The MySpace Phenomena

So I decided recently to find out what all the fuss was about on MySpace. Pretty much everyone I talk to who is in college or high school is on MySpace and I mean that literally. Ask them what they do online now and the answer is MySpace and instant message. So being young and not too far out of college I decided to find out what was keeping people on it for hours at a time. So I set up a myspace account, myspace.com/benbajarin in case you want to be my friend, and started building my profile. This is where you tell people all about you and what is going on in your life. I also uploaded some pictures of my family and continued on. Next I went out searching for friends. I used my high school and colleges as a place to start. From there I was amazed at how many people I graduated with were on myspace. People I have lost touch with for so long I had now found. Not only found them but I could read all about thier life now see pictures and more. It was great. Everyone I found that I knew I "Friend Requested" them. This is where you can let someone know you want to add them to your friends list and they approve it. Each day I checked back on myspace searching for friends and seeing who is now in my friend network. Each time I came back to myspace I had more friends and on top of that people were finding me and we were re-connecting. I was starting to send comments to my friends and continually find other people I knew and add them to my friend network. Before I knew it I was spending hours upon hours on myspace finding friends, communicating with old friends. Now I am addicted just like all the other kids out there. The funny thing was I told myself at the start of this test that there was no way I would get addicted and sure enough. The worst part of it is I got my wife involved. She has been finding her old friends as well now. So after our kids are asleep and we are watching TV we are on our laptops on myspace. It's quite ridiculous but amazingly fun at the same time. So I have learned that MySpace is compelling because of the discovery of old and new friends, keeping in touch with current friends, and the desire to express yourself and who you are online in an arena where lots of people can see it. So now that I am a myspace addict we will see how long it lasts. You know those crazy kids and their short attention spans.

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So after our kids are asleep and we are watching TV we are on our laptops on myspace. It's quite ridiculous but amazingly fun at the same time.