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What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age as 99 or 100yrs old?



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Submitted by GuGgirl on June 30, 2008 - 12:22pm.

I'm hoping someone can give me a little insight as to why people put their age as "100" years old on myspace.  I know there has to be a reason this girl I know does it, but I'm just not sure what the benefit is...  She has a private profile but sometimes her age is 99 sometimes 100.  Besides just being bored does anyone know why somebody would do this??Laughing

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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
July 2, 2008 - 11:10am

I just figured it was to avoid being searched because they didn't want to be found. A lot of people tend to also make their profiles private when they "change" their ages, so it's harder to find out who it is. 

I also agree that people do it to be silly. There are a lot of people that are 69 years old. . . 



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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
July 1, 2008 - 6:19am

I don't think myspace allows you to browse past age 68, so when others are browsing, you wouldn't come up. Most browsers are slime balls posing as someone else anyway. I catch them with my tracker all of the time...most often from Africa..claiming to be single living in the US.



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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 4:54pm

Some under 18 users use this because myspace has certain protections in place in terms of ads and other things that they are exposed to...and having 99 as an age bypass the age restrictions.

 

I  think some adults use this (or the ever popular 69 - give me a break) to stay young online... in a world where 28 is kind of old in the myspace community, i can see why some people do this. 

 

In the end, i guess it is just another measure of privacy or an attempt at some anonymity.  

 



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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 3:58pm

It sounds like people do it for different reasons. Band profiles do it automatically...I looked at a boy band thru mobile and it said "female 99"



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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 3:40pm

most of the people that i personally know who do this say they do it so that people who know them can't find them as easily. most of them also have private profiles. the ones who don't have private profiles say it cuts down on getting emails/friend requests from random people who use "browse" to try to find new people to meet since hardly anyone is on myspace trying to meet 99y olds. one person i know is actually ashamed of her age, which is sad, especially since she's younger than me!



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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 4:50pm

^^^Ditto. I'm 29yrs old but don't want to show up in the "browse" and have single people trying to hit me up all the time. If you list your age as much older, people searching for a date and using Myspace as a singles site are less likely to find you.



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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 3:16pm

 For Some people, it's kinda like "mind your f**king business", but they choose to say it nicely. For a lot of people, age and discussing it are considered taboo. So mind your f**cking business!! juliek

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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 3:36pm

juliek wrote:
For Some people, it's kinda like "mind your f**king business"

For what it's worth: I happen to be very proud of my age

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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 1:52pm

to make themselves harder to find?



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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
July 1, 2008 - 9:16pm

exactly...for nosey people like us...or to try to avoid being hit on if their status is set to single...i still get sleaze bags...and my status is married...hello....maybe i should also be a 100 year old hag....

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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 1:47pm

I know a bunch of people who do it just so we don't know their true age. It's that simple.



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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 1:04pm

simple really... because she can.

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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 12:42pm

Also, some people do it just to be funny.

 

 

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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 12:28pm

One of the teenagers I know lists her age as 76, to avoid trollers.  She also lists herself as male.  Pedophiles aren't going to search MySpace for the private profile of a 76 year old man.  Her profile is still set to private, but it's an extra layer of privacy.  So far, she hasn't gotten any PMs from random strangers, so I guess it's working for her.

 

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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 12:27pm

To keep people like you guessing Laughing



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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
June 30, 2008 - 12:59pm

Hey dreamer Jawdropping! .... that was just wrong...but it seems to work!

 

 



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Re: What's the reason behind people on myspace posting their age
July 1, 2008 - 8:22pm

GuGgirl wrote:

Hey dreamer Jawdropping! .... that was just wrong...but it seems to work!

 

 

Yeah if ya'll can't tell I just found these smiley and obviously tried to be cool and squeeze one in my post........now that I'm going back and reading all of them....i've decided I'm a dork



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