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January 8, 2008, 8:27 am PST

01/08 Cyber Bullies

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I agree with everything on this episode except the man that was crying about being harrassed while playing video games  If you have a problem with someone on XBox Live then you  can block all communications from that gamer.  You can also choose to avoid that gamer for all future games.  As far as his kids playing online he needs to be a responsible parent and set up an underage account for his children.  It blocks all communication from other users except for friends added to his childrens list which the parent will need to enter a password.  XBox Live automatically sets parental controls an all accounts that the birth date does not equal 18.  So if the parent chooses to lie on their kids birthdate then he is to blame.  One more thing.  There is no way that an individual can find out your exact address on XBox Live or by looking up your Gamer Tag from Google.

Thank you for bringing this up.  I also have a post similar to yours.

This guy is completely unreasonable thinking that these bullies will hunt him down.  It's just some internet low life that only says these things because he's in the safety of his own home.
 
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January 8, 2008, 8:35 am PST

Turn it Off!! Boy that's a novel idea huh???

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I agree with everything on this episode except the man that was crying about being harrassed while playing video games  If you have a problem with someone on XBox Live then you  can block all communications from that gamer.  You can also choose to avoid that gamer for all future games.  As far as his kids playing online he needs to be a responsible parent and set up an underage account for his children.  It blocks all communication from other users except for friends added to his childrens list which the parent will need to enter a password.  XBox Live automatically sets parental controls an all accounts that the birth date does not equal 18.  So if the parent chooses to lie on their kids birthdate then he is to blame.  One more thing.  There is no way that an individual can find out your exact address on XBox Live or by looking up your Gamer Tag from Google.

For the guy getting called names while playing video games...  If you make the decision to stay on there and play, then you make the decision for other people to say stuff to you.  If you don't like it, TURN IT OFF... 

At least you are smart enough to not let your children play any more...

 
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January 8, 2008, 8:44 am PST

01/08 Cyber Bullies

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I agree with everything on this episode except the man that was crying about being harrassed while playing video games  If you have a problem with someone on XBox Live then you  can block all communications from that gamer.  You can also choose to avoid that gamer for all future games.  As far as his kids playing online he needs to be a responsible parent and set up an underage account for his children.  It blocks all communication from other users except for friends added to his childrens list which the parent will need to enter a password.  XBox Live automatically sets parental controls an all accounts that the birth date does not equal 18.  So if the parent chooses to lie on their kids birthdate then he is to blame.  One more thing.  There is no way that an individual can find out your exact address on XBox Live or by looking up your Gamer Tag from Google.

My son works for Microsoft and is a manager for The BIG X and I know for a fact that this guy was talking through his "hat" BUT hey who knows when you are scared and not knowing how far your mind will take you..

ANYWAY, you are correct in everything you said*

 
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January 8, 2008, 8:02 pm PST

Agreed.

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I agree with everything on this episode except the man that was crying about being harrassed while playing video games  If you have a problem with someone on XBox Live then you  can block all communications from that gamer.  You can also choose to avoid that gamer for all future games.  As far as his kids playing online he needs to be a responsible parent and set up an underage account for his children.  It blocks all communication from other users except for friends added to his childrens list which the parent will need to enter a password.  XBox Live automatically sets parental controls an all accounts that the birth date does not equal 18.  So if the parent chooses to lie on their kids birthdate then he is to blame.  One more thing.  There is no way that an individual can find out your exact address on XBox Live or by looking up your Gamer Tag from Google.

You said it very well. I made a similar post. They should have shown all the facts. I think the man just wanted attention mostly.
 

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January 8, 2008, 10:12 pm PST

Amen

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I agree with everything on this episode except the man that was crying about being harrassed while playing video games  If you have a problem with someone on XBox Live then you  can block all communications from that gamer.  You can also choose to avoid that gamer for all future games.  As far as his kids playing online he needs to be a responsible parent and set up an underage account for his children.  It blocks all communication from other users except for friends added to his childrens list which the parent will need to enter a password.  XBox Live automatically sets parental controls an all accounts that the birth date does not equal 18.  So if the parent chooses to lie on their kids birthdate then he is to blame.  One more thing.  There is no way that an individual can find out your exact address on XBox Live or by looking up your Gamer Tag from Google.

My husband and I were talking about exactly this as we were watching the segment.  The safeguards are already in place, if he's not using them, it's his problem.  If he's receiving direct threats, it's a law enforcement problem.  It is NOT a Microsoft problem.  Another poster mentioned World of Warcraft, which is a slightly different kind of forum where there are many people involved live at all times--there are no web cam issues, and it's more difficult to "mute" someone who is causing trouble.  There are jerks wherever you go in life, why in the world would cyberspace be any different?  Learn to cope or to "mute" those people.
 


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