Myspace is a site that almost every person has an account on, if they do not have an account then they would most likely know someone who has an account.Myspace is considered to be a social network. People can use this site for many different reasons, they can vary from just viewing some of their friends’ videos and pictures of themselves, other can also use this site for meeting other people, and there have been cases where people met on myspace, dated and then got married(1). Some other people can use myspace to be in contact with their favorite singer or band, here they can now if their band is currently on tour or if they will be hosting a concert in their city any time soon, sometimes the fans can actually post questions on the bands page and they might get a response back(2). It very simple that almost anyone can be able to sign up for an account, it can literally be done with just a few clicks and typing.
There are quite a few artists and bands that have become who they are today because of myspace, myspace was the place they have first started out, eventually when they have realised that they have gotten many friends that have added them and the amounts of views or listens that they have on their page has significantly increased then they might decised to record a whole cd rather than just one song. Some of these artists are Beyonce, the devil wears prada, panic at the disco and tila tequila just to name a few(3).
Every person has different things on their myspace page, they can choose what they want to show to other guests, such as posting up different photos of themselves, their family and friends. They can also choose to post up some videos about anything they want, these videos can be about something that they have done or tutrials for other people on how to do something. Along with that every person can have a different layout on their myspace page and, they just cannot post up content that is not allowed on by myspace such as vulgar material, nude photos and violence.
Also on your myspace page it will display your most favorite friends, you are in complete control of choosing who you want to put as your best friends, and you also have a choice of how much friends you would like to show. The choices for the amount friends that one can put on their myspace page is 10, 25, or 50. Also part of the layout one can choose to edit can be the background, special effects, they can also add music to the background. There are plenty of sites that allow you to add new stuff to your myspace page the most known is Freemyspacelayouts.ca
Some people may have some fears about myspace, because something has happened to them in the past because of this site or they have heard of something that happened to someone because of myspace and fear that the same could abviously haoppen to them. There have been many arguments about the influence of myspace and what it has on their youth and also if it really does endanger them(4). People have argued that everytime that a child goes on myspace to do whatever it is that they wanted to do they are putting themselves in danger. Some parents think this because they find that the person on the other end could be lying about who they are, and one day they could actually encouter their children and possibly do something wrong to them. Other argue that it is not a very dangerous site since one would only be adding people that they know or have already met once in their lives, there is no real need to talk to strangers. In conclusion myspace is a social place, and yes there are good and bad things that happen on it just like in the real life, and it is most definately here to stay.
1. About.com http://personalweb.about.com/od/myspacecom/a/whatismyspace.htm
2. www faq http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/sitespecific/whymyspace.html
3. Yahoo answers http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081028151039AATArnS
4. Influence of myspce on the youth. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090304082637AAR7UiB
Tags: internet, myspace, social network
