Comments on: Social media and a school death threat

By: Christa M. Miller

Christa M. Miller — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:10:47 +0000

“She persisted but the officer said he “did not have access to the Web” and didn’t know how to get on the Web.”

This is the part that’s troubling to me. What if she didn’t know about the savvier PD? What if there were no savvier PD? Sounds like the SLPD needs to rethink its policy on Web access IMO.

By: Along Parker

Along Parker — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:13:58 +0000

I, too believe , like Gabriel that the general intention of social Networking is to link people together on to create some sort of a bridge between people aqnd create friends out of strangers. It is also a great cultural "gap closer" as we are given an opprtunity to make contact with people who are normally unreachable. One classic example of this is http://www.buuuz.com

By: Gabriel_Kent

Gabriel_Kent — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:17:51 +0000

I generally believe there are more people with good intentions than bad… which leads me to believe society should be more transparent. I expand on this here::

http://futureprogress.net/-/2006/03/09/data-free-...

By: Marjorie McLellan

Marjorie McLellan — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:33:20 +0000

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporters pieced together the whole story well. It all began with Jeremy Boggs (clioweb in Twitter) seeing the threat. Sheila Brennan got a message through to the St. Louis police via the St. Louis reporter that night although I understand that the detective from Xenia, Ohio reached the school principal first in the morning.