First off I would like to start off by saying that all of these previous comments are correct in one way or another. I have been on both ends of this situation...I was once the one preyed upon...but I was also one of those girls who sneaks around in the chat rooms talking to as many guys as I could.

Lets face it... girls are in it for attention and curiousity. They just want to know whats out there. They think that it is safe "oh that would never happen to me...I am smarter than those stupid girls who got sucked into the sex offenders vortex of manipulation". But the truth is that you are not smarter. You are as equally malleable and vulnerable as all those other kids out there. The sole fact that you are doing what you are doing goes to show just how stupid you are. But like I said , I was in that situation...I thought that I was safe. But the fact is that no one is safe on the internet, especially when you are purposely swimming in the shark-infested waters.

I too have a myspace account...I too lied about my age because when I first got my account I was too young. I was one of those girls who, although my pictures were not of me half naked, they were more sexually suggestive than they should have been. It wasn't until I started getting all these horrifically disgusting messages from older men. It got so bad that everytime I logged on I would have 20-something messages from men ranging from their 30's to their 40's. Even after I took those photos off they didn't stop! From tthe time that I made my myspace (15) until about 5 months ago....I was being stalked on myspace by perverts. I would block them and they would just make a new account. When myspace finally made changes to their system and made it so that you could block an entire age group I was so relieved.

I was basically scared out of my devious ways haha. I apologize, because this is defanitely not a laughing matter. But the truth is that when I look back on my past ...I wonder "what was wrong with me!". But like I stated earlier... kids do it for attention.

But like most of the other people have stated previously, the fact that myspace is trying to make changes is good...but it isnt going to stop the sharks out there...the water is still not going to be safe to swim in. SO hey heres a solution.....If you are a boy or girl out there who is doing what I did....please stop. I know that it seems harmless right now..it seems fun...but it isn't. There will come a time when you are going to wonder what the heck you got yourself into...and I hope that by that time it isn't too late.

Paulina