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Subject: BS: New Social Network for Groms From: JohnInKansas Date: 03 Jan 13 - 07:22 AM Kicked off Facebook, pre-teen creates his own social network |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Social Network for Groms From: JohnInKansas Date: 03 Jan 13 - 07:32 AM Mouse stutter submitted prematurely. Sorry. The link above looks good. Here's the rest of the story. > Eleven-year-old Grom creator Zachary Marks says on the site that he looked for a "kid's social network that was safe and cool. I did not find any that looked interesting to me. They were all childish." > By Ben Weitzenkorn, TechNewsDaily > If you can't join it, create your own. > That's the attitude one Florida preteen ran with after his parents banned him from using Facebook. Instead of begging or slamming doors when his account was deactivated, the 11-year-old launched his own social network tailored specifically to children. > Grom Social founder Zachary Marks had a Facebook account for roughly a week despite being two years too young to join the site, having lied about his age to create an account. And when his parents discovered that he may have been engaging in risky online activities, they pulled the plug. > "I spent all my time on the computer chatting with friends. Then, I made mistakes," Marks explained on the Grom Social About page. "One of my adult friends cursed and posted something inappropriate, and I cursed back. Also, I friend-requested grownups who I did not know. > About a day later, my dad found out. He was really mad. I had to deactivate my account." > Marks said he wasn't interested in any existing, kid-friendly, social networks — "They were all childish," he said — so he set out to create one for "Groms," a slang term for young surfers that he repurposed to mean something close to "precocious kid." > In order to keep kid members safe, only parents and parent-approved adults can join Grom Social. Parents of kid members are kept up to date on their youngster's online activities via email. The site also has a built-in language filter to keep the expletives from flying straight into kids' virgin eyes. > Grom Social is also compliant with COPPA, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, a controversial law aimed at keeping kids safe online that some argue is ineffective and unconstitutionally limits children's First Amendment rights. > Under COPPA, websites, apps and plug-ins are not allowed to collect information from children less than 13 years old without their parent's express consent. The burden of verification, however, simply isn't worth it to most mainstream social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare, so they ban members under 13. > To date, Grom Social has almost 7,000 members and is open to users under 15 in the United States and Canada. The kid may be "precocious" but the organization of this website, as described, indicates some very expert assistance, although his initiative has to be appreciated regardless of how much help he's had. Since my kids are probably older than his parents, I doubt that I'll follow this enterprise closely; but perhaps it may be of interest for some with wee ones at hand. For me, the encouraging thing is that there are some people who don't think that Farcebook is the only place to play. Alternative opinions welcome. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Social Network for Groms From: Mr Red Date: 03 Jan 13 - 08:25 AM I call it Farcebook too! More power to the kid. He seems to be a go getter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Social Network for Groms From: michaelr Date: 03 Jan 13 - 09:35 PM What's a Grom? |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Social Network for Groms From: Greg F. Date: 04 Jan 13 - 09:06 AM If only the kid had applied all that talent and effort to something useful & worthwhile. Just what civilization needs - another Farcebook. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Social Network for Groms From: DMcG Date: 05 Jan 13 - 03:51 AM The site also has a built-in language filter to keep the expletives from flying straight into kids' virgin eyes. I wonder if Zachary set up the dictionary ... "Here's one you don't know" :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Social Network for Groms From: wysiwyg Date: 05 Jan 13 - 05:30 AM Groms: https://www.google.com/search?q=What%27s+a+Grom%3F+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Social Network for Groms From: wysiwyg Date: 05 Jan 13 - 05:31 AM Or: GROM (full name: Polish: Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego (Operational Maneuver Response Group); the acronym itself means "thunderbolt") is one of five special forces units of the Polish Armed Forces. It was officially activated on July 13, 1990" (wikipedia) ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Social Network for Groms From: Greg F. Date: 05 Jan 13 - 10:34 AM Grupa. Rhymes with Dupa. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Social Network for Groms From: dick greenhaus Date: 05 Jan 13 - 12:31 PM Well I've started the first Antisocial network. And no, I won't tell anybody the URL. |
