[cap-talk] Can webkeys solve the MySpace problem?

[Jed Donnelley]

At 05:35 PM 1/16/2008, Karp, Alan H wrote:
>Jed wrote:
> >       I guess what's happening in this case is
> > that you are being asked to prove that you are
> > a child so that you will be allowed to communicate
> > with other children.
> >
> > Is that the basic idea?
> >
>If you mean "with other children as a child", then yes.  Adults can 
>communicate with children on MySpace, just not posing as other children.

Ah, for me the above sentences cleared up a lot.
I have a MySpace account:

http://www.myspace.com/jedonnelley

(not looking for friends at this time ;-)
<Can I expect the Web spam to that account
to go up a notch now that the above URL
will be in the cap-talk archive??>

but I've only used it for testing and never
thought much about the ages listed.

Do people just depend on the ages that
are listed with the accounts?  Is what
you are really trying to do then amount
to getting known accurate age information
into MySpace accounts?  At least for
some accounts - those for children?

--Jed  http://www.webstart.com/jed-signature.html