Memories from Myspace (Part 1/3)
Why are sites like myspace and facebook so popular? What is it about them that draws the crowds in? I used to have a myspace account. It was great. I heard about myspace from one of my very good friends. She told me about this free Internet site that everyone was joining. It was “cool” because it allowed you the creative space to make your own webpage and put information on there about yourself so that your friends and who ever else you chose could read it. At first I thought it was dumb. Why on earth would anyone want to broadcast personal information about themselves for all the world to see? But my friend was persistent. She claimed that it was a great way to keep in touch with friends, that it was harmless, and that I could quit at any time if I really thought it was stupid. Ok. I figured, what the heck and gave it a try.
I typed in the web address for the site and followed the directions for how to set up my page. I was surprised to find that it was really user friendly. Within seconds, I was a member of this social network of millions of people. No sooner had I just joined the ranks of adoring myspacers, then I received my first “friend request”. It was one of my friends from high school who I hadn’t talked to in years! How on earth did she find me? Three hours later, I was still on the website looking up hundreds of profiles of people who I hadn’t spoken to in what felt like ages. After my first day of “myspacing” it up, I knew more details about my friends’ lives than I did my own. It was instantly addicting and I wasn’t sure if and/or when I’d ever be able to ween myself away from it…
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April 04 2008 02:00 am | Blogging and Social Networking
Pugsley on 06 Apr 2008 at 1:15 pm #
It is a good way to find people with the same interest as you have and create friendships which can develop into business relations also, be careful you can spend a tremendous amount of time there.
Pugsley
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Janelle on 09 Apr 2008 at 9:03 am #
Thanks for the comment, Pugsley-it was a great way to keep in touch with friends, but for the life of me- I still can’t get at the heart of why it was so darned addicting!!!