Everybody these days has a MySpace account, and if they don't they have at least heard of it. My feelings about MySpace are mixed, at best. It can be a great tool, but it is also a breeding ground for pedophiles and retards.
I used to flat out hate MySpace, but now I realize that it does have it's uses. It is a great tool for finding people you have lost contact with. Never before has it been so easy to find somebody as it is with MySpace, so I have to give them credit for that. Also, it gives bands a chance to promote themselves, so that is also a good thing. Last but not least I am promoting this very blog through MySpace (business isn't exactly booming, but I've had a few unique IP addresses logged) so it can be useful for that as well.
MySpace may have some good qualities, but with the good is the bad. My first impression of MySpace was "God, what a bunch of retards". I'm not saying you are retarded just for having a MySpace account, but if you make it your whole life you need help.
The thing I probably hate the most are the pages that take like 5 minutes to load. I have a DSL connection, and although its a lower tier connection, I should still be able to load a page somewhat speedily. I know its your space and you can use all of the bad web design you want, but you don't need to cram every song, picture, and video ever made on there. Also, what's up with the pages with the barely visible font colors? If you want people to read whatever it is that you wrote, either find a color better suited to the background, or get a less busy background. A lot of MySpace pages have me thinking "A Geocities page from 1998 has a better design than this", and that's just sad.
Now on to the ugly. I am so sick of the news outlets picking up on every MySpace sensationalist story ever and going "OMFG MySpace is the evilz lol wtf bbq!!11! Yes, there are pedophiles on MySpace, everybody should know this by now. If a man is over 35 and has a MySpace account it's time to get suspicious. He is either terribly immature or a pedophile. If you are 13 years old and making friends with middle aged men, you have to know what you're doing though. You can claim ignorance all you want, but you know you wanted the attention.
Another thing that is really stupid are all of the people posting incriminating photos of themselves to MySpace. You just got out of drug charges! What better way to celebrate than to post a picture of yourself doing a line to MySpace? Don't worry, I'm sure nobody connected to the courts or any prospective employers will see it.
There are numerous other bad things about MySpace, such as kids bullying each other on there, but I have about exhausted the subject as it is.
I guess what it all really comes down to is how you use it. You can use MySpace to promote yourself, find lost friends, bully people, act stupid, or to find a teenage hook-up. It all depends on you. Like any tool, it can be used for good or bad. When it all comes down to it, MySpace is really nothing more than a glorified chat room. Think of it, and use it, as you will
I used to flat out hate MySpace, but now I realize that it does have it's uses. It is a great tool for finding people you have lost contact with. Never before has it been so easy to find somebody as it is with MySpace, so I have to give them credit for that. Also, it gives bands a chance to promote themselves, so that is also a good thing. Last but not least I am promoting this very blog through MySpace (business isn't exactly booming, but I've had a few unique IP addresses logged) so it can be useful for that as well.
MySpace may have some good qualities, but with the good is the bad. My first impression of MySpace was "God, what a bunch of retards". I'm not saying you are retarded just for having a MySpace account, but if you make it your whole life you need help.
The thing I probably hate the most are the pages that take like 5 minutes to load. I have a DSL connection, and although its a lower tier connection, I should still be able to load a page somewhat speedily. I know its your space and you can use all of the bad web design you want, but you don't need to cram every song, picture, and video ever made on there. Also, what's up with the pages with the barely visible font colors? If you want people to read whatever it is that you wrote, either find a color better suited to the background, or get a less busy background. A lot of MySpace pages have me thinking "A Geocities page from 1998 has a better design than this", and that's just sad.
Now on to the ugly. I am so sick of the news outlets picking up on every MySpace sensationalist story ever and going "OMFG MySpace is the evilz lol wtf bbq!!11! Yes, there are pedophiles on MySpace, everybody should know this by now. If a man is over 35 and has a MySpace account it's time to get suspicious. He is either terribly immature or a pedophile. If you are 13 years old and making friends with middle aged men, you have to know what you're doing though. You can claim ignorance all you want, but you know you wanted the attention.
Another thing that is really stupid are all of the people posting incriminating photos of themselves to MySpace. You just got out of drug charges! What better way to celebrate than to post a picture of yourself doing a line to MySpace? Don't worry, I'm sure nobody connected to the courts or any prospective employers will see it.
There are numerous other bad things about MySpace, such as kids bullying each other on there, but I have about exhausted the subject as it is.
I guess what it all really comes down to is how you use it. You can use MySpace to promote yourself, find lost friends, bully people, act stupid, or to find a teenage hook-up. It all depends on you. Like any tool, it can be used for good or bad. When it all comes down to it, MySpace is really nothing more than a glorified chat room. Think of it, and use it, as you will
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