids are and what they are doing. the internet can be a dangerous place.
In a theological discussion, “more” vs. “less” sin is rarely an issue. The questions are 1. what do you do about your sin?; 2. how do you confront someone else’s sin, a la Matt. 18?
I hear you. You know what you are talking about
I don’t see how Xanga is at fault. That would be like blaming a wall because your child saw a poster of a man sodomizing a goat that was posted on it.
The parents, while not completely at fault, do have some resposibility. If they don’t want their kid seeing certain things, they should keep an eye on him/her, and discuss guidelines (not just what the rules are, why). However, I believe the ultimate responsibility falls on whomever is viewing said “inappropriate” content.
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parents.
but it also depends what is being labelled ‘inappropriate’
xanga…most youth have no choice but to take in the sexual messages that are being thrown around so casually. But if xanga is going to claim itself to be a safe environment for youth then it needs to clean itself up. Now if a parent allows their children to be on the computer with no supervision and constant privacy then the parents are at fault when the child falls into a sexual immorality problem. Nothing bothers me more than irrisponsible parents who give their children no freedom or too much; everything in moderation. But on the same note it used to be difficult to fall into a life of sexual immorality, not it is difficult to stay out of one. Good parents can keep their kids innocent for as long as they want to but ultimately purity is something that must be worked at by the individual sometimes even after their innocence is long gone.It has to be wanted for oneself.
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Parents with an exception. In the 1860′s it was socially unacceptable for a boy and girl to be in the same room without adults, preferably parents, but in some cases, a chaperone to be there. Communications – school, clubs, books, newspapers, radio, movies, television, bathroom walls, chatrooms, now xanga and beyond become the vehicle for going beyond what has been acceptable. Some parents are sucessful in raising their kids to know how to interact with the world. Many are not. Experimenting will happen, but hopefully the parent will have taken the time to prepare their kids to understand what affect their actions have on themselves and others, and then to make good decisions.
It is in Xanga’s best interest to become a socially acceptable method of communication. They choose their future by how the site is managed, that is their responsibility. Allowing the wrong things to go on will make them unpopular, and the next media will take over. Nothing much new under the sun.
BOTH is equally responsible!
it depends on how old the youth is. A 16-year-old knows what he or she is getting into. Also, it’s not like their parents are standing over their shoulder looking at everything they do online.
The kid and the parents i guess…
THE KID.
Parents of course!
i think xanga could be a little stricter about some stuff.. but ppl need to take responsibility for their own actions and those of their children. thats one of my pet peeves.. when ppl dont take responsibility for themselves. it bugs me.
I think in part it’s both of them. But maybe it’s Xanga, depending on what you consider youth. To me, 13 years old (the minimum age to get a xanga) is still a little too young to be watching 18 and over material. They could stumble upon someone else’s site who has inappropriate content. Maybe Xanga should create a disclaimer. But I say also the parents because, younger people will try to watch inappropriate material anyways and that’s when the parents should monitor what their kids are doing.
I think that it is a combination of all three. The parents need to teach the children how to properly surf the internet, while xanga and other bloggers do their best to keep sites clean for everyone. The child should also know not to look at inappropriate sites.
Yesterday my screen went blank right on the click to view a zanga blog. virus maybe? my system died for a while. xanga has to know who the bug bloggers are or is there a way to block bug-carrying blogs? Not even the bloggers might know???
I think that both should be.
its not the parents or the xangas fault its all up to the youth to know morals and know if what they are doing is right or wrong
the kid. xanga makes you agree to being 13,
and on top of that has policies.
it’s the kid.
the youth lol
well, seeing that I just had to make another hidden xanga because my mom found mine and overreacted, I’d say the parents. Parents always seem to overreact.
The youth. The parent maybe, for not knowing, or knowingly letting their child view “inappropriate” behavior. I wouldn’t place any blame on xanga at all.
> Parents! I dare say if you can’t keep trackof the brat and what they do, give ‘em up, toss ‘em out or do your job as a parent should, watch your kids. Period….
Peace
both.
the parents definitely.
as a youth, I know that I need to avoid stuff I shouldnt look at, and I would be willing to let my parents look at the sites I have been too. I also agree that any site that has innapropriate stuff should take that into consideration. Also parents should do a better job of monitoring. But if you mean teenagers, they have the capacity to watch what they see and know that there is bad stuff out there and just have a shield for when you accidentily DO look at something innapropriate, including on xanga.
The ones who made the page are responsible for their own actions. The host (Xanga, in this case) is responsible for hosting the page. The youth is responsible for viewing the page. And the parents are resonsible for allowing him/her unhindered access to the web. WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS.
The kid. We all have to be responsible for our own actions!
the parents
the kid who views it.