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Wireless

by Mike Masnick




Safe Sex By Text?

from the hv-u-gt-ur-cndm? dept

Teaching kids about safe sex certainly seems like an admirable goal -- but, is sending them text messages with safe sex tips really the best way to accomplish this goal? It sounds like someone just said "hmm, kids use text messaging... so let's send them text messages!" However, think about it from the kids' side. First off, who is going to sign up for such a thing on their own? If someone wants to know about safe sex, is their first thought going to be to sign up for a text messaging service that will send them random tips? How does the service time the tips? Is it on request -- as in, will bumbling teens be sending in text messages from the back of their parents cars asking for help? Or will kids get randomly timed messages telling them completely out of context information? Generally, safe sex education doesn't seem like the type of info that works well in a "tips" format -- but rather in a more comprehensive program.

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  1. Nov 10th, 2004 @ 6:42am

    safe sex by text

    by dylan

    This is typical of bad marketing. Someone discovers a new avenue to communicate with their target market and goes ahead without thinking about context. Its all too common and I expect it to get worse. Health warnings in video games next?

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  2. Nov 10th, 2004 @ 1:11pm

    DON'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT OUR SECRET

    by Anonymous Coward

    Whatever you do, never tell this to your parents.

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  3. Mar 15th, 2006 @ 10:17am
    by demontee

    bab

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  4. Mar 23rd, 2006 @ 9:34am

    sex

    by udesh

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  5. Oct 12th, 2009 @ 10:38am

    sex

    by ginger spice

    its good really good.i do it 24/7 with someone i don't really know

    (reply to this comment) (link to this comment)

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