Comments on: MySpace: The Internet Part 2

By: Nick Ciske

Nick Ciske — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:47:02 +0000

I don’t really get it either. I’m on it because 2 of my friends said I should be (beacuse they wanted to be my friend). This I think is the recipe for sucess for MySpace – everyone on MySpace begs all their friends to sign up (so they can add them to their friends list) and thus the virus spreads.

It’s friendster on crack (and at times LSD).

Now, it has some uses – indie bands are finding it a great way to promote themselves to their fans (and their fan’s friends). It’s reconnected me (slightly) to some friends from a few years ago.

But all in all, I find it to be a den of silly people ‘collecting friends’ and showing themselves off. Some pages are so full of T&A I have to navigate away.

So the big deal is that it’s a big deal… kind of a feedback loop really.

Oh and BTW- MySpace is tired, Tagworld is wired. Except TagWorld is down 90% of the time I try to go there. A victim of their won success.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:01:00 +0000

You brilliantly summarize my thoughts on MySpace as well. I don’t get it. Granted, at 30-years-old I’ve got one foot in the grave compared to a lot of the people using it, but I can’t see what the fuss is about.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:36:10 +0000

This is about the best summary of MySpace I’ve seen. I guess I don’t really get it either.

Mike Wielinski did a little research and looked at how many Bethel alum are on MySpace and related it to their graduation year. It’s not surprising to see that the class of 2008 and onward is much, much better represented then our class.

Anyway, one benefit of MySpace is that I was able to reconnect with some middle school friends that I haven’t talked with in over 10 years.