FaceXPaces
It seems everyone and their grandmother has something called a MySpace account.
The odd thing is, I don’t hear anything GOOD about them.
From: User-Friendly-dot-org
It might seems strange that a blogger is complaining about something like MySpace, as to the average person the two behaviors (Blogging and MySpacing) are identical.
But, MySpace reminds me of those bad Geocities websites that were cropping up around 1997.
You know, embedded MIDI files playing noisily in the background.
Or up colors ---
Okay, I feel dirty coding that. I promise it will never happen again.
I’m being asked more and more, if I have a MySpace account, I’m pleased to say I don’t.
I can’t stand them. My every interaction with them has been negative.
My first interaction with them was someone hotlinking a picture of Freddie Mitchell after his 4th-and-26 play. It was plastered of this guys’ background, tiled. It looked awful, with this bright yellow text sprawled all over the place.
And then some awful music started playing, and I turned it off. But guess what, reload the page and it started again. I quickly left.
Now, I’ve ventured to other myspaces (usually people who hotlink to my images and bleeding my bandwidth) and its all the same.
Lousy layouts
Stupid music playing (or worse a video)
And a mindless conversation between a social network of friends not talking to each other.
Yeah, I want one of those.
I thought those free sites like Geocities went the way of Web 1.0…
Am I being an UberGeek, or am I being a Web Snob?
- My only request, if you are a MySpace user; host your own images, and quit leeching off the rest of us.
I have no interest in a MySpace account.
Comment by Wes — June 26, 2006 @ 10:57:17 AM
Whoa Jer. Dude, u gots mad skillz at codin stuff 4 a space could u help me l8r…I feel dirty now and must shower…I dare say Jer I do have a MySpace account but it is used as a investigative acct to watch the girls who use it daily :( sadly I cannot block MySpace (I would face the wrath of the wife) or I would have long ago. I hate the site and it seems to be to be a breeding ground for online predators, do a google for predator and myspace if you want to become sick (no links since I know you hate to fix them)
Comment by Marshie — June 26, 2006 @ 11:34:53 AM
You’re being both, Jeremy, but … I’m with you. I’m on Facebook only because I was in graduate school for three months back in the fall; that’s as cutting-edge on the social networking scene of the kids as I get anymore.
As for MySpace … MySpace is the new Live Journal, which was the new Geoshitties …
Comment by Geof F. Morris — June 26, 2006 @ 1:36:11 PM
I’ve had the same trouble with MySpacers using my pictures as their tiled background. Booooooo! But both my youngers sisters have them.
Comment by Allison — June 26, 2006 @ 3:41:45 PM
Yes, I’m becoming more and more certain that MySpace is the reason why the internet just isn’t for everybody.
Comment by Jeremy — June 26, 2006 @ 5:02:16 PM
It’s interesting, to me, the same that owns most of MySpace also owns FoxNews.
Comment by Wes — June 26, 2006 @ 9:26:55 PM
My wife just got one. Not for her own use (though I wouldn’t put it past her), but because her oldest nephew is 13 and just got his Myspace page. There is also a 12 year old nephew close behind (and a 6 year old nephew and and a 4 year old niece).
So it’s essentially a Spyspace account. She’s helping her sister out by keeping tabs on the kids. Once friended, she can view his page, what people are sending to him and what he sends to people.
It’s freakin’ Lord of the Flies out there! Literally. Nasty, awful stuff. All run by kids who have just discovered a world of limitless boundries at time when they are trying to find their boundaries. Add to that mix adults that just haven’t grown up, predators, cops, and spying parents and family members.
The scariest thing to me is how much private information kids are willing to share about themselves.
Comment by Cisco — July 10, 2006 @ 10:45:41 AM
Nice rant. I shall commend you for it. I don’t use Myspace even though a lot of my friends do. I don’t like it at all. I read Userfriendly and just did a search for Facexpaces and it got me to your site. I will say that this rant rocked.
Comment by Christi — July 24, 2006 @ 4:59:02 PM