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Basically, I want to know whats up with all the Myspace Hate I see. Now, let me preface this. Plenty of people say bad things about myspace in totality, and this is what I'm questioning. Not the fact that twelve year old girls make slutty profiles. Thats a problem with 12 year olds doing that. Whats wrong with your average guy, putting up a page with some pictures of himself, some info, a song he really likes, etc?

Basically, I want to know whats up with all the Myspace Hate I see. Now, let me preface this. Plenty of people say bad things about myspace in totality, and this is what I'm questioning. Not the fact that twelve year old girls make slutty profiles. Thats a problem with 12 year olds doing that. Whats wrong with your average guy, putting up a page with some pictures of himself, some info, a song he really likes, etc?

It may give the impression that you are interested in the aformentioned slutty 12 year old girls, which probably isn't the greatest impression to give to people.




(threadjack) Also, people have recently made me my a myspace for me... Should I be scared?

It may give the impression that you are interested in the aformentioned slutty 12 year old girls, which probably isn't the greatest impression to give to people.




(threadjack) Also, people have recently made me my a myspace for me... Should I be scared?

Note the "that's a problem with 12 year old girls doing that" part.

I go for the 14 year olds! (I'm joking, I swear).

Also, don't be afraid. I see myspace as email+. Its more convinient.

Nothing. The fact that there are 12 year old sluts, gives the site a bad reputation, and attracts pedophiles.

What's with all the hate directed at 12 year old sluts?

Nothing wrong with MySpace in particular, I just have a general dislike for blogs. A passionate hatred for them, actually.

I hate MySpace in the way that an old man on a porch hates all that bongo music the kids are listening to these days.

I am not allowed on Myspace anymore because I critized it all the time and tried to prevent people from making lude posts.:(

What's with all the hate directed at 12 year old sluts?

I know, what the fuck? You'd think they'd never seen ... uh ...

I am not allowed on Myspace anymore because I critized it all the time and tried to prevent people from making lude posts.:(

You have to remember that you need to use lude; otherwise anal sex gets very uncomfortable.

Basically, I want to know whats up with all the Myspace Hate I see. Now, let me preface this. Plenty of people say bad things about myspace in totality, and this is what I'm questioning. Not the fact that twelve year old girls make slutty profiles. Thats a problem with 12 year olds doing that. Whats wrong with your average guy, putting up a page with some pictures of himself, some info, a song he really likes, etc?

nothing at all..i keep in touch with friends and family thru myspace...we can share pic's etc.
i dont have a billion friends,nor would i want that.

i think i have 12,i check it when i come home from work,now and again i get a cool pic of my kid he sent and that is that.

nothing more then that.

i aint a teeny bopper so i cant address that.

What's with all the hate directed at 12 year old sluts?

They only take cash?

It's not the sad twelve year olds that make myspace horrible; it's the sad 35 year olds.

It's not the sad twelve year olds that make myspace horrible; it's the sad 35 year olds.

Who want to make friends with the twelve year old sluts ...

Who want to make friends with the twelve year old sluts ...

It's not that simple. Some do. But there is a whole set of sad thirty somethings that want to 'hook up' with each other also. I really can't be bothered to describe the sad. But it's fuking awful.

It's not that simple. Some do. But there is a whole set of sad thirty somethings that want to 'hook up' with each other also. I really can't be bothered to describe the sad. But it's fuking awful.

Well, you do know that Myspace was not made for 12 year olds. It was made for 30 year old adults to network about music they were doing.

Remember that there are some guys out there who would be pleased to meet a 35 year old slut...not me, mind you, 'cause....'cause I get a lot of women, young ones, in their twenties with those little tattoos above their ass crack...

Seriously, there comes a time when ladies in that bracket become far more viable to a man, with their less capricious affections and more potent libidos, and car insurance...

What's with all the hate directed at 12 year old sluts?

I was gonna say something regarding your sister, but then I remmembered the ever vigilant MODS watch me.... *Hides in foxhole*

Well, you do know that Myspace was not made for 12 year olds. It was made for 30 year old adults to network about music they were doing.

Sure. And the internet was made for smart people to help with the national defense. But now it's all about myunderpants.com.

Funny how these things happen.

Sure. And the internet was made for smart people to help with the national defense. But now it's all about myunderpants.com.

Funny how these things happen.

I thought that was an actual website, so I expended the significant energy necessary to copy and paste the text into my address bar. Yet it was for naught, because it wasn't a real url, and consequently my sexual frustration was not alleviated in the slightest, thanks to you, you heartless scum.

Nothing wrong with MySpace in particular, I just have a general dislike for blogs. A passionate hatred for them, actually.

myspace ≠ blog

I hate MySpace in the way that an old man on a porch hates all that bongo music the kids are listening to these days.

also, they won't stay off your lawn

I thought that was an actual website, so I expended the significant energy necessary to copy and paste the text into my address bar. Yet it was for naught, because it wasn't a real url, and consequently my sexual frustration was not alleviated in the slightest, thanks to you, you heartless scum.

It actually was/is a real URL. You'll just have to wait until all the .bomb litigation ends before you can enjoy its underpantsly goodness again.

also, they won't stay off your lawn

Those whipersnappers!

The myspace-pages, I visited were horribly designed...

The myspace-pages, I visited were horribly designed...

welcome to the internet

The myspace-pages, I visited were horribly designed...

Oh I know, Martha Stewart really should do a MySpace special.

"Today on Martha Stewart, tastefully decorating your MySpace"

I also hate those 12 year old sluts posing on Myspace.

Damn 12 year old Rachel from New York with your Myspace set to Private yet you sully my eyes!

To be honest, I don't see really see the fuss at all, positive or negative.

The detractors in particular remind me of the people expressing outrage over IRC years ago because pedophiles might use it to pick up young girls or distribute child porn.

It is a cool way to check out and get into contact with bands, though.

It is a cool way to check out and get into contact with bands, though.

i've had conversations with dennis from refused and t(i)nc on myspace. that's reason enough for me.

But there is a whole set of sad thirty somethings that want to 'hook up' with each other also. I really can't be bothered to describe the sad. But it's fuking awful.Great, so people you deem sad, shouldn't be allowed to have fun?
Or is it just that they're having more fun than you, and that it bothers you?

Seriously, giving a fuck about people's online activities, is the epitome of futility. One of the great things about these damn tubes, is that your Moral Majority-type drivel is pointless & ineffectual. People will do what they want to do regardless. Another is that this thing's pure anarchy; your decide what you participate in.

Bash whatever you feel like though, but realise looking at porn is more constructive.

Reproach of MySpace is a sort of online cultural elitism, albeit one that I fully endorse. The essential reasoning behind it is that it is a networking tool occupied by a specific community, and if that community is not one that you wish to be a part of or be associated with then you should stay clear of it. And, well, it's generally occupied by illiterate, narcissistic spam-whores who I want nothing to do with. So no thanks.

And, well, it's generally occupied by illiterate, narcissistic spam-whores

Precisely, not to mention that it is an eyesore without compare. There is not a single myspace page out there that is not worthy gouging your eyes out for to make the pain go away.

Meh, I blog on my myspace and read my friends' blogs. I stay away from people who are younger than 20 typically, because, frankly, they're under 20. I also use facebook because it keeps me informed about my friends' parties.

It's all good!

i've had conversations with dennis from refused and t(i)nc on myspace. that's reason enough for me.

Oooh, awesome. I've mostly talked to smaller-name bands, but it's cool nonetheless.

My chief reason for not liking Myspace is that it's way to easy to make really ugly, illegible, slow loading pages of crappy glitter letters.

It hurts my eyes, and every time I go look at one a little bit of my soul dies. :(

Precisely, not to mention that it is an eyesore without compare. There is not a single myspace page out there that is not worthy gouging your eyes out for to make the pain go away.

didn't I say that yesterday or something? I would call you an oldschool Christian as well, but I am scared of the repercussions.

Myspace is essentially a Yellow Pages for pedophiles.

Myspace is lame because of the spam and all the "personal touches" someone can make to their page.

Facebook is far superior lol

Meh, I blog on my myspace and read my friends' blogs. I stay away from people who are younger than 20 typically, because, frankly, they're under 20. I also use facebook because it keeps me informed about my friends' parties.

It's all good!

That's why I use LiveJournal. Less garish, less options for customization unless you know exactly what the hell you're doing, and the people who know what the hell they're doing tend to design thoughtful and tasteful layouts.

Nothing wrong with myspace, but facebook is just so much better. I can work facebook.

Who want to make friends with the twelve year old sluts ...

People investing in their future? I don't know since I'm not one of them.

Nothing wrong with myspace, but facebook is just so much better. I can work facebook.
Seconded.

Plus, Myspace is the most infuriating, most consistently buggy website I’ve ever had the misfortune of visiting. Even on the bad days, the Jolt forums are a thousand times more reliable.

EDIT>> for all those who, like me can't stand the horrible layout of so many Myspace pages, good 'ol userstyles (http://userstyles.org/style/show/185) does it again! ;)

Let's enumerate, shall we?

1) The myspace pages all look as though they were put together by a 12-year-old with no aesthetic sense whatsoever, which they were.

2) They encourage illiteracy, providing havens for the "omg i r so gr8 y dnt u all <3 me??? :(" crowds to grow and multiply, much like AIM and MSN (and IRC to some degree).

3) The false privacy of the "protected" systems, where only your "friends" can access your page, is not particularly difficult to crack and encourages the posting of sensitive information like addresses and telephone numbers, which in turn encourages paedophilia and rape.

4) It provides a similar haven for child abductors and other such perverts.

5) It's just plain stupid.

In short, whenever I look at it a few more brain cells die. And I only have 100 billion or so of them. <.<

It's a waste of time.

Creepy people try to stalk you.

By and large it's used for hooking up.

Complete strangers really don't care what kind of movies you like or what your About Me says unless they are trying to get in your pants.

Sure it might have once been used for promoting music, but I highly doubt anyone pays attention anymore with all the spam in their message box from "up and coming" bands that sound like ass.

I don't like that Rupert Murdock (sp) bought it to further improve targeted advertising.

I won't date anyone who has a MySpace, period. Too many issues in the past.

It's a waste of time.

Creepy people try to stalk you.

By and large it's used for hooking up.

Complete strangers really don't care what kind of movies you like or what your About Me says unless they are trying to get in your pants.

Sure it might have once been used for promoting music, but I highly doubt anyone pays attention anymore with all the spam in their message box from "up and coming" bands that sound like ass.

I don't like that Rupert Murdock (sp) bought it to further improve targeted advertising.

welcome to the internet

Myspace is essentially a Yellow Pages for pedophiles.

Ah, sort of like Craigslist, except that you hook up with kids?

welcome to the internet

True enough.

Basically, I want to know whats up with all the Myspace Hate I see. Now, let me preface this. Plenty of people say bad things about myspace in totality, and this is what I'm questioning. Not the fact that twelve year old girls make slutty profiles. Thats a problem with 12 year olds doing that. Whats wrong with your average guy, putting up a page with some pictures of himself, some info, a song he really likes, etc?

basically there are much better and more private friend networking/profile sites. myspace is just irritating.

Ah, sort of like Craigslist, except that you hook up with kids?

If that what you're into, I s'pose.

And if it is, you should be drawn and quartered.

2) They encourage illiteracy, providing havens for the "omg i r so gr8 y dnt u all <3 me??? :(" crowds to grow and multiply, much like AIM and MSN (and IRC to some degree).

technically, it can't do both those things at the same time

encourages paedophilia and rape.

4) It provides a similar haven for child abductors and other such perverts.

evidence?

technically, it can't do both those things at the same time



evidence?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11165576/

Basically, I want to know whats up with all the Myspace Hate I see. Now, let me preface this. Plenty of people say bad things about myspace in totality, and this is what I'm questioning. Not the fact that twelve year old girls make slutty profiles. Thats a problem with 12 year olds doing that. Whats wrong with your average guy, putting up a page with some pictures of himself, some info, a song he really likes, etc?

Basically, it was trendy to like myspace, now it's trendy to hate it.

Personally, I have a myspace, but its nothing big, I just do it as another way of keeping in contact with some girls I know from school.

I don't think there's anything more wrong with it than anything else one spends discretionary time doing on the internet.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11165576/

that's not really evidence that myspace in particular encourages rape, etc. merely that there are rapists in the world. you'd need to show that a disproportionate number of rapes and cases of child molestation occur due to myspace. i mean, if we accepted evidence like that, then both leaving your house and staying inside encourage the existence rapists and child molesters.

If that what you're into, I s'pose.

And if it is, you should be drawn and quartered.

Try reading the ads on craigslist, and get ready to barf...

that's not really evidence that myspace in particular encourages rape, etc. merely that there are rapists in the world. you'd need to show that a disproportionate number of rapes and cases of child molestation occur due to myspace. i mean, if we accepted evidence like that, then both leaving your house and staying inside encourage the existence rapists and child molesters.

They're not encouraging it, no, but they leave themselves open to the possibility of abuse by setting the age limit for members so low. Read the news story Smunkee cited. A 14-year-old girl? Even by myspace standards, she's too young to have had a page. Yet she was there. Myspace doesn't police itself at all, so they leave themselves open to being used by predatory pedophiles.

Try reading the ads on craigslist, and get ready to barf...

There's a reason I don't visit that site, y'know. I'm not a big fan of puking.

They only take cash?

To take this offtopic and add some seriousness:
they mostly don't. A quite shocking documentary in which several of those young sluts were interviewed taught they did NOT want cash, since "that would make them whores".
However, they did accept payment in booze and cigarettes.

Basically, I want to know whats up with all the Myspace Hate I see. Now, let me preface this. Plenty of people say bad things about myspace in totality, and this is what I'm questioning. Not the fact that twelve year old girls make slutty profiles. Thats a problem with 12 year olds doing that. Whats wrong with your average guy, putting up a page with some pictures of himself, some info, a song he really likes, etc?

Fuck, where to start?

1. It sucks.

2. It sucks cock.

3. It sucks flaccid cock.

4. It sucks flaccid uncircumcised pus oozing from the tip cock.

5. Every MySpace page is the very definition of "atrociously horrible web design."

6. It takes forever for a page to load and 90% of the time it crashes. That kind of shit might have been acceptable back in 1994-96 when the web was just starting out but these days that's inexcusable.

7. Not enough infant snuff scat bukkake.

8. It sucks flaccid uncircumcised pus oozing from the tip cock.

They're not encouraging it, no, but they leave themselves open to the possibility of abuse by setting the age limit for members so low. Read the news story Smunkee cited. A 14-year-old girl? Even by myspace standards, she's too young to have had a page. Yet she was there. Myspace doesn't police itself at all, so they leave themselves open to being used by predatory pedophiles.

so you suggest not allowing teenagers and potential pedos and rapists on the tubes of the intrawebs, with this policy to be enforced by a particular website?

btw, 14 is not below myspace's age requirement, and if it does come to their attention that somebody is under that they delete the profile.

btw, 14 is not below myspace's age requirement, and if it does come to their attention that somebody is under that they delete the profile.

Wrong. It is below what they supposedly have set as their bar. Again, they don't enforce it.

-snip-

So uh...you have an obsession with cock, hey?

:p

So uh...you have an obsession with cock, hey?

:p

all the cool kids do :cool:

To take this offtopic and add some seriousness:
they mostly don't. A quite shocking documentary in which several of those young sluts were interviewed taught they did NOT want cash, since "that would make them whores".
However, they did accept payment in booze and cigarettes.

and cellphone paycards.

all the cool kids do :cool:

:p

Wrong. It is below what they supposedly have set as their bar. Again, they don't enforce it.

http://collect.myspace.com/misc/terms.html?z=1

Eligibility. Use of and Membership in the MySpace Services is void where prohibited. By using the MySpace Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 14 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the MySpace Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are under 14 years of age.

care to try again?

http://collect.myspace.com/misc/terms.html?z=1

Eligibility. Use of and Membership in the MySpace Services is void where prohibited. By using the MySpace Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 14 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the MySpace Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are under 14 years of age.

care to try again?

Words. Just words.

Plenty of underage kids on there.

MYspace is the best thing since the dinosaurs were made extinct in the book of Genesis. If it wasn't for Myspace I wouldn't have met some of my old friends, got married to a rich widow who is twice my age but half my size and we wouldn't of had a kid that we've named 'far out'. There is no reason to hate on Myspace whatsoever especially since you can design your own background for your profile. My only hope is that one day we can surf the internet in our minds so that I can stay on myspace nearly all day. I don't respect any Myspace haters at all.

Words. Just words.

Plenty of underage kids on there.

of course there are. myspace is claiming nearly 150 million accounts. all suzy 13 year old has to do is lie about her birth date. what do you expect myspace to do?

You think myspace is bad? Try hi5.com. that place is fucking LOADED with pedo's and ephebo's! :eek: (and of course, the aformentioned 12 year old sluts)

so you suggest not allowing teenagers and potential pedos and rapists on the tubes of the intrawebs, with this policy to be enforced by a particular website?

well?

It may give the impression that you are interested in the aformentioned slutty 12 year old girls, which probably isn't the greatest impression to give to people.

*Whistles innocently*

I have a MySpace account and I have yet to find a good use for it. I've reconected with a few old friends but other than that all I seem to do with it are turn down friend requests from cam whores.

I have a MySpace account and I have yet to find a good use for it. I've reconected with a few old friends but other than that all I seem to do with it are turn down friend requests from cam whores.

You actually turn them down? :p

The stereotype that Myspace users are teenaged sluts is highly unrepresentative of MySpace as a whole. There are plenty of legitimate uses for Myspace. Slightly off topic: Did you guys know that Robert Fripp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fripp) has a Myspace? That's about as far flung from "12 year old slutty girl" as you go.

It may give the impression that you are interested in the aformentioned slutty 12 year old girls, which probably isn't the greatest impression to give to people.

Um.... I have a myspace & got it to keep tabs on/stay in contact with my 15 year old sister (who is far from slutty, at least compared to me at her age), so I take offense to that assumption.

my 15 year old sister (who is far from slutty, at least compared to me at her age)

The Nobles of NS General demand information!

The Nobles of NS General demand information!
Perverts. :p

Perverts. :p

You're just pissy because I beat you to it.

You're just pissy because I beat you to it.
No, I'm not pissy. I just have a better funny-bone than you. :p

The Nobles of NS General demand information!I second that. :D

we want some juce..

all the cool kids do :cool:
O___O
If they're 18-25 & female, send them to me ^____~.

Perverts. :p
You say that as though it's a bad thing.

Let's enumerate, shall we?
2) They encourage illiteracy, providing havens for the "omg i r so gr8 y dnt u all <3 me??? :(" crowds to grow and multiply, much like AIM and MSN (and IRC to some degree).
5) It's just plain stupid.
-snippage-
MSN is nothing like that and most 12 yo want to be picked up by older guys.
To be honest, I don't see really see the fuss at all, positive or negative.

The detractors in particular remind me of the people expressing outrage over IRC years ago because pedophiles might use it to pick up young girls or distribute child porn.

It is a cool way to check out and get into contact with bands, though.
If there was one reason to have a Myspace it owuld be to chat to people pretending to be from Bands or actually being a part of them.
However the amount of 'OMG I LUV U', *Add other crap random things that are said here, that i can't be bothered to find proof of.*
Anyways what is your Myspace Kanabia?

Um.... I have a myspace & got it to keep tabs on/stay in contact with my 15 year old sister (who is far from slutty, at least compared to me at her age), so I take offense to that assumption.


I have myspace for the exact same reason - to keep tabs on your sister.

My Myspace page is incredibly dull and is severely lacking in friends. I thought about begging NSers to help make it less pathetic but I didn't want to come off as some desperate loser who is on your lawn, pressing his face against your living room window begging to be let in. You know, the pathetic stalker type. Then again what do I have to lose except my self-respect and earning the contempt of my NS comrades? Can't really think of anything offhand... I suppose some pleading will be in order. Hmmmm.

I have myspace for the exact same reason - to keep tabs on your sister.

yes, 'tabs'...

Um.... I have a myspace & got it to keep tabs on/stay in contact with my 15 year old sister (who is far from slutty, at least compared to me at her age), so I take offense to that assumption.

I didn't say I made the assumption, I said that some people might make that assumption. Of course not everyone on myspace is slutty or wants someone slutty, but that is a somewhat common perception and a reason to stay off myspace could be to avoid having that assumption made about you.

Anyways what is your Myspace Kanabia?

You gotta be kidding. I'm not posting it here.

You gotta be kidding. I'm not posting it here.
LOL.
I might be able to remedy this predicament...

www.myspace.com/raslin

All us cool kids are linking it, kanabia. Jeez.

(No, I won't add you, so don't bother. This goes for all of you).

I have it because my gf has it, and she has it because well I do. And she is neither 12 nor slut, tyvm.

www.myspace.com/raslin

All us cool kids are linking it, kanabia. Jeez.

(No, I won't add you, so don't bother. This goes for all of you).
I saw you link it but i didn't see no cool kids link it.:p

Kanabia get on MSN!

By my experiance with Myspace, it's those slutty collage girls who are the worst.

Tho i wont complain, there overaged so i dont get in trouble for saving there pictures :P

It depends what kinda friends you accept really, if your that worried about safety just put you profile 2 private and only add people u know.

I have allot of good friends on myspace because i only accept people i know, and naughty Collage girls :P

I'm not posting it here.

my general policy too - though i'm sure the moderately dedicated could figure it out anyways.

i would certainly consider telling particular individuals through slightly less public means should there be any interest.

www.myspace.com/raslin

All us cool kids are linking it, kanabia. Jeez.

(No, I won't add you, so don't bother. This goes for all of you).

It's not that I expect people to add me (I only have four friends on it since I deleted my old account and made a new one, heh), it's more that recently i've become generally uneasy about connecting anything I say on any given internet forum to something more personal.

my general policy too - though i'm sure the moderately dedicated could figure it out anyways.
Well, in my case, that's doubtful, unless they happened to recognise my picture (which would be a freak occurence considering the amount of people that use myspace.)

i would certainly consider telling particular individuals through slightly less public means should there be any interest.

Aye, ditto.

My Myspace page is incredibly dull and is severely lacking in friends. I thought about begging NSers to help make it less pathetic but I didn't want to come off as some desperate loser who is on your lawn, pressing his face against your living room window begging to be let in. You know, the pathetic stalker type. Then again what do I have to lose except my self-respect and earning the contempt of my NS comrades? Can't really think of anything offhand... I suppose some pleading will be in order. Hmmmm.

http://www.fakeyourspace.com/ ;)

http://www.fakeyourspace.com/ ;)

That's just terribly sad. :P

That's just terribly sad. :P

it is, but in a funny way.

The Nobles of NS General demand information!

Demand, eh? What exactly about?? :rolleyes:


I have myspace for the exact same reason - to keep tabs on your sister.

That would be rather difficult since she's got it on private & our mother & I are the only over 18s on her friends' list..... unless you're under 18 & live in Oregon. lol

Demand, eh? What exactly about?? :rolleyes:

about you being slutty at the age of 15. check out the 2 min to live thread to see how perverted this place really is, then escape, while you still can!!

about you being slutty at the age of 15. check out the 2 min to live thread to see how perverted this place really is, then escape, while you still can!!

Well, that would be an AWFULLY long story....

Ummm.... "2 min to live" what??? :confused:

Well, that would be an AWFULLY long story....

Ummm.... "2 min to live" what??? :confused:

the thread where almost everybody says they would like to spend their last 2 minutes wanking.

the thread where almost everybody says they would like to spend their last 2 minutes wanking.

*rotflmao*
Yeah I just found it. What a boring way to spend your last two minutes. I assure you, I'll have a more interesting answer than "wanking"
*snicker*

Demand, eh? What exactly about?? :rolleyes:




That would be rather difficult since she's got it on private & our mother & I are the only over 18s on her friends' list..... unless you're under 18 & live in Oregon. lol

Or say their under 18 and in Oregon ...

Or say their under 18 and in Oregon ...

Hehe... well, since she knows them all in person, that'd be unlikely too. She's very careful with that crap. :p

Or say their under 18 and in Oregon ...

Well, there are a lot of "underage girls" on the Internet that I automatically presume are middle-aged men with serious personality disorders.

Hehe... well, since she knows them all in person, that'd be unlikely too. She's very careful with that crap. :p

Then whats the frigging point of her having a myspace account? It becomes pointless then.

I hate the place really but its power is in extending the people you talk to ...

Well, there are a lot of "underage girls" on the Internet that I automatically presume are middle-aged men with serious personality disorders.

... There is that too

Then whats the frigging point of her having a myspace account? It becomes pointless then.

I hate the place really but its power is in extending the people you talk to ...

To stay in touch with people who've moved, or people who haven't moved if you have, both of which being the case for her.

To stay in touch with people who've moved, or people who haven't moved if you have, both of which being the case for her.

Such a waste really ... there are things called telephones ... or text messaging. Though personally if someone has drifted so far from my circle of friends that they don't tell me something like the fact that they are moving ... I would not waste my time with them

I just don't see how myspace would be worth the while if you took out its biggest function.

It ends up being a loud annoying way to email ... filled with anoying people that can use the information to A) stalk you B) annoy you C) proposition you for sex.

To stay in touch with people who've moved, or people who haven't moved if you have, both of which being the case for her.

Ah, stalking...;)

Well, there are a lot of "underage girls" on the Internet that I automatically presume are middle-aged men with serious personality disorders.

i was on a forum once for girls aged 12-16 (it was an awful link of the day or something) and you could totaly tell it was filled with people like that. kind of funny, but also extremely creepy/sad.

it is, but in a funny way.


lol, i said the exact same when i saw it :P

Such a waste really ... there are things called telephones ... or text messaging. Though personally if someone has drifted so far from my circle of friends that they don't tell me something like the fact that they are moving ... I would not waste my time with them

I just don't see how myspace would be worth the while if you took out its biggest function.

It ends up being a loud annoying way to email ... filled with anoying people that can use the information to A) stalk you B) annoy you C) proposition you for sex.

Um.... talking on the phone to people that far away is rather expensive.

I agree on the point about annoying people, though.

Um.... talking on the phone to people that far away is rather expensive.

Skipe ... and about every cell phone plan I have ever had has nationwide long distance

That aside I also advanced the new Idea of "Email" apparently all the same features she needs none of the hassle.

Such a waste really ... there are things called telephones ... or text messaging. Though personally if someone has drifted so far from my circle of friends that they don't tell me something like the fact that they are moving ... I would not waste my time with them

Since I left undergrad, I've had some trouble keeping track of all my old college buddies. We all have moved around a lot in the last couple of years, as we try to sort out what we're doing with our lives, and sometimes these moves will happen during a period when you weren't actively keeping in touch with somebody.

I have actually never even been to MySpace, so I can't opine on that site in particular, but I know that my own blog has been very helpful in letting me stay in touch with my friends who have scattered over the face of the Earth. It's even helped me regain contact with high school buddies who I had completely lost track of!

Skipe ... and about every cell phone plan I have ever had has nationwide long distance

That aside I also advanced the new Idea of "Email" apparently all the same features she needs none of the hassle.

Well, it's her choice, not mine. Nor is it yours.

Since I left undergrad, I've had some trouble keeping track of all my old college buddies. We all have moved around a lot in the last couple of years, as we try to sort out what we're doing with our lives, and sometimes these moves will happen during a period when you weren't actively keeping in touch with somebody.

I have actually never even been to MySpace, so I can't opine on that site in particular, but I know that my own blog has been very helpful in letting me stay in touch with my friends who have scattered over the face of the Earth. It's even helped me regain contact with high school buddies who I had completely lost track of!

I just keep a steady email address and people just email me whenever they want to get in touch

yes, 'tabs'...

As in "insert tab A into slot B..." :p

I just keep a steady email address and people just email me whenever they want to get in touch
I try to do that, too, but I have friends who only use their school/work email. This means that they change emails every time they move or get a new job.

Granted, this is annoying, but most of my friends are very annoying people. :D

I try to do that, too, but I have friends who only use their school/work email. This means that they change emails every time they move or get a new job.

Granted, this is annoying, but most of my friends are very annoying people. :D

Maybe it is my friends ... they all are steady career people they don't change jobs ... they have settled into homes and dont change phone or any other information

That or they are uber geeks and they run their own email server/ or are so Dependant on email that they would never think about changing the one that they have.

Granted, this is annoying, but most of my friends are very annoying people. :D

Now there's a shock. :p

Maybe it is my friends ... they all are steady career people they don't change jobs ... they have settled into homes and dont change phone or any other information

That or they are uber geeks and they run their own email server/ or are so Dependant on email that they would never think about changing the one that they have.

That happens when we get old, amigo. ;)

That happens when we get old, amigo. ;)

Could be ... though the group of friends that "settled" down did so right out of highschool ... 80 percent of them are married, before age 23.

Could be ... though the group of friends that "settled" down did so right out of highschool ... 80 percent of them are married, before age 23.

Ew...

Ew...

Not my thing either but these were not-college working class sort of people ... we are not from a gigantic town up here a lot of people just go and work when they graduate

The programming of MySpace is utterly atrocious. Just from a technical standpoint it sucks.

Agreed, probably part of my hate ... the user customization is atrocious it seems so half assed

The programming of MySpace is utterly atrocious. Just from a technical standpoint it sucks.

Why do I hate myspace?

Simple: I do.

My roommate has a myspace, and whenever he puts his location as "Columbus" he gets solicitations from all these creepy, middle aged women around the city. I find it more than slightly disturbing, and as such I shall never, ever get a myspace.

I think I still have an account there, but I'm not sure. Haven't checked it in a very long time. I only got it so I could check out people's photos. On a forum I used to frequent, it was common practice for someone to find a myspace photo gallery and post a link to it so we could all pounce on it like hungry hyenas. Some of it got pretty harsh, but it was funny as hell.