Myspace, Facebook, Bebo

[Bakiryu]

Mostly, when I talk to people about myspace they either love it with obbsesion or hate it with a passion. Whats YOUR opinion on myspace?

[kathycf]

Well, I belong to it. I don't have any strong opinions about it one way or another to be truthful. Some friends I made online are there and wanted me to join so I did..and I think I have 5 or 6 friends, not quite sure. It is ok, I guess.

I think the friends bit is the odd thing to me about it. Some people seem to think they are somehow popular if they have 1500 "friends" on a website when in reality they never chat with any of them, don't know anything about them and don't care to find out about them. Heh, kinda silly in my opinion.

[cuppajoe_9]

A few good bands floating around on it. Not good for very much else.

[whatsername]

It's alright, but I prefer Facebook.

[Koa]

I'm trying to steer clear from both of them... here Facebook is so popular that it's insane. I just don't feel the need for that, I have forums for online friends (but here everybody uses it to link with real freinds which is a bit stupid, I've even almost missed an invitation because I'm not on Facebook...) and I don't feel the need for a page to put my crap on because I have nothing to tell the world that I'm not telling in other ways, and I want to make myself public in that way.

[Bakiryu]

I have myspace since i was discriminated against for three years for not having it. I have to admit is boring and uningteresting. I prefer hanging around in deviantART or posting stuff in xanga.

[RobinHood3000]

The triumph of quantity over quality. MySpace's primary merit is the fact that it is so widespread. Reliability is low, prevalence of spam is high, and the ease with which stalkers can utilize it is genuinely frightening. The name itself is testament to the self-obsession of the latest generation. Personally, I prefer Xanga.

Yet I have a MySpace. Go figure.

[Nightshade]

My opion on myspace since Ive never been on it Im pretty ignorant, I know one of my profs and our resrach depatrment are doing a study on it somthing to do wih the emergance of the participation age, techno detriminism and peoples increased seperation from RL and dependance on netlife

[Bakiryu]

huh? (Too busy staring at <3 DR.WHO pic)

[toni]

I recently signed up for that. Actually, just yesterday, lol. Because I saw that my fave young columnist signed up for that and I wanted to be his friend.:lol: quite silly, I know. We have a more popular network like that here in my country, friendster.com. I didn't use my real name, though. I used a fake surname. I have heard it is quite dangerous to display your real name. Anyway, here is the URL.

http://www.myspace.com/analienindisguise

or this one. I'm not certain .

http://www1.myspace.com/reloc.cfm?c=2&id=7454C975-E8A7-42D5-81CA-A8999449309D

[hyperinsomnia]

I regret having myspace. Most people's pages are painful to view, and the begging for picture comments! *rips hair out*

[Pensive]

Not my cup of tea. But that doesn't mean I hate it. I just don't like being on it myself.

[Madhuri]

Not my cup of tea. But that doesn't mean I hate it. I just don't like being on it myself.

Me too :nod: Well, there is one called Orkut, which is very popular here, but it has been banned at my workplace, people were using it excessively. I never got a good feeling from that site, so I never joined.

[Nightshade]

Well a mumber of societies at uni use Facebook as a means of keeping intouch, I actually use it to talk to my flat mate.... (so sad but the best way of being sure I get her attention)

[optimisticnad]

my feelings are mixed: i hate all stuff like myspace and facebook. waste of time. and yet....im on them. but only cos of my silly friends.
one good thing has come out of it: i can stalk my most present crush. Mmmm....

[Nightshade]

opti dont go around admitting things like that please! Are you sure he is not a car nose picker??

[dramasnot6]

I have one, but I don't like going on it much. I find the constant friend requests, that horrid myspace bulletin, the ubiquitous spam and the attention-seeking ambience of most of the pages annoying. But I do love it for all the great organizations who have a page on there(i keep up to date with a lot of my favorites by reading their myspace) and the good bands that are around as well.

[Pensive]

one good thing has come out of it: i can stalk my most present crush. Mmmm....

:lol:

Oh my goodness, that's quite a crafty use of it! :p

[Adudaewen]

Hmmm, I agree with a lot of the people on here, I have very mixed feelings about both Myspace and Facebook. They do come in very handy for keeping in touch with my friends, and I have caught up with a lot of people that I went to school with, and have been able to keep in closer touch with my cousins who are spread all over the US. That has been really fun, but as for the rest of the people, they are all full of crap. It's really an exhibitionists dream, and I guess as long as they stay safe its okay. Too many stupid kids though that are just setting themselves up for being violated by pedophiles. I have to say though that I love the videos and music and its been really fun sharing them with all of my friends that I would other wise be totally disconnected with. It is a little worrisome that so many people seem to be unable to live in RL with out the aid of technology like these pages. But each to their own I guess. So far, I've had nothing but good experiences, albeit I am getting a little annoyed with people constantly trying to add me as their friend with out as much as talking to me. I will not be just a number, darn it!!!

[kilted exile]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/6553763.stm

[kathycf]

I hadn't logged in to my myspace account for quite some time. So, I did, woohoo. Two friend requests from complete strangers, and three "get your giftcard here" spam messages. How fun....:rolleyes:

[Bakiryu]

I keep getting a bunch of friend requests from people in california and i live in cape coral!

[Domer121]

I had a myspace, I thought it was unsecure.. I have a facebook and I am very much impressed with how much more secure it is.. I like the fact that you can keep in touch with friends that you would not call and it is a great way to network.. I just think with all things internet, you can never be too safe.. you really don't know who you are dealing with.

[negoeyore]

I don't really care for myspace...it may be fun for a while, but it's not too safe. But I won't go as far as to say I hate it with a passion. What do you think?

[cows]

The only "myspace" account I ever had was to promote a band I played in. The music end of the system is good, but I cannot stand the rest of it. It takes a certain amount of stupidity and naive arrogance to think that a personal website is worth while.

Several of my friends have had theirspaces, but most abandon it after a few months... realizing that it lives up to a nickname I heard once: "Perverts and stalkers . com". If you’re older than 16 and have a yourspace, I'd say you have a higher chance of winning the lottery than getting laid anyway.

Well, to sum up my opinion, if i meet someone who suggests that I friend them on theirspace, that’s the end of it.

Keep your dignity, kill myspace.

[Domer121]

Hi...I am an avid user of facebook and I was thinking about maybe starting a facebook group for the forum on facebook... I just need to know if anyone on the forum is actually on facebook....
And if you are not a facebook user and want to know what a facebook group is, it is just a group where people on facebook can join and share interests... Its mostly for fun though...:idea:

[xaqxit]

I'm on facebook, so I wouldn't necessarily frown upon the idea.

[RobinHood3000]

I would worry too much about people knowing who I am to join, I'm afraid.

[Domer121]

Ah.....Sorry, don't seem to be so nosey.... Am very curious....:)

[Mortis Anarchy]

I'm on facebook! I love it.

[the silent x]

what is facebook?

[Mortis Anarchy]

Facebook is sort of like an online 'community'. You invite people to be your friends and can send each other messages and post pictures and let people in on your life. You don't have to approve of everyone. I only let people that I know or get to know on mine. I think it was designed to keep friends in touch when they go to schools and stuff.

[Stanislaw]

I'm on facebook

[the silent x]

sounds like an unheard of myspace
what's the site for it?

[Stanislaw]

sounds like an unheard of myspace
what's the site for it?

www.facebook.com

:D

[Lily Adams]

I'm not on Facebook. I never really looked at it because I'm on LiveJournal.

By the way, what about the same thing for LiveJournal? :D Maybe this is the wrong place to ask. Should I start my own thread on this? Sorry.

[Stanislaw]

I would worry too much about people knowing who I am to join, I'm afraid.

You could make a generic facebook account through a false ident email address...

[Lily Adams]

I have one. (myspace.com/_thisisnotamyspacepage_ If you want to add me, message me and tell me who you are, please.)

I just recently got mine a couple weeks ago, and I'm not addicted with it; nor do I hate it...


I regret having myspace. Most people's pages are painful to view, and the begging for picture comments! *rips hair out*

:lol: I know what you mean! I hate how people post pictures that they think are "sexy", and they're like, 12! :sick:

[Mortis Anarchy]

I have both...myspace and facebook...I use them both because I have friends that are totally different Uni's now and its hard talking on the phone and emails are annoying to deal with constantly...I'm hardly ever on, especially facebook cause they email you if you have a message. Not gonna rag on it...the idea is great if you think about it...

[Mortis Anarchy]

I have one. (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=205536921 If you want to add me, message me and tell me who you are, please.)

I just recently got mine a couple weeks ago, and I'm not addicted with it; nor do I hate it...



:lol: I know what you mean! I hate how people post pictures that they think are "sexy", and they're like, 12! :sick:

Totally agree...ughh...my brothers little friends...gross..."I'm 11 aren't I so sexy!":sick: :p

[Nossa]

I have my myspace account for quite some time now, and it's pretty good to be honest. I basically have it to keep in touch with those I don't normally find online, or the ones I can't get hold of in real life, and those who travelled from Egypt. It's doing a pretty good job.
But now I made a new accound on Facebook, and to my amazement, I found most of my old calssmates on it..something which I didn't really find on myspace.
So bottom line, myspace is good, as long as you're not hooked up.

[kratsayra]

I'm not the biggest music person, but I'm sure everyone who's saying myspace is good for music is probably right.

The thing that bothers me the most about myspace (and the reason that I don't really use it) is the layout. I just cannot get used to it . . . everything looks like it's in the wrong place and unimportant things seem to take up a lot of space. I just can't get into it.

My undergraduate university was one of the first to have facebook - about 4 or 5 years ago. So I have had my account since then. But none of my closest friends really use it that much. I do still enjoy wasting time on it. And it's good for getting in touch with long-lost elementary school classmates and the like. :) I just signed on yesterday and realized there are all of these new "applications" so I was able to put a map of the world up with all the places I've visited. Fun!

[kiobe]

I'm trying to steer clear from both of them... here Facebook is so popular that it's insane. I just don't feel the need for that, I have forums for online friends (but here everybody uses it to link with real freinds which is a bit stupid, I've even almost missed an invitation because I'm not on Facebook...) and I don't feel the need for a page to put my crap on because I have nothing to tell the world that I'm not telling in other ways, and I want to make myself public in that way.

Halaluya!!

[Turk]

I think that kind of things are silly. I mean, why would i need something like that? They have to pay me to make me a member of such a website.

[Dori]

I agree with Turk here. Everyone I know (my age) is obsessed with it. I hate it.

[Mortis Anarchy]

I have my myspace account for quite some time now, and it's pretty good to be honest. I basically have it to keep in touch with those I don't normally find online, or the ones I can't get hold of in real life, and those who travelled from Egypt. It's doing a pretty good job.
But now I made a new accound on Facebook, and to my amazement, I found most of my old calssmates on it..something which I didn't really find on myspace.
So bottom line, myspace is good, as long as you're not hooked up.

Exactly...Once you spend every second on it then I think its pretty bad...or when you are constantly taking pictures of yourself...wheew!

[the silent x]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=184488444

[RobinHood3000]

Honestly, I'm surprised that people put up with MySpace as much as they do. It's very poorly made, with frequent downtime, high overhead, constant ads and spam, and inefficient layout.

[Bakiryu]

I've been locked out of myspace for months: I can't get in with this computer but you can add me if you want at: www.myspace.com/rainofsouls . I go thorught my cousins computer, just message and tell me who you are in the litnet :)

[Mortis Anarchy]

Honestly, I'm surprised that people put up with MySpace as much as they do. It's very poorly made, with frequent downtime, high overhead, constant ads and spam, and inefficient layout.

I don't like the ads and spam...I like Facebook a lot more than I do myspace...

heres mine for anyone to add just let me know who you are: www.myspace.com/anarquia18

[closed.......]

http://www.myspace.com/meontheviolin
for anyone who's interested.

thanks
-Ali

[AnimeLover121]

It sucks i hate it!! i got in so much trouble bc of it!

[Bakiryu]

It sucks i hate it!! i got in so much trouble bc of it!

What happened?

Btw (I just sent you a PM! :D )

[toni]

http://www.myspace.com/analienindisguise

[Bakiryu]

I'm gonna add all you guys as soon as I can find a computer that allows me to get into my myspace. This one gets into EVERY SITE but that!~ :flare:

[toni]

I'm gonna add all you guys as soon as I can find a computer that allows me to get into my myspace. This one gets into EVERY SITE but that!~ :flare:

yay baki i can't wait! the last name is Zhang its not my real last name so its pretty safe ;)

[Poppy]

I don't care for myspace and it is easy to hack. Also there are so many vulnerable young people allowed to have the pages that it actually is dangerous. There have been several incidents of pedophiles using myspace to prey on children. I have also read where in some incidents the company that owns the service have not cooperated in investigations of these crimes.

Course I have always thought the PC was the anti Christ, so what do I know.

At the same time I have a diversion to text messaging. Yes. Why is there such a thing. Isn't it easier, quicker and cost less to just call em?

Just my old beat up humble opinion.

~Poppy

[motherhubbard]

well pop- I agree

[Bakiryu]

Yeah, it's kinda creepy how that can so easily happen. I also heard about some guy who got kicked out of a Christian college because he revealed that he was gay on his myspace page! *gasps!*

[Nightshade]

Huh its also practically impossible to get off it once your one, someone made my sister a page and it took something like 4 weeks of confirming to get them to even to agree to concider deleting her page.

[jon1jt]

myspace is over-rated, and mostly for little boys and girls to showcase their wares. :)

[Poppy]

myspace is over-rated, and mostly for little boys and girls to showcase their wares. :)

Yep!!! :thumbs_up

[Bakiryu]

myspace is over-rated, and mostly for little boys and girls to showcase their wares. :)

Yes, that's why half it's users are over 35 :p

[Lezlie]

i have a myspace and i like it. Its a great way to keep in touch with family and friends that have moved away. It is fun reading other people's blogs and also to find out about local music shows going on! im a nerd and i enjoy myspace!

[Gadget Girl]

These past few days, I became a little addicted to MySpace. :D The site is so cool and very easy to use and I enjoy it a lot.

[SleepyWitch]

hey, I hate myspace. it's so user-unfriendly. but I got one so I can post comments on the page of my fave litte-known band. my profile is
www.myspace.com/sleepywitch
feel free to add me :)

[Bakiryu]

hey, I hate myspace. it's so user-unfriendly. but I got one so I can post comments on the page of my fave litte-known band. my profile is
www.myspace.com/sleepywitch
feel free to add me :)

I will as soon as I can fix my pc. It doesn't let me log in!

[blackbird_9]

I've got a myspace. It's an easy way to keep track of a lot of people I know. That's about it. I tried facebook, but it's all weird. I don't like it.
Add me on myspace if you like. Let me know you're from here though because I don't friend random requests. :) myspace.com/sexysadienumber9

On a random note, I think it's time to rid myself of all these Beatles themes screen names. It's annoying me. :P

[thelastmelon]

Don't use it much, since I don't talk to a lot of people there.
But my page is: http://myspace.com/theklonk

Add me if you want to, even though I don't know any of you.
I haven't been around here enough to know anyone, but still. :)

[RoCKiTcZa]

I have no myspace account. Friendster is more popular where I am. It's actually very similar to myspace. I'm a member, and I've got quite a number of friends. I like litnet better, though. I find it more 'decent.'

[LadyW]

Do you have a Myspace, Facebook, Bebo account?
List your web address' here ;)

[1n50mn14]

Facebook (http://hs.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1646730036)
Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/preciousdumpling)
DeviantArt (http://freespiritphotograph.deviantart.com/)

Add me, I'm friendly and like a good chat. =]

[Bakiryu]

I don't have myspace but my deviantart is www.bakiryu.devianart.com (duh!) same for my xanga.

[LadyW]

Visit my Bebo (http://bebo.com/Superchuck93) if you are cool ;)

[1n50mn14]

^^I like using Facebook for knowing when raves are coming up, and parties and whathaveyou. Things that aren't somebody phoning you and saying "Yeah, there's this rave tomorrow, wanna go?" because when you go, you're mostly communicating with new, strange people.

I like Myspace for blogging. I blog wherever I can, though, haha, Livejournal, Myspace, Facebook, toadfire, Xanga, Toadfire, here...

[Niamh]

OMG LadyW. Are you only 14? i thought you were much older...

[LadyW]

OMG LadyW. Are you only 14? i thought you were much older...
No, that profile was created a while back, I'm actually 15. I should change it really huh? :D

Here's my...
Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/superduper__93)
&
Bebo (www.bebo.com/Superchuck93)

Recently updated may I add ;)

[Niamh]

I thought you were about 19. esp because you have student in your avy line.

[LadyW]

I thought you were about 19. esp because you have student in your avy line.
Well, I suppose I can still be classed as a student :)

[Dori]

Here's mine:

MySpace (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=189706144)

[islandclimber]

here is my deviantart..

deviantart (http://sadinkdarktears.deviantart.com/)

Just created it today actually...

[ntropyincarnate]

Here is my myspace: myspace.com/meggers321 (http://www.myspace.com/meggers321)

[Shalot]

Okay, well I am on Myspace. I am not really sure what prompted me to go on there. I did make contact with 2 (possibly 3) girls I hung out with in college. Two of them were happily responsive and the other one hasn't gotten back to me yet. I don't really expect that we will meet up in real life etc. It was more like, here I am, I am online and there you are -hi. I don't expect it will go further than that. But, when is it appropriate to contact people from your past, and how do you keep from weirding them out? I mean there are lots of people I would like to add as a friend and say hi to, but I don't necessarily want to hook up, and I hope they don't think that's what my intentions are

I guess for me, it's just another online form of entertainment. But when you go contacting people from your past, well, it can get kind of weird.
I don't know. I am just rambling.

I got on there and starting typing in the names of all the people I could think of, and when I find them, I am not sure if I should say "Hi," etc. Would they be creeped out?

Also, I've gotten friend invites from people who want to promote their albums and stuff. I hate that. I added one as a friend because I didn't realize that it was spam. I thought it was just some lonely person who wanted attention. Now I want her off.

Also I have noticed that some people have this smiley face thing on their pages saying what kind of mood they're in. I can't figure out how to add that to my page. Does anyone know what I am talking about and if so could you explain how I add it?

[Idril]

I think most people are happy to hear from people from their past even if it might seem a little odd at first. I have a facebook profile and some chick who was a year behind me in high school and who I don't think I ever had a coversation with added me and I was a bit perplexed by it at first but you know, we ended up having a nice conversation anyway. It was odd but nice. And if they don't want to reconnect, they won't accept the invite and since it's all done online, there's no face to face rejection to deal with, no one has to know about your rejection but you and the other person. ;)

[aabbcc]

I haven't got Myspace, Facebook, Bebo, Livejournal, anything of the kind. Nor I have desire to have one. ;) As a substitute, I have life. :D

[sprinks]

I still refuse to give in to the MySpace and Facebook phenomenon. I had one other school friend who was the same, but now shes given in! I'm standing my ground. It's just stupid. Or rather to be fairer, in the general population of teenagers that I know or have heard about, MySpace etc. is only a competition to see who can get more friends, a good place for stalkers to pick victims (especially when the person posts very specific personal information and photos) and it just causes fights. And I barely have time to keep up with LitNet let alone something like MySpace where people panic and assume things if you don't update everything every few seconds.

I shan't give in! No one will ever convince me to get a MySpace or the like. Ever.

I could go on about this for ages. :lol:

I guess I'm just in the minority of teenagers who prefer to have a life that doesn't involve a MySpace addiction. And I'm proud of that because it's actually quite hard to stand up to the pressure. You know, that's really sad that people are PRESSURING others to get a MySpace.

Oh, and one other thing, there was a thing with Bebo and our school a few years back, where students listed under our school and gave the school a really bad name, what with pictures of underage drinking and constant vulgarities and all. And then it happened again last year with MySpace... Although our school took on the Bebo thing, they had no power against the MySpace users. I'd have loved to have seen the school try to take on MySpace and students with MySpace addictions!

[aeroport]

(with regard to the above)
I can understand your point, sprinks; I thought it was kind of silly, in high school, that everyone was so preoccupied with myspace and xanga (but then, I didn't really talk to anyone in hs). But things will change when you and/or your friends ship off to different parts of the world for college. People think they will stay in touch, but it's difficult. facebook helps to facilitate this.

[sprinks]

You've got a good point there Jamesian. I guess I was thinking about things like the fact that I know 2 sisters who have MASSIVE arguments, on MySpace, for the world to see... When they are sitting merely metres apart at home!

But thanks for pointing that out, it's one of the things I guess you don't really think about when you don't have to! :)
But even still, I have a feeling that I'll stick to good old phones, email and MSN ;) :lol:

Okay, after some thought, I'm changing my opinion from "MySpace is stupid" to "It is stupid how teenagers and others use MySpace unwisely e.g. to cause fights and post every detail about who they are and where they live etc. It could be a very useful tool if people used it wisely and didn't develop 'addictions'" :lol:

[aeroport]

I guess I was thinking about things like the fact that I know 2 sisters who have MASSIVE arguments, on MySpace, for the world to see... When they are sitting merely metres apart at home!

That does sound rather ridiculous. There were actually several instances of people being hurt by others through the evils of myspace back at my school (2-3 years ago). It made one rather sick, truth to tell. Indeed, one of my very close friends was thoroughly abused by this insidious young woman, completely unbeknownst to him (to this day he is not a user). But then, tasteless gossip has always existed in one form or another, and presumably will continue to do so...


OMG LadyW. Are you only 14? i thought you were much older...
*equally surprised*
You do look older, LadyW; I had assumed 20-22-ish.

[*Classic*Charm*]

I have facebook, and I won't lie, I check it regularly. It's nice to see what some of my friends have been up to if I haven't seen them in a while and I'm too busy to call or email them.

I do hate when things like this get used for bashing and malicious attacks on others. I've seen some really mean and immature things be said right where anyone could see.

[sprinks]

I'm still standing my ground. I just had camp and after each photo all my friends automatically go "You have to put that on MySpace. You have MySpace right?" and then they look at me in complete and utter shock when I inform them that in fact I do NOT have one. And never will. So instead I'll give them to one of my friends and she'll put them on hers. And she'll get everyone elses off there for me.

I was almost a little close to getting one because they refused to just let me EMAIL them to them, apart from one friend. And another said for me just to stick them on a USB. But the others refused and insisted I get MySpace. But I shan't :p

[dramasnot6]

I am rather dependant on facebook to a) keep in touch with many friends across the world, b) Network (very important in much of the activist work I do), c) Keep up-to-date with everything social/extra-curricular going on in my university(the "network" application with my fellow students is extremely useful for this), d) Contact people in activist groups I am part of who check their facebook more than their email.
If I didn't use facebook, all this would be a lot more difficult. Facebook helps me do everything an email account is used for, but on a much larger scale with more organisation (I can diffrentiate between private messages, publicised messages on my wall, events I need to attend,etc.).
I don't really see what's wrong with it. I know myspace has a record of not being secure,etc., but thus far facebook has not had any cases of that. Besides, internet abduction is highly overrated, the vast majority of unconsented underage sex occurs in the domestic sphere.

[Dori]

Newly revamped profile: Myspace (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=189706144). Check it out. ;)


Please?

[Equality72521]

I have a facebook.
My parents got mad at me with my myspace....realllly long story, but I deleted it to make them happy, honestly, it wasn't much of a loss. I can live without myspace.
I like facebook. Much better than Myspace anyways. I very much would recommend that over Myspace.

[sprinks]

You know whats funny? My mum even got a Facebook before me! :lol:!! I still refuse to get one, or a MySpace or anything. I'm still standing my ground.

[andave_ya]

No Myspace for me but I do have a Facebook. In fact I just got it - anyone interested in "facebooking" with me?? :D

[lauristhebest]

I used to log on to MySpace religiously, but now I have discovered that which is FaceBook; nothing else compares. Bebo shouldn't even get a mention it's that tacky.

[EricP]

Here's my MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/ejpelkey

[farnoosh]

actully myspace is closed in my country

[Bakiryu]

actully myspace is closed in my country

really? why?


Newly revamped profile: Myspace (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=189706144). Check it out. ;)


Please?

Ooooh, I love the Ansel Adams pic, but your profile is kinda, pale :alien:

[Dori]

Ooooh, I love the Ansel Adams pic, but your profile is kinda, pale :alien:

That was my intention. :D It's different from all of the annoying, glittery, sparkling, colorful profiles that take about an hour to load. :p


I should be getting a digital camera soon (I nice one too!). The pictures I have of myself on there are dated. My hair is short now, and it has been for nearly 7 months! :D

I just recently deleted all of my comments, which is why I only have 2. My friends don't comment my page anyway. :p

Feel free to add me. :thumbs_up

[Bakiryu]

That was my intention. :D It's different from all of the annoying, glittery, sparkling, colorful profiles that take about an hour to load. :p


I should be getting a digital camera soon (I nice one too!). The pictures I have of myself on there are dated. My hair is short now, and it has been for nearly 7 months! :D

I just recently deleted all of my comments, which is why I only have 2. My friends don't comment my page anyway. :p

Feel free to add me. :thumbs_up

Done.

I was going to but then I thought it'd be kinda creepy seeing as I don't really know you.

Yeah, mine don't either, they prefer to annoy my inbox instead ::rolleyes:

but be warned, mine is one of those really bright profiles too. I can't resist color :blush: so it'd probably blind you! :lol:

[Dori]

:eek: Too many colors! :p Just kidding.

At least you don't have any sparkling glitter junk. :D

[Dori]

I still refuse to give in to the MySpace and Facebook phenomenon. I had one other school friend who was the same, but now shes given in! I'm standing my ground. It's just stupid. Or rather to be fairer, in the general population of teenagers that I know or have heard about, MySpace etc. is only a competition to see who can get more friends, a good place for stalkers to pick victims (especially when the person posts very specific personal information and photos) and it just causes fights. And I barely have time to keep up with LitNet let alone something like MySpace where people panic and assume things if you don't update everything every few seconds.

I shan't give in! No one will ever convince me to get a MySpace or the like. Ever.

I could go on about this for ages. :lol:

I guess I'm just in the minority of teenagers who prefer to have a life that doesn't involve a MySpace addiction. And I'm proud of that because it's actually quite hard to stand up to the pressure. You know, that's really sad that people are PRESSURING others to get a MySpace.

Oh, and one other thing, there was a thing with Bebo and our school a few years back, where students listed under our school and gave the school a really bad name, what with pictures of underage drinking and constant vulgarities and all. And then it happened again last year with MySpace... Although our school took on the Bebo thing, they had no power against the MySpace users. I'd have loved to have seen the school try to take on MySpace and students with MySpace addictions!

Myspace is not stupid. It is a means of social networking. It's especially useful for keeping in contact with people you don't see often (or perhaps keeping track of who you meet).

[grand012]

Ok so after reading the Myspace thread I jumped on the bandwagon and became totally obsessed with it - now that the Myspace obsession has died down, I've become hooked on Facebook!! I love it! I think it's so much better then Myspace and Hi5 and all those other 10 million sites that exist . . . At first I wasn't too keen but my friend made my profile for me . . . I was told "it's at a 'university' level and doesn't have any bogans or teeny boppers" I guess what she meant was that it's a bit more "mature" then the other sites . . . Ok it's hard to explain! But i'm totally hooked on it now and it's really not helping with all this uni work that I have to get done!!
Does anyone else use Facebook??
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[Dori]

I use facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1365633828

[toni]

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=100000080&id=1365633828#/s.php?ref=search&init=q&q=toni%20urrutia

:D

[manolia]

yep guilty of using facebook :D
Mostly for games and chating with some of my friends who live far away ;) it's cheaper than phone calls ;)

[aBIGsheep]

waddup
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1548060379

[Dori]

Yo, litnetters on facebook! Join this group: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=4551&post=27093&uid=27090085693#/group.php?gid=27090085693.

[vheissu]

yep guilty of using facebook :D
Mostly for games and chating with some of my friends who live far away ;) it's cheaper than phone calls ;)

me too!! it's a perfectly addicting procastination tool!

Why did they invent it?!

[Shalot]

It's so weird who ends up on myspace with you isn't it? There are people from your present, and then there are the people from your past, and in my case, the people from my past are not the ones I ever expected to hear from again. The people I thought I'd talk to forever are nowhere to be found. Or maybe they're just not on myspace yet. And then there are some people that you're either not meant to interact with, or that you will possibly interact with in the future. And then there are those people on myspace that you wouldn't know what to say to. I must say, I am quite tired of bulletins. And there is this guy - he posts too many bulletins. I wish he would stop. I made the mistake of adding him as a friend. Why did I do that?

[AdoreroDio]

Okay, so I used to swear by anything I would never get on Myspace, to addicting, to ridicules. But then on fathers day I went to see my father and he showed me his new myspace! anyone who knows my father knows this is not only amazing it also was an impossibility. So when I saw it I had to get one just to say my dad is my friend on myspace.....of course months later he still has not been on and replied to my friend's request. *sigh* Anyways, what makes me mad about myspace is you get pressured to get one and once you do if you aren't on every other hour than people get mad at you, if there are new photos and you don't comment on them then they get mad at you. Also the longer you are on the higher you are on people's top ten, like it doesn't matter how good of a friend you are as soon as you stop commenting on photos you are knocked down to about #53. Whatever, it's ridicules and yet I have one.

www.myspace.com/adorerodio

[sprinks]

Ha, I knew there was a reason I was staying away from all that stuff. The federal police are involved with our school now due to cyber bullying. Some kids made up a MySpace for another student and made up all these false and horrible things about him. Over here we have serious cyber bullying laws, and those kids are in for it. Badly.

[Shalot]

Ha, I knew there was a reason I was staying away from all that stuff. The federal police are involved with our school now due to cyber bullying. Some kids made up a MySpace for another student and made up all these false and horrible things about him. Over here we have serious cyber bullying laws, and those kids are in for it. Badly.

Those sound like the worst kids. They're not only cruel, they're dumb.

[Idril]

I'm addicted to facebook because of the fluffs. :D :blush:

[papayahed]

I'm addicted to facebook because of the fluffs. :D :blush:

Seriously. I'm slightly obsessed with my lil' green patch.:blush:

[Idril]

Seriously. I'm slightly obsessed with my lil' green patch.:blush:

Oh yeah, I spend a lot of time on that one as well. :blush: :lol:

[Niamh]

I love my little green Patch!:p

[papayahed]

Oh yeah, I spend a lot of time on that one as well. :blush: :lol:


I love my little green Patch!:p

erm, I love receiving plants.........:lol:

[Shalot]

If you block a user on myspace, what happens? are they notified that you have blocked them? Or do you just sort of disapear from their friends list?

I think I have been blocked. It was this guy I knew from high school. he sent me the friend request, but now he's not in my friend's list anymore so I guess he felt the need to block me for some reason. Which is fine.

But there is this other guy that I added and he clutters my page with these horrendous bulletins. They're boring pleas for people to check out his blog. I have gone to his blog and it's boring. Sometimes, it's two sentences and it's like WTF? You posted a bulletin to get people to come see this? You should be ashamed.

[Niamh]

That happened to me on facebook. One minute they were my friend, the next, they werent. I have no idea why. Being the paranoid person i am, of course i started to automaticly think i've done something to annoy them, even though i know i havent.
I dont have a myspace page so i wouldnt know what to do. I'm kind of backing off from my bebo page. My ex somehow has me down as a friend and i dont know how. I dont what to hurt his feelings by blocking him, so i'm just vacating altogether.

[vheissu]

[QUOTE=Niamh;602653]That happened to me on facebook. One minute they were my friend, the next, they werent. I have no idea why. Being the paranoid person i am, of course i started to automaticly think i've done something to annoy them, even though i know i havent.[QUOTE]


Same thing happened to me...weird really, I hadn't heard from that person in simply ages! But, it could be that the person's profile doesn't show up on your 'friends list' because they've blocked it from being viewed by anyone, not just you...

[aeroport]

If you block a user on myspace, what happens? are they notified that you have blocked them? Or do you just sort of disapear from their friends list?


I think it's the latter.

[kilted exile]

Over the last couple of days I have finally got my facebook set up so I dont get left out of the loop again.

Names the same as here. If anyone tries to add me include your forum name in the message, cos if I dont recognise the name it gets deleted

[manolia]

Same thing happened to me...weird really, I hadn't heard from that person in simply ages! But, it could be that the person's profile doesn't show up on your 'friends list' because they've blocked it from being viewed by anyone, not just you...

Or it could be that the said person closed their account without sending notification to friends (?)

[vheissu]

Or it could be that the said person closed their account without sending notification to friends (?)

That actually makes more sense! :p

[purelife]

i prefer facebook over myspace, only b/c i dont have to decorate fb. its pretty much all the same except for those (mostly) annoying apps.

[Teagon]

it's a bad idea to post your phone number on myspace, especially if there are a lot of people on your page that you don't know personally. In my opinion. I would be scared to do it and I was kind of freaked out when someone put their phone number on my myspace because I didn't really KNOW the person - it was just sort of an online acquaintance and I thought it was a big risk for that person to take.

[papayahed]

1) why do I always end up sending something to all my friends when i only mean to send it to 1 person?

2) Where did my friend who got me onto facebook go?

3) I found a few friends from jr. high, I'm scared to contact them, sheould i???

[weltanschauung]

no!1!!!1!!!!

[Silas Thorne]

Facebook...
getting messages telling me what people I don't know (friends of friends) say about people I do know (friends) can be a bit annoying, as can be the
'(Name) is -ing (something)' for you to put what you are doing at this moment on the wall eg.

'Silas is trying to destroy his wall with an axe'

[Shalot]

1) why do I always end up sending something to all my friends when i only mean to send it to 1 person?

2) Where did my friend who got me onto facebook go?

3) I found a few friends from jr. high, I'm scared to contact them, sheould i???

the answer to #1 might have something to do with how some of those facebook apps are stupid. I was trying to comment on a video that I got from Niamh in a notification. Somehow, I ended up posting a picture of myself on her page. I may have posted it on everyone else's page too - I don't know. It could have had something to do with all those beers I had beforehand and during the course of my facebooking...or it could be that some of those facebook apps are pure evil...why would there be an option to post a picture from one of your albums when all you're trying to do is post a comment about something else. It's just bad design. Or maybe I inadvertantly clicked on something else....

whatever the case I sure felt retarded.