Just think this may be missed by some of the people reading the article, but worth note.
It states that, among it's 180 million users, they've found over 29,000.
So 29,000 out of 180,000,000. That's roughly .00016, or .016% of MySpace users. So 16 out of every 100,000. You could quite easily have a larger percentage of registered sex offenders in your neighborhood.
But later, I'll note, it claims to only have 114 million unique users. But, even assuming that all the sex offenders are unique:
29,000 out of 114,000,000 nets us about .000254, or .0254%. Still pathetically low. 25 out of every 100,000.
I dunno. Looking at the numbers, it almost looks like MySpace would be safer than the real world as far as sexual predators are concerned.
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Date: 2007-07-26 12:09 pm (UTC)It states that, among it's 180 million users, they've found over 29,000.
So 29,000 out of 180,000,000. That's roughly .00016, or .016% of MySpace users. So 16 out of every 100,000. You could quite easily have a larger percentage of registered sex offenders in your neighborhood.
But later, I'll note, it claims to only have 114 million unique users. But, even assuming that all the sex offenders are unique:
29,000 out of 114,000,000 nets us about .000254, or .0254%. Still pathetically low. 25 out of every 100,000.
I dunno. Looking at the numbers, it almost looks like MySpace would be safer than the real world as far as sexual predators are concerned.
Just my initial impression from the article.