What's a "MySpace"?

[own3d0406]

This "MySpace" thing seems to be the new craze right now. I've asked several people, but have not gotten a clear answer to this question: What the hell is it for?

[Magmaniac]

It is a social networking site.

[Ktan]

Supposedly socialising, 'networking' (if someone can provide a good definition of that) and dating, or so it can be inferred from the 'what I'm looking for' options.

However, from my experience, it's a somewhat glitchy (but tbh, it's a big site, so that's a bit harsh), rather boring and can be incredibly shallow. Of course, this depends who you add. Some guys post quite a lot of humorous bulletins, Mag and Shishkabob being two such people that spring to mind.

The basic gist is that you 'add' someone and then 'talk to them' through either PM style 'Messages' or by 'Commenting' on their main page or pictures. The whole 'comment conversation' often leads me to ask the question 'why are we not doing this over MSN?' to which it is often likely people would respond 'because that's not the newest fad anymore' regardless of its practicality.

However, a lot of the time you will find people will add you, and expect nothing of you but to 'comment me', so as to artificially inflate their ego, because let's be honest, you don't actually want to tell someone they've got more rolls than a baker's shop under their chin if they were nice enough to add you. There are a few entertaining moments on the site, but you're not missing a hell of a lot. It's all relative to who you add. The Message system is somewhat more convenient than e-mail, however, so it has uses in arranging meetings and such.

Oh, and their customer service is seven shades of shit. Hope you never have a major problem on that site, because they sure as well won't help you unless you get to speak to an actual human being.

To be honest, I usually just get people's MySpace and then add them on MSN later, depending on how much I talk to them.

Again, however, this all depends on the kind of people you end up adding. If you were to add people like most of the people here, for example, you'd probably enjoy it more than the preppy posers who seem to yank their junk every time someone looks at their profile.

Honesty is the key policy. If I leave a comment, I mean it. It prevents you becoming a drooling, hedonistic, egotistical and shallow tit. It probably means you don't get 'addicted' to commenting, but hell, I'm sure that's a good thing.

At the end of the day, MySpace can have its uses, but a lot of the time can be a total pain.

It's worth getting one though. It's free, so you could get one just for the sake of it. Plus, who knows, you may have a better experience with it than me...

[bluemicrobyte]

This "MySpace" thing seems to be the new craze right now. I've asked several people, but have not gotten a clear answer to this question: What the hell is it for?

A "Myspace" is a kind of online profile. You go to www.myspace.com and make a profile where you post info about yourself and pictures of yourself. It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaay over-rated and isn't even that great, but because so many people use it, it's become a convenient way to stay in touch with people.

[OboeGuru]

I give MySpace credit for being a cheap and effective home for indie bands just getting started to get their music out and collect a little constructive criticism, such that it can be collected from a community of 14-year-olds pretending they're practically twice that age. :rolleyes:
However, I must also discredit them in the same vein for spawning the ugly demon filth that is Fall Out Boy. They may be able to write a decent song now and then, but learn to perform, you two-bit hacks.

Myspace is also the cause of a lot of unnecessary drama amongst the angsty teen crowd. LAIKOMG WHY AM I NOT IN YOUR TOP 4/8/12 ??!?!?!?!?!? HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT ABOUT [person] ?!?!?!??!? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE/SHE'S GOING THROUGH !!!!!11!!1!one!
*sigh*

There's also the infamous story of that one chick who was about to graduate with a teaching degree and was denied it because she posted a picture of herself with alcohol. I that that was on Myspace? If not that exactly, then one of the knock-offs.

But yeah, like Ktan said, it's one of those things that you really don't need to set up, but you might as well anyways. Free stuff is cool like that. :P

[Modred]

There's also the infamous story of that one chick who was about to graduate with a teaching degree and was denied it because she posted a picture of herself with alcohol. I that that was on Myspace? If not that exactly, then one of the knock-offs.
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2029

I wonder just what the university was doing looking up their students' MySpace pages, anyway. Looking for incriminating photos? I have a feeling she'll at least get her degree and certificate out of the lawsuit, if not the money she asked for.

I don't have a MySpace, and I don't want a MySpace. As you might gather, I don't particularly like MySpace. While the front page to MySpace is so-so (a bit too much going on, imo), most user pages are absolutely abysmal. The combination of a poorly designed, table based layout plus pre-teen minds that lack even the most basic common sense when it comes to page design result in a mass of largely worthless drivel, both in content and appearance. And let's not even get started on the mass abuse of embedded video and audio. The only users I've seen make use of those features in non-moronic ways are bands, which actually have audio or video content worth sharing.

EDIT: Oh great, now even Facebook is allowing people to post and stream video and audio. Next thing you know, they'll let the users go ballistic with their own profile layouts and single handedly force users' bad designs upon the world. Behold a simple, effective social networking site turned into a MySpace-YouTube hybrid wannabe.

[TheBB]

EDIT: Oh great, now even Facebook is allowing people to post and stream video and audio. Next thing you know, they'll let the users go ballistic with their own profile layouts and single handedly force users' bad designs upon the world. Behold a simple, effective social networking site turned into a MySpace-YouTube hybrid wannabe.

Granted, Facebook carries a shitload of useless crap, but I rather like the core functionality. Facebook is something of a major fad in Norway at the moment, I think we're just about the larges geographical group there, speaking per capita of course (only way Norway will ever top any such list >_<). I spent some time there a few weeks ago, but not a lot at the moment. It gets boring pretty quick.

Then again, Facebook and Myspace have different target groups.

As you might have guessed I have nothing constructive to add, I'm just spewing garble like I usually do... haha.

[Neo]

Well facebook is also being very open with developers, which is just pretty awesome.

-Neo

[B.A.Baracus]

MySpace is the McDonald's breakfast menu for this fellow.
http://up.kupatrix.com/f/12/1179557658169.gif
You see, without it he would starve:cry:

[IrishDutchman]

Babs: Goddamnit, I seriously hate that clown! I'e been traumatised by it in my younger years after seeing that movie. :cuss:

[Zeltaris]

MySpace is the McDonald's breakfast menu for this fellow.

You see, without it he would starve:cry:
o.O best. gif. ever... even if it meant giving baracus an extra ball o.O

As for MySpace... I've been permanently driven away from it after seeing what my brother did with his...

I mean, not only did he mix comic sans font with a dreaful colour scheme in a symphony of I WILL F*CKN RAEP UR EEEEYEEES!!!, but he writes his petty teen dramas like they were epic battles between him, his friends and the world which does not understand them and crushes their dreams. Oh, that could kick the Illyad's arse any day, I'm sure...

But hey, at least it got him a bit interested in learning HTML and CSS... maybe his soul is still salvageable >.>

[master_link]

MySpace: A place where emo's THRIVE!

[Subjukator]

dude, myspace sucks. period. you need to graduate to facebook.