 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
YTMND
Common Sense Media says
Instant Internet pop culture. Not for kids.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this site isn't suitable for kids due to the user-supplied content, which often features vulgarities, hate speech, violence, and more.
What's it about?
For those who pursue dreams of creating instant Internet pop culture, YTMND.com is a must-see destination. The idea is simple. Users are invited to use the free YTMND tool to take a photo or graphic, give it a caption, "tile" it many times on the screen, and slap a soundtrack on it. Usually the sound is more of an endlessly repeating short catchphrase or song fragment that has something to do with the picture chosen. Some of the submissions become instant Internet "hits," passed around via email and linked to by other Web sites.
Is it any good?
The problem with the site is obvious. Users create and submit all sorts of things, from Scientology exposés to bestiality. For example, one features a Photoshopped image of Harry Potter drinking a beer alongside Hermione and Ron (who are smoking weed) while "How Could This Happen to Me?" plays ("How could this happen to me/I've made my mistakes/Got nowhere to run"/etc.) The same tune is used for "Bambi's Suicide," a photo of a dead deer mangled on the highway. Another shows apparent news footage of a man in a spinning, burning wheelchair (as Dead or Alive cheerily sings, "You spin me right round, baby, right round...").
To be fair, you have to put in your 18-and-over birthdate to see the "NSFW" (Not Safe for Work) sites, but that's all that stands between your young kids and a cartoon of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine in which the Genie makes an obscene suggestion over and over and ... well, you get the idea.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about why people laugh at the expense of others. Where's the line between poking fun and hurting someone's feelings?
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Best site ever.
YTMND is a site for everyone. I've never seen the harry potter site and that's probably because it has a low rating. Most people just view the top rated YTMNDs. And for the guy burning on a wheelchair that was just funny i'm sure he's fine now. My family members feel this site is safe for everyone. I've never been influenced by it and neither have they.
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From an avid YTMND user and author
As an avid YTMND user I would like to chime in on my thoughts. YTMND encourages creativity by allowing users to create sites. Because YTMND is 100% user created content like youtube or wikipedia YTMND has contents of all maturity levels. The content on YTMND is no better or worse than any public forum with user created content like youtube. In fact much of the content on YTMND are just "mash-ups" or parodies of content from from youtube or the news. To understand the merits of user created content, I highly recommend looking at the YTMND's hall of fame. And as always the best way to know what your kids are looking at on the internet is to browse with them.
*://ytmnd*/users/alphasuede/sites
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EPIC WIN.
The internet at it's finest. NEDM and all that stuff.
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April 9, 2008
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NEDM NEDM
Not even doom music can justify retarded reviews of YTMND.
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Humans rejoice!
This social network gives people of all ages a chance to celebrate and poke fun at pop culture. From cats making funny faces to cats not justifying using Doom music to do bad things, this site is just hillarious!
You can also join the cause and make your own sites about anything, although cats seem to be a popular one right now!
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