12-21-2009, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by nook
If a parent doesn't want their child to use the Twitter app because they might see a curse word, then it's up to the PARENT to keep the child from using it! I am so tired of people who feel that it's the job of the media to keep kids from objectionable material! Parents are so quick to put the responsibility of keeping material they deem bad for their children on other people! IT'S THEIR JOB!!!! I did a term paper on the effect of media on children and the role of the parent, so it's a pet peeve of mine, sorry to rant. That said, I LOVE MY ZUNEHD!!!!!!!!!
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It is the role of the parent, but the parent needs the tools. I suspect this will come back in a form of parental controls somehow rather than just being enabled across the board. Windows has parental controls, and I further bolster those in my house by using OpenDNS with their filters. It is absurd to tell me that if I don't want my kids to see certain things on the internet I should keep them off of the internet. Simlarly the same for Twitter and objectionable language. I applaud the ZUne team for thinking of this, they just really messed up the execution.
I have kids and have gotten into numerous discussoins with people on both sides of the aisle. Most parents don't want anyone censoring info for them. They just want the tools to filter by their own standards. That is where the media, web services and software comes in.
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12-21-2009, 08:22 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 56
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
It is the role of the parent, but the parent needs the tools. I suspect this will come back in a form of parental controls somehow rather than just being enabled across the board. Windows has parental controls, and I further bolster those in my house by using OpenDNS with their filters. It is absurd to tell me that if I don't want my kids to see certain things on the internet I should keep them off of the internet. Simlarly the same for Twitter and objectionable language. I applaud the ZUne team for thinking of this, they just really messed up the execution.
I have kids and have gotten into numerous discussoins with people on both sides of the aisle. Most parents don't want anyone censoring info for them. They just want the tools to filter by their own standards. That is where the media, web services and software comes in.
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I agree that tools should be available to parents to be able to limit what they see/do, but just doing blanket censorship without being given the option to opt-out isn't the answer. If a mother doesn't want her son seeing curse words, give her the ability to have that option, but do so without limiting EVERYONE!
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12-21-2009, 10:22 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,520
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
It is the role of the parent, but the parent needs the tools. I suspect this will come back in a form of parental controls somehow rather than just being enabled across the board. Windows has parental controls, and I further bolster those in my house by using OpenDNS with their filters. It is absurd to tell me that if I don't want my kids to see certain things on the internet I should keep them off of the internet. Simlarly the same for Twitter and objectionable language. I applaud the ZUne team for thinking of this, they just really messed up the execution.
I have kids and have gotten into numerous discussoins with people on both sides of the aisle. Most parents don't want anyone censoring info for them. They just want the tools to filter by their own standards. That is where the media, web services and software comes in.
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Ed, I agree with you hear. As a new parent of a 14 year old I can identify. My response was based on, at least to me, Jason's article about people just wanting curse words.
I believe that tools and options should be available for parents (or anybody) to be able to put controls in place. I agree short of actually changing a created work, like a movie but that is another topic from long ago.
I agree that this was probably a freudian slip on the the Zune team's up coming parental controls. Which could also be a foreshadowing of a more robust application marketplace. And that is good for everyone. 
Of course, I agree with Jason. Why wouldn't they just cop to it instead of this who "bug fix" response. Maybe there is something big on the horizon and they just didn't want any leaks about it before they were ready to annouceme something.
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