Have you ever wondered what MSN, Piczo and Nexopia are and how they are used by your youth? The following is information from two 13 year old female students in Victoria . It was gathered in April 2007 via questions and prompts for elaboration with the intent of writing an article about How to Keep Yourself Safe on the Internet. The conversation is a transcribed and abridged, but all of their words.

What is MSN?

MSN is an easier more efficient instant messaging way to talk to your friends. You have to download MSN. It’s free and fast. I don’t know what MSN stands for but if you google ‘download messenger’ you can find it. At the bottom you add a contact, type in their MSN and add them. I have a lot of MSN accounts then I import my old contacts. I’ve been on MSN for 5 years. I make new accounts because I get bored. I have about 400 people on my MSN....