AOL's new blog service for teens

I'm wondering why someone hasn't come up with this before - maybe because blogging's phenomenal growth among teenagers took us all by surprise. Anyway, AOL just unveiled its new "RED Blogs" (parts of its "RED" for teens). Even though teenagers often reveal their most intimate thoughts in blogs, they're smart, AOL's research found: 84% of them "said they would not like to share their blog with just anyone on the Web," CNET reports. RED blogs "allows teenagers and parents to select the level of privacy they want for their online diaries; a private blog can be kept locked. A semiprivate blog is locked to all but those who are invited to read it. And a public blog allows access to anybody on the Net." Another interesting factoid: "When AOL asked teenagers in a survey who they were more likely to share their feelings with--parents or a blog - parents narrowly won out, 51% to 49%." For the latest on teens 'n' blogs, see "Parents'-eye-view of blogging kids" and "A dad on kids' blogs."