Social Networking Sites

[Vergil83]

What does everyone think of them (myspace for example)? I have never joined one, because I feel they actually defeat their purpose. It is supposed to be used to make new friends, but all that seems to happen are friends you already have just link to each other.

However, I have found that nearly everyone I know are using them. So what say you, wave of the future (and I am just the proverbial "old man" that doesn't understand these kids), or just a fad?

[benjamin20]

i realy dont like the idea of a place designed specificly to meet people.there are tons of people around you everyday. and if there isnt, you dont need to be worring about meeting people, you need to wory about doing something with your life.

but seroiusly, thing like myspace, aim, the like are way over abused. people get on there just to see if there are people who want to talk to them. usualy about nothing. there are much more productive things to be doing than waiting to see if somebody wants to talk to you. it reminds me of theoserrpg video games where there were people just standing around waiting for you to talk to them, where they would say there little scripted line and wait again. some would even complain about how big of a hurry they were in, and then just stand there, waiting.

[fingal]

I don't like them. I think they're like the early days of the www where the world and his wife had 'a home page' with pictures of 'my front room' and 'here's a picture of my pet hamster'. Myspace is like a cyber ego-trip. 'These are my friends: look at how many I've collected! Look! They all have unusual tattoos. My friend has a spotty bum, and here's a photo!'

You're right though: a lot of people are jumping on the bandwagon and getting into these sites. Actually I've decided that a lot of technology only appears to bring people closer together. I think it actually creates more distance between them. Having said that, I use a local IRC chat channel, and many of the people on there meet socially as well, just using the channel to hook-up in the first place.

[carlosponti]

i have visited a few my space pages and i have come to the conclusion that people need a course in html and web design. it seriously looks like a computer threw up and all the graphics animated gifs and sound bites came together in the floor and they posted that on the internet. there are probably 5 percent of the pages that are well organized and readable but the rest are as i described. plus i like talking to people but i would rather do that live than on the phone or on the internet. i have friends on there and i just never saw the point.

[bigtomrodney]

I have to agree with Fingal there. Who cares? It's a fad though. There are two kinds of people people that will have profiles in my mind. Those who are caught up in trying to have what everyone else has, tapping each other on the shoulder in cyberspace despite already knowing each other in real life. The other type are people who think this is actually an acceptable way to meet people, which I can't really agree is safe. It's too easy to be something you're not.

the again on the other hand. bait like MySpace keeps people of sites like linuxforums. Hell there's a social side here, but it comes out of a shared interest not out of some desire for acceptance. At least for my part...

[smp-freak]

Combine the Power of Bulletin Board Services like what we have here, then, put in a Content management system, then for each member, put in a place for their own website that would be there Signature.

just a quick Idea.

Any Thoughts?

besides the server is going to need an upgrade?



yeah... A little off topic.

[cousinlucky]

So johnny and jane sit in their rooms ( and because no one at home " understands " them ) where they type away on their computers to their peers.
What does this reveal about the condition of Humanity??

[techieMoe]

I've use Myspace.com, OKCupid.com, Xanga.com, Facebook.com, and various online dating sites. Those that are specifically for dating (such as Match.com) are more useful and tend to attract more mature people. Those that are "friends" sites tend to attract pubescent children who whine about how stupid and unfair their parents are and write teen angst poems while listening to The Ramones. But hey, that's just my take on it.

[stubbe]

I use friendster and myspace. But I only often use friendster to keep contact on my old pals. I barely touched myspace anymore today. Some people really put an intensive use of these kind of services, they like having 500+ friends, exceeding the maximum connection limit the account provides.

And when I ask them do you really know them all? Nope. Some even put their account id at their pictures and letting everyone adds him/her. But some with 200+ friends really put a good use of these services, they really do contact in real life and stuffs.

anyway my friendster page is http://www.friendster.com/fidelis

let's connect anyone?

[d38dm8nw81k1ng]

my friend said it best: "myspace is poor and anyone using it needs to sort their lives out"