The MySpace
All right, I've talked and blabbed about it (right along with the news) and now I'm finally gonna blog about it. I'm talking about this shenanigous (yes, that IS a word) existence of what I (along with Granddad from the Boondocks) like to call "the MySpace." Remember Classmates? Or Friendster? How about Blackplanet? All these sites were places where people could come to have a little piece of themselves out there in cyberspace. The sites allow you to build a website for dating, networking, promotion, etc. More often than not, you end up in a stalker situation, but that's another blog for another day. So, these sites considered, "the MySpace" has taken all mediums of website creation and kicked it up a notch. They've made it so easy, trained monkeys can have stellar sites, using the layout software or their choice. You can post everything from music to photos to your own blog. You can connect with people from school to work to entertainment, all in the same place. You can IM, email, comment, all sorts of crap on the MySpace. From what I hear, it's AWESOME. And it's easy to spread the word, just see if your friend has a page and if not, you're directed/ordered RIGHT to send them an e-mail letting them know all their missing out on and inviting/threatening them to create their own page.
Now, if you don't have a page on the MySpace, should you stumble upon one, you'll begin to feel left out. You see all your friends have pages, your co-workers, people you went to school with and even some of your favorite celebrities (even 2 of my personal faves, Dane Cook and The Dan Band (who's TOTALLY playing my wedding, $20K + rider or not)), all these people in the world you can connect with. To an outsider, the MySpace is AMAZING!! You can smile on your popularity as your friends list gets bigger and bigger and your profile views skyrocket. The MySpace is what I like to call "high school on the internet." I will admit, I once battled with accepting an invitation and creating a page, but out of loyalty to Blogger and further investigation of the MySpace, I was able to pass and maintain the true essence of blogging. As much as I wanted a standalone player blasting Jay-Z's Public Service Announcement (hint hint, Blogger), I sucked it up and stuck to my guns.
My point in saying all this is that with everyone from Avant to Rihanna to my very own Martini, EVERYONE is on the MySpace. As with anything that's piqued the public's interest, it's gotten outta control and the media's stepped in to fuel the propoganda machine. Boys are getting in trouble in school for posting web sites threatening the lives of various students, people are slandering and stalking each other, pedophiles are getting arrested and, most recently, a teacher fresh outta jail for sleeping with a student has been sent back for creating a page, wich was violation of her parole. The MySpace is getting more people in trouble than creating a happy little universe where we're all connected.
Needless to say, I will not be setting up a page on the MySpace. I can do without the stalking and pretty much have too much of a life to be queer worrying about who's checking out my page and making me their friend or not. I'm not knocking anyone who does, to each his own, it's just not for me. I've got MANY a friend on the MySpace, all of whom seem to love being connected and revisiting the "golden years" that were high school, but that's them. I'm good.
Now, if you don't have a page on the MySpace, should you stumble upon one, you'll begin to feel left out. You see all your friends have pages, your co-workers, people you went to school with and even some of your favorite celebrities (even 2 of my personal faves, Dane Cook and The Dan Band (who's TOTALLY playing my wedding, $20K + rider or not)), all these people in the world you can connect with. To an outsider, the MySpace is AMAZING!! You can smile on your popularity as your friends list gets bigger and bigger and your profile views skyrocket. The MySpace is what I like to call "high school on the internet." I will admit, I once battled with accepting an invitation and creating a page, but out of loyalty to Blogger and further investigation of the MySpace, I was able to pass and maintain the true essence of blogging. As much as I wanted a standalone player blasting Jay-Z's Public Service Announcement (hint hint, Blogger), I sucked it up and stuck to my guns.
My point in saying all this is that with everyone from Avant to Rihanna to my very own Martini, EVERYONE is on the MySpace. As with anything that's piqued the public's interest, it's gotten outta control and the media's stepped in to fuel the propoganda machine. Boys are getting in trouble in school for posting web sites threatening the lives of various students, people are slandering and stalking each other, pedophiles are getting arrested and, most recently, a teacher fresh outta jail for sleeping with a student has been sent back for creating a page, wich was violation of her parole. The MySpace is getting more people in trouble than creating a happy little universe where we're all connected.
Needless to say, I will not be setting up a page on the MySpace. I can do without the stalking and pretty much have too much of a life to be queer worrying about who's checking out my page and making me their friend or not. I'm not knocking anyone who does, to each his own, it's just not for me. I've got MANY a friend on the MySpace, all of whom seem to love being connected and revisiting the "golden years" that were high school, but that's them. I'm good.
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