What brought that thought on?

understatement understatement

Not that I disagree...

Agreed. The question is, do we try to change that or do we let them die off like the newspapers?

it's interesting (sad) how commercialization/spam are permeating social networks...

neither do school boards. MI teacher axed for saying she wants to kill kid who stole piccolo on FB. Cops called and all.

the gap widens....

www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/...

bets Morgan Wyhowski never makes that mistake again...

I'd say that that MI teacher didn't understand social media either, then. If you post it, it will be seen.

exactly. Unfortunately, neither do enough of our kids. They are playing with fire.

How do we go about bridging the gap??

By showing them the way to do it right, ruckus2. Of course some hand holding will be needed at first...

you think? why does the traditional media have to demonize social networking while they have their own blogs?? it's strange

Because it's always "the other guy" that's evil?