Hi, it is I, hottie981. A few days ago, something terrible happened.
It started off as a normal week. I was babysitting my 7 year old cousin on Monday. While she was watching TV, I went on Whyville for a bit. While I was chatting, my cousin came over and peeked over my shoulder.
"What are you doing?" she asked me.
With that, I explained Whyville in general to her. Seeing her excitement about Whyville, I asked her if she wanted me to start an account for her. Of course she said yes!
I soon made an account for her (I will not say names). She caught on fast to the games and soon had a salary of five clams. Very good for a seven year old. We went out for ice cream to celebrate. :-)
A couple of days later, I was baby-sitting her again. As she watched TV and did Whyville (our computer is in the same room as the TV), I was on my laptop doing a report. Soon we both got hungry, so I decided to make sandwiches. I went into the kitchen and she closed out on Whyville to help. When we were done eating, she happily went back. But she could not get in her account. She typed in the password each time but it always said, "That is not your password." She burst into tears, not knowing what to do.
I asked her if anybody knew her password. She told me that somebody had asked her if she wanted her salary raised. Being seven, she said yes quickly. She gave the stranger her password and they said it would be 300 in the next hour. Right after that, we'd gone to made the snack.
I quickly got on my account. My cousin did not know the name of the hacker, but we soon found her face. I decided to find the strangers age.
"15," he/she said.
"Did you raise a seven year old's salary?" I asked
"I said I would, but I took all her measly clams and changed her password. I am going to change her face and change back her password and give it back to her. Stupid kid. LOL!"
The only problem was that the hacker was on my cousin's account, so to this day I still do not know her name.
I just think if you absolutely must go and hack somebody, do not do it to little kids. I mean, hacking is bad enough to older kids, but on little kids it is even worse. Now nobody owns my cousin's account. She is terrified of Whyville, now thinking it is full of monsters that are mean. I hate to have to babysit her because when she sees me go on Whyville, starts to cry, "No, please don't! The meanies will get you!" and starts to sob. I hate to see her cry.
So please, I beg you. When you meet a little kid, please be nice to them. Do not try to fool them! Please.
By the way, if you are angry about this article or like it, please why-mail me, hottie981. I am open to any good comments. Please accept this, Times Editor. People need to know.
Editor's Note: Thinking it's your job to "teach" people these nasty, nasty lessons is bad enough. Seven year olds should not have to endure such cruelty, folks. Frankly, NO ONE should. If you're stealing passwords in order to "teach a lesson", you ought to step back and take a look at the seeds you sow. Look at who you are, and who you're becoming. Isn't there a better answer?
