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OK U NEED TO LISTEN THIS IS SCARY!

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stickyj · 27/08/2010 22:27

OK mums this could be really important.

DS 11 has been looking at a blog site SHANE DAWSON.

He's going to bed now but has been muttering about a website that I saw him looking at. I thought he was wecamming his cousin but in fact it's a website called OMEGLE.

I just logged on, without a webcam and actually thought he was joking. He has a webcam set up to talk to his friends and cousins. NOOO..he can talk to random strangers on line and chooose to see them/they can see him or apparently they disconnect if they see he is a child1!!!

wtf is going on!!!

I logged on and a random stranger talked to me. I was asked how old I was and was I a male? To be fair, it might have been a decent guy at this time of night looking to "speak" to a lady but it freaked me out.

Can I ask you all to try this webiste out (without webcam or with if you're brave)to see how scary this is and how easy it is for our kids to access. I am usually in bed around 9pm and smallest one is nearly 12. He often is awake after me. His dad quite often crashes to sleep and we thought we had the policing stuff sorted. His brother s a compter geek and even he didn't know about this site.

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Housemum · 27/08/2010 23:31

"WTF"? "Scared me shitless"? using "ur" for you're"? Sorry, but for someone just a few years older than me you don't sound like you're nearly 50 - am I barking up the wrong tree or do I hear a bit of trip-trapping on a Friday night here?

MadwoMen · 27/08/2010 23:32

Why are you so insistent that we go on this website You've warned us, thank you, we'll make sure we're cautious in future.
Now....time to move along I think

stickyj · 27/08/2010 23:35

He is in the study. He has a DS 17 on the next desk to him, his Dad is literally right next to him. They're all playing what I call "bang bang " games or his Dad is working. He has to go upstairs at 9pm on school nights(he's 12 in Oct) and then he can read etc. BUT on holiday nights often I will go to bed and tell DH he neeeds to go to bed at about 10ish..if DH is concentrating on work he won't even think of the time. At 4.30am this morning DH was working on a project and TBH wouldn't have even recognised the time. DS4 went to bed at 10.30pm because I heard him.

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Housemum · 27/08/2010 23:36

OK I hold my hands up and apologise - just searched and seen lots of posts by you. My mistake, but I have had so many scaremongering "warnings" via FB recently that have been made up.

stickyj · 27/08/2010 23:39

Shine and others..I will block it, just wanted everyone to know and not feel like a complete numpty and a total idiot about this. It's nopt a harmless site and I feel sick that my DS was on it.

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cheesesarnie · 27/08/2010 23:39

no but thats what im saying!it doesnt matter how long youve been on mn(i couldnt care less!).no one called you a troll.

stickyj · 27/08/2010 23:40

Thank you Housemum. I have beenon MN since infinty and this scared me. I don't get scared easily.....

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stickyj · 27/08/2010 23:47

It depends on which forums TripleP is on, to me I have kinda lost sight of the people I knew and it has all moved on. You can look at people such as Rose, Maud's Mile, Pink Peter, and you'll see how old I am. My children are all nearly teens and I still come onto MN because of the AIBU.

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KickArseQueen · 27/08/2010 23:52

I've been around for over a year and I don't recognise TripleP's name It doesn't mean much to not recognise one persons name

Thanks for the warning. :)

cheesesarnie · 27/08/2010 23:56

no idea who triplep is either!

SingItBack · 28/08/2010 00:08

TripleP is Trinity

differentnameforthis · 28/08/2010 00:13

If it scared you that shitless, perhaps you will monitor your son better on the internet! He is 11, still a child. You still need to protect him!

Either he can get around your internet protection, or it isn't strong enough.

STOP playing games on a website that 'scares you shitless' (no, I won't go on it to see how bad it is, tbh I don't follow links to that kind of thing) and DO something!

cheesesarnie · 28/08/2010 00:15

i have never once heard trinity refered to as triplep.i am a slacker

stickyj · 28/08/2010 00:24

I am not fucking playing games, I thought it would be interesting to see how much I could talk about as if i was a teen. My ds 17 has come home and now sorted out the safety levels on the computer. MN is not allowed apperenty! He has had to put the password in.
I just wanted the world to know that I didn't know about this site and I have four teens. I am not a crap mum and am not a troll.

I hope you all are really aware of what your kids are watching/talking about. My sister's kids are on FB, she thinks that DD is a little unruly because of her having teenage strops and running away. Her DD's are on FB swearig etc all the time but she doesn't police them and doesn't know what they're saying.

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KickArseQueen · 28/08/2010 00:25

Me either, Trinity, maybe you should be TriplePTrinity for a couple of weeks so us slackers catch on

SingItBack · 28/08/2010 00:25

yes CS, you are. Get with the programme missus

stickyj · 28/08/2010 00:26

Oh BTW, nearly 12 is not a child, unless you treat him like one and he is your PFB.

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SingItBack · 28/08/2010 00:28

stickyj chillax, no one said you were a crap mum

stickyj · 28/08/2010 00:28

Trinity

I would not have liked
to have upset you, I had no idea you had other names!!

Apologies if you had to read this.

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cheesesarnie · 28/08/2010 00:28

damn it.i thought i was getting good.i go get a life and look what happens!i miss important things!never mind ds2 is starting primary school next week so i'll be able to study mn more!

differentnameforthis · 28/08/2010 00:29

Pretending to be a child to 'catch someone out' is a game. Stop it.

Block it.
Watch your child on the internet from now on.

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stickyj · 28/08/2010 00:31

Just asked DS 17 to block anything slightly rude. He asked for any example and honest to god, I just thought "Friday, it's bum sex day"

He didn't even ask why, just blocked it and went to bed.

My 17ds now thinks I'm weird

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stickyj · 28/08/2010 00:33

Different

How old are your kids and do you watch them every minute?

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stickyj · 28/08/2010 00:34

Your kids must be in bed by now. Mine are 20, 17 (the computer geek), 15 and 12

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