My oldest and dearest friend is a Juvenile Detective in a small town outside Philadelphia. We often share resources related to helping at-risk kids, preventing youth violence, and lately, cyber-bullying. The other day he sent me a list of the most active social media sites being used by kids and teens in his area. Some on the list are familiar to me ... some are not.
A couple I recognize from my kids' phones and ipods.
The list is in rough form, I'm sharing it as he presented it, but I think it is useful. He included apps and links to help parents monitor their children's digital foot-print.
I'm sure we missed some, an exhaustive list would be pretty near impossible, so please comment with any of the big ones.
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Social Networks
Facebook
Instagram
ask.fm (anon)
Flickr
Vine (looping 6-second videos)
Twitter
Tumblr
Pinterest
4chan (image-based bulletin
board/chat, no registration needed, anon)
Pheed (can comment on anything
any user posts, share video, photos, text, recordings, use of
hashtags to easily spread
comments)
Websites
Reddit (social news/entertainment
site that once comments get going can get pretty rough if
negative)
Messenger Apps
Wickr (messaging app that “leaves
no trace”)
WhatsApp
WeChat
SnapChat (photos/videos/art/text)
Kik (anon)
Voxer (push-to-talk live
messaging/walkie talkie app)
HeyTell (push-to-talk,
walkie-talkie messaging w/ record option)
Spring.me (formerly FormSpring) -
App to ask/answer questions, smile at people and meet up
(They at least have a decent
safety section)
Skype (calls and instant
messaging)
Viber (calls, texts and photo
sharing)
Meet.me - Social discovery
(meaning find people nearby) and gaming
Sites/Apps to Watch--not
sure if kids are using yet
GroupMe (group chat)
Related Stories
4chan suicide attempt, raises
questions as to whether we should provide guidance for kids
being bullied/harassed by people
they don’t know in these chat rooms, etc.
Police in New South Wales call
Kik the #1 social media problem involving teens
(pedophiles/abduction).
This one talks about Voxer and
mentions that it’s been used for cyberbullying.
This article suggests kids are
moving on from Kik and Viber is one of the networks they chose:
Social media bullying stats
Accountability by networks
Tools for Parents
Screen Retriever (plans to
monitor mobile as well)
Review of Mobile Monitoring
Software
Parents Magazine Best Apps for
Preventing Cyberbullying
GoGoStat's Parental Guidance
(Mobile App)
This app lets you see posts
from your kids containing drug references and vulgarities, know
when they post photos and
profile details that should not be public, and check when they add
new friends that are out of a
predetermined age or geographic range. Parents can also print
social media Emergency Reports,
developed with the help of law enforcement. (Free;
iPhone, iPad)
TEENBeing website: For adults who
are helping teens make great life decisions:
ViberSpy - An app to see what
your kid is doing on VIber
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