Am I the only person who has nothing to do with MySpace

[LynneSin]

I think I looked at it once and it seemed like a pedophile heaven with web pages that take forever to download.

I just can't see any reason behind MySpace - can someone explain what the deal is?

[LostinVA]

1. You can leave semi-pervy messages on your GF's myspace page

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. Yeah, that's totally a great feature.

[LynneSin]

8. But couldn't you do the same thing with a telephone, email or snail mail

Geez, how many different ways do you need to have long-distance hanky panky

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. We do all of those, too. We're pervs.

[LostinVA]

13. We do all of those, too -- we multi task perv

[Midlodemocrat]

2. I have to admit I check TeenMidlo's space every once in a while.

That's how I found out that some of the older guys that were sniffing around this group of girls was drinking.

Otherwise, I have no idea what it is for.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

6. Oh so you're talking about Matcom?

[Midlodemocrat]

16. Shh.

Yes.

[tigereye]

3. in the old days, we had phones

now it's phones, advertising, texting, IMing, and online, as well as video, self-promotion.
Hard to believe we got by with one phone attached to the wall.


And no, you aren't.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

9. Fuck phones? What about smoke signals?

[LynneSin]

10. You should try Pony Express

:shrug:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. I don't like horses. They're just bigdeercowsthatyouride on. That's bullshit if you ask me.

[cboy4]

17. smoke signals!

:spray:

you're too much

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

18. Really? You think so?

Hold on. I need to get the fire going again. I need to talk to my mom.

[cboy4]

25. I just google earthed your neighborhood! Nice smoke you've got going!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

27. I know how to burn shit down.

I'm from Jersey, you know.

[cboy4]

35. LOL. Yea, it's all you EYE-talians!!

:eyes:

Don't hurt me. :scared:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

36. Whatever.

I'm a mick.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

43. Go suck a Guinness!

:hide:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

46. Okay.

:toast:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

53. Well, that was easy.

Pour me some Jameson while you're at it! :D

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

56. Okay.

Here ya go!

:toast:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

59. Sweet!

:toast:

[LostinVA]

38. Ima busting your chops!!!

[cboy4]

49. !!

I forgot you were the EYE-talian! :hide:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

50. She's only half.

Thank God!

:eyes:

[cboy4]

57. Yea cuz after the Olive Garden, it would have been in the East River

for you!

[LostinVA]

67. You got that right, paesano

[tigereye]

22. not when I was a teen

well, marijuana smoke signals maybe. The ever present haze.

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. Only in Olive Garden

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

33. It's that good old-fashioned hospitaliano.

[Oeditpus Rex]

44. Although the smoke produced

by burning corn-flake batter is rather annoying.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

48. Yeah, but the end result is worth it.

I like to cook while watching reruns of "Fat Actress."

[Oeditpus Rex]

55. Yeah, but only for the bits

where she whips one out to nurse a screaming baby. :P

[PVnRT]

52. Where can I find a fuck phone?

And does it dial hot women for me so I can get some booty calls?

[LostinVA]

12. In the old days, we had horse and buggies

Now, there's bikes, cars, trucks, hybrids, monorails, scooters, and inline skates. Hard to believe we got by with old Dobbie, huh?

[tigereye]

21. my grandmother, god rest her soul

used to actually say that. She was born in 1892 and hated cars.

[jpgray]

5. I don't either, but people I respect use it

For art shows or musicians (or aspiring statutory rapists) I suppose it's a useful tool. :D

[cwydro]

7. Nope

Me neither.

[1gobluedem]

15. Nope

I have no use for it either especially after I heard it was owned by FOX. But I didn't think much of it before that, for reasons similar to yours.

[Sanity Claws]

19. You must be of a certain age

It's a thing for kids, like teens and early 20s who are trying to show how popular they are. Once you mature and get past that stuff, you don't want to do anything like MySpace. IMHO>

[LostinVA]

23. Nope, not true -- lots of 30+ are on it

Including many DUers... libraries are interested in it, peopl;e use it for networking, meeting up with old school friends, etc. Fully 50%+ of users are OVER 35.

[Sanity Claws]

28. I'd love to see the stats on that.

Do you have a link?
Also, does the term "users" mean something besides people who have pages on the site? I'm not going to look through it but I sincerely doubt that half of the pages belong to people over 35.

[LostinVA]

31. I'm right on this

I'm in information science, and we had a HUGE presentation on this.

Users means users -- people who have pages.

[Goblinmonger]

47. Not trying to being an ass on this

but is that the REPORTED age or is there some other sampling done. My point being that there are some kids (and I have seen them because they are listed as friends of my daughter) who have their age on myspace listed as 99 or something ridiculous. Widespread occurrence of that would skew the stats.

[Sanity Claws]

51. The article refers to age of visitors, not persons with pages

Persons with pages are pretty young.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

32. Here you go, so you don't have to bother researching it.

http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1019

Users mean people with pages.

[Sanity Claws]

37. This site uses the term "visitors."

This indicates people who visit the site, not people who have actual pages. I imagine a lot of visitors are parents checking on their kids.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

40. Whatever.

Enjoy your truthiness.

[LostinVA]

41. Think what you want to, for whatever reason you want to

[Sanity Claws]

45. Huh?

I'm just reading the site you sent me. Isn't that what it says? The chart refers to unique visitors, not persons who have pages, right? Is there anything in the article itself which refers to age composition of persons with actual pages?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

61. Sorry, here's the article I was really looking for.

"Some 87% of users today are 18 or older; 52% are 35 or older, according to comScore."
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/04/8384727/index.htm

[Sanity Claws]

62. Thanks for the article.

However, the sentence you quoted refers to"comScore" which is the earlier site that used "users" to mean "visitors." Earlier in this Money article, it says, "The users, the hardest core being teens and twentysomethings," That has been my experience - the persons who have a web page on MySpace and visit it frequently to check out who hit their page are teens and twentysomethings. You apparently enjoy MySpace. I'm happy for you but for some of us older folks, we're just not interested.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

63. Well, the point is, it's not just for young people.

It's not for you and that's fine, but it is popular with older users, bands, and buisinesses. It's not just a teen site anymore.

[BuelahWitch]

66. Yes, I'm one of the 35 or older

:hi: I've met some really nice people with similar interests. A few creeps too, but they're all over the internets.

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Uhhhhh...

Okay... :shrug:

[Left Is Write]

70. My dear...

we have not matured yet. That's all.

;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

72. Well, I know *I* haven't

I just don't think it should be a generalization.

:crazy:

[Sanity Claws]

20. delete (dup)

[CottonBear]

24. I have no interest in MySpace and know no one with a MySpoace page. n/t

[qnr]

26. I've never visited any pages except those belonging to DUers (well, actually, I did take a side-trip

to Bob Dylan's page from one of the DUer pages).

[JackBeck]

30. A long time ago someone asked me to be their friend on

myspace. I signed up and never created my page. So I have a my space page that's completely blank.

[SharonRB]

39. I don't use it either.

[azmouse]

42. I've never even gone to the website.

I have no interest at all in it.

[ceile]

54. Nope. Too much trouble.

My friends ask me to go "check" their's out. Why? I'll call you if I have anytjing to say....

[Phillycat]

58. I think myspace is evil.

My work recently put it in their banned filter and I bet there are hundreds of employees who are wicked pissed right now. :D

[montanto]

60. nope. Never even seen it!! nt

[Alexander]

64. It's good for people like struggling musicians.

If you want potential worldwide exposure without paying for a web page, I can see how a MySpace page would be practical. The guitarist I'm currently jamming around with has his own page where he uploads some of the random stuff we play.

Other than that, it's garbage. I've seen the pages of some college friends of mine, and for the most part it's just a symptom of the need to feel important - like the Internet equivalent of cell phones or Hummers.

[Pool Hall Ace]

65. No, not at all. People I know have sent me links to their myspace,

but all of the pages seem to be bogged down with cacophonous music, hideous graphics, and very little useful or interesting information.

But I don't know, maybe you have to be a member to fully appreciate it. :shrug:

[Digit]

68. Don't use it, don't visit them, don't care if others like it though

Totally up to them.

[LSK]

69. whats myspace?

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[LostinVA]

74. hehehehe

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

71. I figure it's for kids ...

... is it for old farts too?

[Shell Beau]

73. Hell no! I refuse to do the whole myspace thing!

[ThatsMyBarack]

75. You're not alone!

I avoid myspace like the plague.

[Maddy McCall]

76. When I was 16, I might have had a myspace page.

I don't have one, either. Don't know much about them. Don't really even know what they are, other than a social network thingy for teens.

Most of my college students have facebook pages. I know a little about facebook, because one of our students committed suicide last week, and a tribute page was set up for him at facebook. I took a peek at it. It was really nice.

[GalleryGod]

81. All of my students are on MySpace;only 5 on Facebook

[Scout]

77. you're not alone. i've never been there and have no desire to visit. n/t

edit typo

[u4ic]

78. Doesn't interest me, personally

[mvd]

79. I go there but am very careful

I try out new music from artists I knew before and didn't, and add celebs and people that seem to have ok profiles to my friends. I have gotten a few friend requests from fake profiles with viruses - a real hazard there. But I've also gotten some requests from artists I didn't know about, like Brooke here, who is very pretty and talented:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=112191750

[GalleryGod]

80. I Love it. ALL of my students are on : 100%

Myspace is like eating sushi...got to dive in.



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