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Networking Opportunities Abound on MySpace.com

Author — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:42:26 +0000

Networking is certainly not a new concept. People all over the world have networked for years to get ahead in business, meet new people and make new friends. What is fairly new is the idea of networking online. Social networking via the Internet has literally exploded since the birth of the Internet. What could be easier than logging on the Internet, visiting a few sites and meeting new people all over the world?

MySpace.com is a site that is specifically geared towards social networking on the Internet. If you sign up for a free MySpace account, it won’t be long until you start noticing that people from all over are seeing your profile and wanting to be your friend. This is a haven for people to meet while on the Internet and in the privacy of your own home. MySpace is mostly geared and used by teenagers and college students. In fact, in the United States, the MySpace website is the third most popular website on the Internet. It is gaining popularity in non-English speaking countries, too. It won’t be long before anyone can sign up for a MySpace account and start networking all over the world.

Why is MySpace such a popular place for networking? It is true that over 180,000 people sign up for a MySpace account on a daily basis. It could be the fact that accounts are free. It could also be the fact that MySpace accounts are easy to use. But the truth of the matter is that MySpace is probably such a phenomenon because it puts people in touch with each other. It networks people, who are very unlikely to every meet in the “real world” together. It helps people meet others like them and helps strangers find a common thread that pulls them together. It used to be that keeping and maintaining friendship took work and a lot of long distance calls and stamps. Now with the Internet and MySpace accounts, this is made easier than ever.

Here is a brief look at how this online social networking site works. First, you log on to MySpace.com and choose to sign up for a free account. When you sign up with an account, you create your unique profile. This is the same as a webpage. You choose what you want to go on it and what you want others to see. It can be very simple or it can be very elaborate with photos, music and video.

After you have completed your MySpace Profile, you start inviting your friends and family to join. They will need a MySpace profile in order to post on your site, but chances are your friends probably already have an account. You can also use the search option on MySpace to located friends that might already have MySpace profiles. After you do this, these people will then be added to your “Friend Space”. They are now in your network! Once you have done that, you can visit other profile and pages of people you may not know, but have a common interest with. You invite those people to join your site and before long, you have more online networking opportunities than you ever though possible.

MySpace networking is certainly fun and useful. However, any user must remember that there are some drawbacks. You must be careful when you network on MySpace. There are many stories on the news about sexual predators posing as teens on MySpace. This site is very public and you must remember to be extremely careful about the information you give out over the Internet. Most of all, if you every plan to come in contact with anyone you have networked with over the Internet, take safety precautions before doing so.

MySpace Helpful Hints on How to Delete Comments on Someone Else’s Profile

Author — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:38:02 +0000

For many MySpace users, comments are a difficult part of the game. Especially where younger people are concerned (middle school and high school users) commenting can sometimes get way out of hand. Posting comments on MySpace is as easy as pie, and people post comments at every flip of a button. This is good in the sense that MySpace profiles have a very fun and very communicative flavor; the downside is that these comments, once made, become part of the profile space. If you find yourself in a comment war, going back and forth with insults, you might say some things that you regret.

In some instances, MySpace users post comments that they, three weeks later, upon seeing the comment after a long lapse of time, don’t like to think of as their own personal post. Another possibility is that, as soon as you’ve posted the submit button and your comment is flying through cyberspace to every computer in the land, the gravity of the contents of your comment hits you. For some people, the desire to delete a comment comes immediately, whereas for others the desire to delete old comments only comes with 20/20 hindsight. Either way, fortunately, on MySpace, users have the option of deleted comments on their own profiles and they also have the option of deleting comments that they have made on other people’s profiles. This last feature is not possible on all websites that allow commenting; in this way, MySpace is well-designed for its audience.

Of course, you can delete comments that other users have left on your own profile simply by clicking on the ‘delete comment’ button; however, there’s a common myth that it is not possible for users to delete comments that they have made on other user’s profiles. This myth is a dangerous one because all human beings say things that they don’t mean and the opportunity to make it right is a good website feature. Additionally, on the technical side of things, it frequently occurs that a user gets a MySpace error message while posting a comment. In this event, one usually hits the back button and then hits post again, this time receiving a success message. While only one successful post message was received, a closer look at the user’s profile will show that the comment was posted, not once but twice, even though it didn’t appear that way.

If this happens to you, don’t despair! The fix is very simple although not widely known. Rest assured, it involves no html encoding! Simply go to the user’s profile and go to the comments section. You’ll see your comment there, and look for the link that says display all comments. Once you press this button, all of the comments to that user’s profile will pop up on a new screen. You will no longer be on the profile of that friend, but on a page with all of the comments posted for that friend. As long as you are properly logged in to MySpace, you should see an icon for deleting your comment(s). Of course, there is no such icon on the comments left by others; only the person who is logged in can delete their own comments, not the comments left by others. All you have to do is press delete and your duplicate comment or your comment that you regretted will disappear. The helpfulness of this feature is obvious, although it leaves friends powerless to delete hurtful comments about their friends. The only way to delete a comment is to be the maker, or the receiver of the comment.

Music Magic on MySpace

Author — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:32:19 +0000

Now, in addition to people who want to chat online, single people who wish to meet other single people, do-it-at-home matchmakers who want to match their friends up with other friends, families who wish to stay in contact; business people who want to network with other business people, classmates and students looking for potential study partners, and anyone looking for long-lost friends, musicians also have a home on MySpace.com.

Whether you are a musician looking to share your songs or a music lover looking for music or music videos, MySpace has your ticket—and the ticket of millions of people across the globe. With over 100 million members, MySpace has become the fourth most popular English-language website and the third most popular website in the United States, surpassing even Google and ebay. Nearly 250,000 new members join the social networking site every day.

The MySpace Music Page features a number of music links for both musicians and music lovers. You need not be a member of MySpace to view the comedy content. There is a Featured Artist section, which lists the hot artists based on genre. Links to the featured musicians’ personal profile pages allows you to listen to their music and learn about the bands. The MySpace Exclusives section keys users in to upcoming music events, tours, or releases. A Featured Video section links to a new music video and artist profile page. MySpace On Tour highlights upcoming tours, dates, and venues of featured artists. The Pick of the Week, sponsored by Filter Magazine, reviews new releases and offers recommendations for music listeners. MySpace also allows your to search and listen to top bands by searching via music genre.

MySpace has been a critical tool in the progression of many amateur bands. Membership to MySpace is necessary if you are a musician wanted to post your music for others to listen to on your MySpace personal profile. With its wide viewership, MySpace can offer musicians a significant amount of publicity. A number of artists, like the English band Arctic Monkeys and pop artist Lily Allen, owe some of their success to the publicity generated by MySpace.

A number of other musicians, however, have found issue with MySpace’s terms of agreement. Up until June 2006, the fine print within the MySpace’s user agreement states: “You hereby grant to MySpace.com a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicensees) to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit, and distribute such Content on and through the Services”. As this agreement is essentially made between the artist and Rupert Murdoch’s media giant News Corporation, many musicians, including songwriter Billy Bragg, were rightly concerned. Bragg actually pulled his songs from the website in protest. In repsonse to the concern raised by musicians, MySpace changed their user agreement to assure artists that the company does not claim any ownership of the text, files, photos, video, sounds, musical works, or any other materials posted to MySpace. Hopefully, this amendment will reassure artists as to the safety of their material on MySpace so that thousands of users can continue to enjoy it.

If you are a musician looking to share your music with others, connect with other musicians, or be discovered by an audience that could top 100 million people, MySpace Music is the place for you. If you are a music lover looking to discover up and coming artists, find upcoming music events in your neighborhood, or connect with the musicians who make some of your favorite tunes, MySpace music is also the place for you.

Know What’s Going on in your Own MySpace Backyard with the Events Section

Author — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:28:33 +0000

One of the most popular websites in the world could become your new social planner. Known as a social networking website where friends meet, MySpace.com has upwards of 100 million members with roughly 200,000 new members joining daily. Just imagine the social possibilities with all these people! The company, which is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, is owned by the News Corporation (also the owner of the Fox Network).

In addition to being one the top places in cyberspace to chat online, hook up with single people, match your friends up with other friends, stay in contact with your long-distance family members, network with like-minded business people, find potential study partners, or look for long-lost friends, you can also find the coolest hangouts in your MySpace backyard. The Events Section of MySpace provides an arena for MySpace users to post various events throughout the United States. You could even arrange to meet some of your new or long lost friends at these MySpace-advertised events!

You can reach the Events Section of MySpace via the company’s homepage. Simply find the Events link along the top toolbar. A MySpace membership isn’t necessary in order to view the Events calendar. Once there, you will find a listing of the MySpace Featured Events. Today, the featured events include Turkeylicious, a MySpace-sponsored event to be held at the Elysium Lounge in Detroit, Michigan, and an after-Thanksgiving Megaevent, Family Affair 2006, to be held in Los Angeles, California. For each featured event, you can view the related profile page, including the organizer’s email information and event address. There is also a place to leave comments about the event, although this feature doesn’t appear to be taken very seriously based on the comments left for Turkeylicious and Family Affair 2006. You can also view MySpace members who plan on attending the event.

The MySpace Events Section also allows you to search for events based on location or date. You can also hunt for events based on event type—MySpace categorizes events into such groups as Arts and Culture, Band Shows, Clubs and DJs, Models and Fashion, MySpace Parties, Sports and Recreation, and Politics and Activism. A listing of upcoming events also runs on the bottom of the Events Section page.

The MySpace Events Section also features a spot for you to keep track of your events—either those you are attending or those you are hosting. You can maintain a calendar, view your event invites, post an event, and create a new event. Use of these features does require you to become a member of MySpace, however, which is a free service.

It is important for you to be aware of the risks involved when meeting strangers (even those who have become friends) in person who you’ve met virtually. So far, seven men have been arrested in conjunction with a rape and robbery that took place when a woman planned a meeting with the men she had met on the MySpace website. While it may sound like a great idea to plan a meeting at an event advertised on MySpace, be sure to take adequate precautions. If possible, attend all events with another trusted person in a safe location. Many of the events listed advertise drinking, strippers, and an excess of female company. Make sure you are aware of the type of event you are attending.

MySpace is a panacea for virtual socialites, offering options for meeting new friends, chatting with like-minded folks, and finding events to attend. If you want to know what’s going on in your own MySpace backyard, the Events Section on MySpace is the place to be.

Wanna Be My Friend? MySpace Tips on Friend Requests

Author — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:58:34 +0000

MySpace has many great features, but what it all comes down to are your friends. This is important not only in the sense of simply having the friends, but it is from your friends that absolutely everything on your MySpace page comes. Your pictures become ten times more interesting once someone has left a comment on them and your bulletin board gets filled up with things you actually want to read if your friends are actual friends. The key to having a good experience on MySpace is in having and choosing the right friends. This does not mean that it’s a popularity contest, and that the more; the better is a fast rule. On the contrary, it’s about having the right friends, not about having the most friends.

For example, how many users still keep Tom in their friends’ list even though they’ve never even exchanged a single word with the guy? He’s a name and a face in the friends’ list, and the more the better, right? Wrong. It’s about having friends that you want to be kept aware of their life happenings. It’s about having friends who will post nice comments about you (or at least comments that are not so nice but that are meant in good, clean fun). It’s about choosing friends that you have something to say and that are likely to have something to say back to you. On the other hand, choosing the friends for your friends’ list doesn’t have to be limited to the small circle of people that you were friends with in high school. Beyond that, there are friends that you knew in college and friends that you now work with. In addition, there are people who work in the same field as you do, but in another region with whom you can network, exchange ideas and strategies. MySpace is personal, but its limits lie far beyond the personal realm.

You will not be happy with your friends’ list if you simply add every name that you recognize from your high school. The result of this kind of friends adding is that you have a large number of friends, only some of which you are actually interested in staying friends with. Choose the friends who are actual friends, or at least the friends that you used to be very close to and still would be close to today if circumstances were different. What this means is that you shouldn’t add somebody if you’re not willing to spend three hours with them on a Friday night, catching up.

Along with adding old friends, you can search for people with whom you can network. This can be done through a general search or through the networking function of the profile. It can also be done through searching for groups in the field that you are looking for and then checking out the forums of those groups. Perhaps there are not forum topics that you want to post in, but maybe some of the members who have posted in the forum are people with whom you would like to network or exchange ideas. The bottom line is that there are many ways to network with people on MySpace whether your motivation for networking is to have a virtual version of your closest friends close by you or if your motivation is to gain professional work contacts. Either way, think twice before you click ‘Add’ because adding a friend and then deleting them a few weeks later isn’t such a nice way to go. A lot is permissible on MySpace, but it is not ‘anything goes’–fortunately, at least not yet.

How to Use Pre-Made MySpace Layouts for your Profile Page

Author — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:55:20 +0000

When it comes to customizing your MySpace profile, you can go with the default layout or you can choose to use pre-made MySpace layouts, which are available at a number of different websites. Knowing exactly how to place the pre-made MySpace layouts can be tricky and very frustrating so let us make an effort to simplify it.

First you need to begin by visiting the MySpace login page and from there logging in to your profile. Once you have gotten yourself logged in, go ahead and click on the button labeled “Home.” By now you should be looking at your MySpace Profile and it should provide you with a number of different options such as Edit Profile, Safe Mode, Upload/ Change Photos, Account Settings, Edit Comments, Manage Calendar, Manage Blog Manage Address Book and under your photo it should read view My: Profile l Blog. What you will need to do is click on the first option, the link for “Edit Profile.” It should easily be displayed in the upper left side of the profile page.

Once you have reached the “Edit Profile” page, you will be broken to a set of tabs running horizontal across the page, which can only be referred to as the MySpace dashboard. These tabs will say things such as Interests & Personality, Background & Lifestyle, School, Companies, Networking, Home and Basic Info. The one you need to click on for pre-made MySpace layouts is Interests & Personality. This should automatically come up for you.

You are getting closer to completion so be glad that you made it to this step. In the Interests & Personality section of the profile you will need to scroll down the length of the page until you come to a section that is labeled “About Me.” You should find this section easily under the space marked Headline. Underneath the “About Me” spot, click on Edit.

Now you have come to the stage where you can position your pre-made MySpace layouts to your satisfaction. The Edit button should take you to the section set aside for editing the “About Me” area. It is here that you will want to place the code for the pre-made MySpace layouts of your choice. Copy and paste the code from the layout and carefully put it in the box labeled “About Me.” You may have to do this once or twice, as it can sometimes be confusing for individuals who are not accustomed to working with pre-made layouts.

Once the code for the pre-made layout is placed where it should be (in the “About Me” box) now it is time to preview your handiwork by clicking on the button marked “Preview”. The preview will show you what your finished product will look like. This is, it goes without saying, what other people will see as well. Make sure that this is what you want. Read everything over to check for any mistakes and then double check your work. If there is a problem then click Edit and redo whatever is wrong. However if you like what you see then click on Submit and what you see in front of you will be what you get.

After this stage in the game you will then be taken back to the dashboard for your MySpace profile and from there you can click on the link for View Profile and get an up close and personal look at what other people visiting your profile will be in for. Hopefully you will be happy with your pre-made MySpace layout because it is too late to change it now. The website About.com has many pre-made MySpace layouts to choose from so if you are stumped as to where to find one then start your search there.

The Whole Self-Portrait Deal at MySpace

Author — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:54:42 +0000

A self-portrait is a portrait or picture of yourself that you create to interest other people in coming to visit your website at MySpace and hopefully it will draw them in enough that they will be interested in meeting you online or getting to know you even better. MySpace allows anyone older than 14 years of age to create a profile page and from there, others can learn about you and contact you if they so wish to. The website MySpace features a spot on the profile pages of every individual who registers as a member that is titled “Self-Portrait Day Q & A.” This is where a series of questions is asked and then answered by the members. The questions can range from serious to silly. For example sample questions to be found at the self-portrait section include, “How did you discover the Internet?”, “What first caught your eye about MySpace?”, “What is your favorite kind of sandwich?” and “What can you be found doing on weekends?”

A MySpace profile contains two basic sections, which include an “About Me” section and a “Who I’d Like to Meet” section. These are the two main sections of a self-portrait or profile for a member. There is also the “Details” section and the “Interests” section. How much information you choose to share with other members and online visitors is up to each member’s discretion. It is important to note that if members choose not to give any information in the “Interests” or “Details” sections of their profiles that these sections will not even show up in the profile that is displayed online.

A blog is also a part of an online MySpace profile and this contains areas for three items, which include emotion, content, and media. It is possible to add music to your MySpace page as well as images if you so desire to do so. Members are able to choose an image that will work as their “default image” which serves as the main image that will show up on the main page of the profile as well as the search page. The default image will also show up next to the user’s name whenever there are comments or messages left by other individuals.

MySpace is constantly evolving and finding new and better ways to serve its members. There is now an option to upload videos to a profile page and this can be done by way of the MySpace video service. This video service takes place with the use of a standalone flash player and nothing more.

Making new friends and connecting with old friends is an important aspect of the online community at MySpace and therefore a self-portrait at the site would not be complete with a space for friends. The “user’s friend space” keeps a tally of how many friends the person has acquired at the site. There is a “Top Friends” spot for the friends who are of the highest priority and the site provides a link to the MySpace web pages for all of the friends listed. When it first began MySpace only allowed a total of eight people to be listed in the “Top Friends” section but this has now been changed. Currently a member can choose how many friends they wish to list in their “Top Friends” section. It can be any of a quantity of 4,8,12,16,20 or the highest is 24 at a time.

When answering questions at the self-portrait section of your profile it is important to look at how you wish to be viewed by others. Answer questions honestly and be careful about using too many abbreviations, slang or tasteless language. You may think you are being cute or funny but everyone who reads your words might not see it that way. Remain positive, seek to be unique and creative and be as interesting as you can possibly be.

Helio – Using Your Cell Phone to Connect with MySpace

Author — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:50:02 +0000

In our busy, technology-driven world, it seems that folks are always on the lookout for ways to connect with others. Many—over 100 million, in fact—have turned to MySpace, a social networking website where people all over the world can chat with their friends, meet their friends’ friends, network with like-minded business people, and share news with long-distance family members. Now, not only can you experience such connectedness by logging onto your profile on MySpace.com, you can also stay connected far from your personal computer by using your cell phone to connect with MySpace. A unique collaboration between the social networking website, MySpace, and Helio, a new mobile brand, can keep you in constant contact with your friends.

MySpace is a free web-based service that is open to anyone with access to the Internet. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, which is also the owner of the Fox television network. MySpace earns all of its revenue through advertising. The networking website has become chic with the younger generations as well as with musicians, filmmakers, and comedians looking for a place to test their latest art.

Helio, a joint venture between Internet provider Earthlink and South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom Company (owner of the South Korean counterpart of MySpace, called Cyworld), is a new mobile brand that was created and designed to meet the needs of today’s tech-savvy young people. Their goals include delivering cutting edge, exclusive services and devices and top-notch customer service. Helio is a mobile virtual network provider, meaning that it doesn’t have its own cellular network. Instead, it purchases access to Sprint Nextel Corporation’s and Verison Wireless’ high-speed networks. One of its first products is the Hero, a mini-entertainment system that retails for $200. It’s got a 2-inch screen for watching television, playing video games, and connecting with friends via MySpace. It also doubles as a cell phone. Helio’s other products, are the Kickflip and the Drift. The Drift includes a GPS system and Bluetooth technology, whereas the currently sold out Kickflip is a tiny swivel device touted as a “personal party.” According to MySpace founder, Tom Anderson, Helio is “the first and only mobile service specifically built for mobile MySpace access.”

The tech-savvy market that Helio is targeting seems to be responding well. In addition to rave reviews about the Hero device itself, many are thrilled with the services offered with it. Helio’s all-in-one membership plan provides users with 1,000 anywhere minutes per month for $85, 1500 minutes per month for $100, and 2500 minutes for $135 per month. The Helio Hero gives users a number of options to connect with MySpace, thereby optimizing handheld MySpace encounters. First, you can access your Mailbox to read and write MySpace mail from your Helio device. Second, you can use the Bulletin feature to send messages to all of your friends anywhere, anytime. Third, use your Helio device to read and write blogs on the go. Fourth, your Helio screen has been optimized to allow you to view photos from your friends’ personal profiles. Not only that, you can post photos to your personal profile so your friends can see your life as it happens. Finally, you can use the Profile feature to view MySpace profiles and add new friends to your profile as you meet them—all on your Helio device.

MySpace already plays host to over 100 million people—and upwards of 200,000 new folks join daily. As MySpace continues to grow in popularity, new means, like Helio, for using your cell phone to connect with MySpace are sure to enter the marketplace.

Terrific Tips to Browsing Within the MySpace Kingdom

Author — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:49:49 +0000

MySpace has an immense list of members; that’s one of the reasons why everyone likes it so much. If there weren’t so many people with profiles, MySpace wouldn’t be half as much fun as it actually is. However, there is a bad side that comes along as an unfortunate side effect of the sheer mass of the amount of people registered. The downside is that it’s almost impossible to do an effective search. Of course, searches can be done; it’s just that wading your way through the pages upon pages of results can be a mind-boggling experience. When browsing through people who went to your high school, you might think that it’s just a simple search, but 2300 MySpace profiles later, you’ve seen the immensity of the website. You probably didn’t think there were that many people at your school, and imagine that not all of them have MySpace profiles…it’s truly a bit shocking.

Whether you’re searching for friends, for people to network with or if you’re searching for a group to join, there are some simple ways to make the experience slightly less painful. Notice that the word is not ‘painless’; it’s a difficult process, but it’s worth it. One of the easiest ways to make surfing MySpace easier is to do it at a time of day when the server is not absolutely inundated with requests. It may seem that virtually all of the time is a bad time when it comes to MySpace functioning properly, but if you are on the East Coast and up early, that is a good time. Likewise, if you’re on the West Coast and up late, it’s a good time for you too—as long as it’s not SO late that it’s prime time on the East Coast already.

In addition to choosing the time of day, be sure you have a set goal in your search, browsing is fun, but it’s a good way to waste a whole lot of hours that could be spent more productively, such as filling out surveys to post as bulletins. In all seriousness though, it’s best to have a topic in mind when you start your search. If you’re searching by keywords, choose as many keywords as you can and be as specific as possible. The more specific you are initially, the less unrelated nonsense you will have to sift through later on that is useless to you.

When searching for people, choose your school and then use the advanced features to choose some additional search criteria. Even if you don’t want to limit your search to your graduation year, at least limit the search results to a certain age window. If you’re 27, the 14 year olds now attending the school are not likely to be of much interest to you. Of course, you might get lucky and stumble across a little kid you used to baby-sit who’s not so little anymore, but that’s an oddity. Do yourself a favor and search for that kid by using his or her name if you’re that curious about how they turned out. Otherwise, you’ll have many more profiles to go through than you bargained for.

By far the most fun way to browse MySpace is by networking through your own friends’ list. Start with your friends and web yourself out from your own list to the lists of your friends’ and the lists of those friends. Try out the degree of separation rule (everyone on the planet is only seven links away from you) and see how accurate it is. You just might find some unexpected friends along the way.

Everyone’s at home at MySpace.com

Author — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:46:51 +0000

Imagine being able to share your living room with your high school and college friends, family members, business associates, and potential mates. You could chat whenever you wanted, sharing pictures, videos, and ideas—even if these folks are scattered throughout the country. Sound like a great plan? To many, the answer is yes. Everyone’s home at MySpace.com, and you can learn how to become a part of their community.

The company’s website, MySpace.com, touts itself as “a place for friends.” It asks you to consider whether you really are “six people away from Kevin Bacon.” The website is free and open to everyone, including friends who want to chat online; single people who wish to meet other single people; do-it-at-home matchmakers who want to match their friends up with other friends; families who wish to stay in contact; business people who want to network with other business people; classmates and students looking for potential study partners; and anyone looking for long-lost friends. Certainly, you must have found yourself in one of those categories—thereby making you a perfect candidate for MySpace.com!

Known as a social networking website, MySpace.com has become the fourth most popular English-language website on the Internet and the third most popular website in the United States. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, is owned by News Corporation, and employs roughly 300 staff members. The 106 millionth MySpace.com account was opened on September 8, 2006, and the website reportedly achieves upwards of 230,000 new registrations per day. Now that’s popularity!

So, what exactly can you do by making a home at MySpace.com? The website provides you with an interactive network of friends, which you set up, personal profiles, videos, music, chat groups, and blogs. It also has its own internal search engine and an internal email system.

In addition to being home to your high friends, family members from Kentucky, and your fellow kindergarten teachers, MySpace.com is also home to a large variety of filmmakers, comedians, musicians, and other little- and well-known celebrities. These artists upload their short films, songs, and other productions directly into their MySpace.com profile. Not surprisingly, having celebrities call MySpace.com home has added much to the website’s growing appeal.

So, how do you sign up, you ask? It’s simple, according to the website’s instructions. Your first step is to sign up and create a profile by visiting the MySpace.com website. Your profile becomes your home on the web, where you describe yourself: your interests, occupation, hobbies, etc. You can also upload pictures and keep a journal here. Next, you invite your friends to join your own personal network. You can also search MySpace.com’s website to find friends who are already members are MySpace.com. Once you’ve set up your network of friends, you can view the connections you’ve created between your friends and your friends’ friends. Amazingly, some people find upwards of 1,000 people in their extended MySpace.com network. Finally, it’s time to meet those folks in your extended network. You can suggest matches and communicate with anyone in your network.

It is important to note that being a member of MySpace.com is almost but not quite like being at home. In fact, one of its major criticisms is that the distance afforded by the Internet emboldens members to share too much of themselves. The website has been caught up in controversies involving minor children involvement, indecency, and privacy. The company’s privacy policy attends to all of these issues but seems to have difficulty enforcing the rules. Teenagers have found ways around the minimum 14-year-old registration age and profile identity theft is reportedly fairly common. As with any place where you share personal information about yourself, think and act wisely before and when you decide to come home at MySpace.com