it seems that the preferred method for being an online sexual predator is through instant messenger, not a social networking site like myspace or facebook... article via ypulse
The good news, at least for social networking sites, is that only less than a third of these solicitations came through social networking sites. IM and chat rooms were much more likely to deliver unsolicited sex chat.
The results led the study's authors to conclude that "broad claims of victimization risk, at least defined as unwanted sexual solicitation or harassment, associated with social networking sites do not seem justified."
this research obviously never saw this video.
