Re: What do you guys think? Murder?
Tough question.......I got into a heated debate over this last year, but I'll voice my opinion again - and remember, it's only my opinion.......
All Internet sites are revenue-driven, even this one. We have the use of this great forum because of iboats' advertising base - simple economics.
The quandary is that while forums geared towards adults, such as iboats, are well run and HIGHLY moderated, forums geared towards pre-teens and teens are not - anything goes. It seems the younger and therefor more vulnerable the target user is, the slacker the standards adhered to by the site - and the site can hide behind "freedom of speech" rights. Sites such as myspace are fully aware the more trash they let through, the more traffic they'll generate, thereby increasing the sites visits, and thus ad rates.
In my opinion, sites such as those have a moral and ethical obligation to HEAVILY moderate and control their forums' content. If they want to reap the financial benefits of advertising, and the sale of user profiles to advertisers and use tracking firms, from an unsuspecting and naive user base, than I feel the only way to rein in that type of site is to hold THE SITE legally responsible for that type of tragedy. After all, would it have happened if not for the uncontrolled forum provided by the site?
DISCLAIMER - Docknocker's opinion only!!
