Title: Using Myspace Safety - Setting Your Profile To Private Word Count: 395 Summary: MySpace.com has quickly become a popular means to keep in touch with other members, meet new friends and find old ones. The user may modify its profile, accept and post comments on profiles and check onto other member profiles also. But you have to use correct online safety when using MySpace features. The next section will talk about being secure when using MySpace and on how to set your profile to private making your only approved friends can view you. Many members wro... Keywords: myspace markeing and social networking Article Body: MySpace.com has quickly become a popular means to keep in touch with other members, meet new friends and find old ones. The user may modify its profile, accept and post comments on profiles and check onto other member profiles also. But you have to use correct online safety when using MySpace features. The next section will talk about being secure when using MySpace and on how to set your profile to private making your only approved friends can view you. Many members wrongly give so much personal information on their profile. Excessive personal information may include: your town your school your last name where you hang out Exposing too much information about you can be unsafe. Declaring too much information about yourself give the possibility for other members to locate you in real life. You dont want that to happen. Consider few things to stay away from any danger connected to declaring your private information. Easy guidelines to keep you secure with your MySpace experience. Here are some tips: dont reveal both your first and last name on your MySpace profile avoid revealing your exact location, or where you specifically be at definite time use your nickname Following these tips is not an assurance of your online security it will reduces it. Setting your full profile to private is an additional way in keeping you safe while using MySpace. This will only allow members you approved as friends to check on your profile. 15 years old members or under will receive a MySpace profile that is already set to private. 14 years old members are allowed to have a MySpace account per terms of service. Member over 15 years of age has a few simple procedures to follow in to set your profile to private. You must be logged into your own MySpace account first in order to make these settings. Once in, click the link marked "Account Settings" at the left side of your MySpace photo. Find the box that says "privacy settings" and click the red link next to it marked "change settings". Clicking the link will bring you to a page where you can set your profile to private. At the very bottom of the settings box, you will see "Who can view my full profile"; select "my friends only", then click the "change settings" button, and your profile will be private.