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Let’s talk about MySpace
February 6, 2008
Deleting my MySpace page 2 years ago was sort of a personal rebellion against all that is unorganized, trashy, and grammatically incorrect. I had Facebook to fall back on, not to mention this website, and I really couldn’t pinpoint one benefit to keeping it.
A little while later, and up until now, I began meeting people who didn’t engorge themselves with the internet, as I do, and only had MySpace pages. And although I guess I could’ve sat them down and detailed the Good Lord’s gift of Wordpress, I tend to not want new friends to fantasize about nailing my mouth shut with rusty screws. MySpace sort of seemed like a bridge I was overlooking, even though, that land over there? I totally wanted nothing to do with it.
Then I saw Rachel’s insanely mad skills at work on her newly-acquired account, and thought, “Hey, it could be cool.” Or, “Hey, it could be whipped into submission.” Mike Davidson provides some excellent design tricks for taming the raunchy raunch.
So here I am, joining in on the unprotected internet orgy that is MySpace. Life would be better if we were friends.
Categories: Daily
February 6th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
God you crack me up.
Well, not God, but you.
Never mind. I’m sure you got that.
February 6th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Sellout!
Just kidding.
But I still don’t have a MySpace. My friend once made me one. Which actually disturbs me, because she put my real name and age on it before I deleted it.
February 7th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Myspace really isn’t that bad. Ok, it is, but for the purposes that I use it for (friending local bands and actually talking to interesting people), it’s not all that bad.
For some reason I’m less in to Facebook. I visit it like every once in a blue moon.
February 7th, 2008 at 1:05 am
That random San Diegan who just sent you a friend request? That be me.
February 7th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Now I need to pretty mine up for company…
February 7th, 2008 at 1:46 am
I tried myspace because people asked me to design layouts for them. That site is so technologically AGGRAVATING I can’t stand it. I created a couple of layouts for Facebook which is a lot more stable (again, technically).
Man, reading my own comment makes me realize what a losergeek I sound like…
February 7th, 2008 at 2:33 am
“myspace is stupid”
well said. :D
February 7th, 2008 at 6:00 am
I just opened a Facebook account to keep up with a single friend in China, mother of a newborn, who has no time to read my blog. And since, I’ve had a few freinds added to the account, but to be honest, it just doesn’t do it for me the way blogging does. It’s an after thought, you know what I mean?
February 7th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Ha, I just deleted my MySpace account!
February 7th, 2008 at 8:02 am
but if I didn’t, we’d totally be friends.
February 7th, 2008 at 8:57 am
I just deleted mine, and I am not going back!
February 7th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Myspace kind of annoys me. But I’m keeping it around to showcase my wonderful life to all my superficial friends. :)
February 7th, 2008 at 10:02 am
I did MySpace first, but the platform irritated the hell out of me. Constant crashing. This kept me away from Facebook for a really long time, because I figured Facebook would be more of the same… but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by it. Much cleaner design.
I haven’t deleted the MySpace, but it sits there, dusty and unused. And locked to anyone who isn’t my friend, so, there is that.
And the *real* online orgy is Second Life. Nothing quite like a bunch of 50 year old heterosexual men pretending to be 19 year old bisexual women.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Holy hell, you and the other Rachel really did beat MySpace into submission. It looks, dare I say, not fugly. Wowsers.
My mother-in-law just started a MySpace account. That was the final nail in the coffin convincing me that I don’t belong there.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:27 am
MySpace was fine at first until they let users bastardaize the design of their pages. It’s like when more of the public started making web pages and design was tossed out the window for the loudest and most annoying animated graphics.
The only reason why I gave in and made one for my podcast was because, as much as I HATE MySpace, it is one insanely great marketing tool (when done right) and we get a buttload of traffic from it.
I don’t hate facebook, I hate that everyone feels the need to send me requests to add every freaking application on there.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Hey, there’s this creepy guy I know… you should find him and be friends.
I go back and forth on deleting my MySpace account. It’s the only way I have of keeping in touch with some people, but part of me still wants to get away from the whole thing.
Nice job on the layout hack. :)
February 7th, 2008 at 11:40 am
I have a MySpace account, but it’s so painful for me that I always forget I have it. Love Facebook though, and I still can’t explain why.
February 7th, 2008 at 11:45 am
I’m a Facebook girl. I do have a MySpace, but it’s basically a blank page. My Facebook page, on the other hand, goes on ad naseum. And I’m sure that I didn’t spell that right.
K.
February 7th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I always say that MySpace is the Hooters of the internet, while Facebook is the Applebees. ;)
February 7th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I never had Myspace.. I used Facebook and Friendster but now I don’t go on any networking sites much anymore because I have my blog.
February 7th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
tbh.. i hate myspace i lost my sole gf cause of that stupid networking site. i never go ther and i am not intending to atleast for a million more years.
i hope you have much better luck using myspace than i did.
have fun..
February 7th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
I have refused to join MySpace, ever. I’m German, so I’m a little stubborn sometimes. I have facebook, though, which i am SHAMELESSLY addicted to. This means its probably a good idea that I don’t cross that line I have arbitrarily drawn in internet sand.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
You’re right, myspace is very similar to throwing yourself head-first into a pile of your neighbor’s dirty underwear… So good luck with this new adventure; I hope you’re up on your shot! ;)
February 8th, 2008 at 12:26 am
hot damn, woman! i’ve gotten 117 hits from your site in the past 13 hours.
February 8th, 2008 at 4:38 am
Oh no you didn’t!
*Another one bites the dust..*
February 8th, 2008 at 5:20 am
I actually atarted my myspace account a couple of years ago to keep up with a musician that I really liked. It’s an AMAZING community for musicians, helps unsigned artists get out there to an audience. Tyler Hilton was the guy, it’s his fault. (He played Elvis in Walk the Line.) I kept it when I started adding high school friends. I’ve tried Facebook, but never really liked it though I get on there every once in a while. I’ve been trying to wean myself off of myspace and deleted all of my info except the bare minimum. Mostly, I indulge my mild obsession with LOLcats and have silly conversations with friends that I left behind when I moved to St. Louis and don’t get to see very often. It’s like combining my two internet worlds, adding you as a friend. ;)
February 8th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Oh, so I also wanted to tell you that I moved my site! Yay for new beginnings. You can find me now at outofthebasement.wordpress.com
and ps, if I were on myspace, we’d totally be friends.
February 8th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
My fiance and I were joking that people unlike us (and you) who aren’t tech-savvy find myspace and realize OMG I CAN EDIT SHIT… IT’S LIKE… A… A… WEBSITE… or something!! They are so filled with the power of “HTML Tables 101″ that they then procede to cover it in horrible animated gifs and crappy colors that sear the eyes. *shudder* … I have one too though so I can’t hate. :P
February 10th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Myspace is stupid, yes I agree. Design, content, layout .. everything is bad about myspace. Probably because the majority of it’s users are teenagers who don’t know any better. So it’s not just the platform, it’s the users too.
February 10th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Rachel, I have been lurking here after some of my gal pals told me about your site. It is wonderful. Keep on rockin’, girl.
As far as MySpace…I lost my partner due to MySpace. She made a page, met people. I tried to believe it was innocent fun. Found out she was smitten with another before I had even moved out. Never had a page, never will.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Oh man, I have totally debated deleting mine but 1) it is the lazy way to keep up with friends you don’t talk to as often as you do your besties 2) it is completely addicting and 3) how else would I continue to stalk all of the people I have added since making my account? The day will come though… especially since I am a teacher, it gets sketchy when your students find you and want to be your “friend”.
February 12th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I lied. I could not resist.
February 12th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
All I have to say is 55 million? ;)