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MySpace... What's the Main Purpose?


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Hey all,

 

My bf and I were having a friendly debate about MySpace and the reasoning behind having an account at MySpace.

 

He thinks it's a good place for political networking. His evidence is that Barak Obama has a profile there, as well as some other politicians.

 

I think it's more of a dating site (probably un-intentionally), primarily from what I've heard from friends who have accounts and from what I've read from posters on here!

 

So I'm interested in your take- what do you think the primary purpose (or non-intended purpose) of MySpace is?

 

What do you see going on at MySpace?

 

Let's Discuss!

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I think its used for dating..

 

my ex had an account... had loads of single lads (pervs) contacting her even though she said she was in a relationship n had loads of stuff about me n her in her profile txt....

 

There are so many chancers out there....

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I really do see it more as a social networking or business networking site. I include band and politician pages in both categories, by the way.

 

You can also specify if you're in a relationship, if you're only there to make friends/network, and that usually keeps the people interested in dating away. I have both those options clicked on my page, and I have never had anyone message me out of the blue suggesting a dating type of scenario.

 

For me, it's just a chance to easily put up a one-page "website" about whatever I want. My own page is pretty silly, as is my profile name. I just have a lot of goofy things written on it. My boyfriend has a page, his band does, so do a lot of local Denver bands I like, too. It's a way to keep up to date on when everyone is playing, when they have new CDs out, etc.

 

I also like the "bulletins" you can send. It's a good way of getting news out, from local to national issues.

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I see MySpace as a way that people use to keep connected with each other, but then the original use of it has gone to the wayside and now it seems pervs use it to troll for underage victims, people use it to keep track of ex's, etc. To me, I think MySpace is a good thing that went bad, or else people have given it a bad name.

 

I once went and put up a profile on MySpace, just put up a pic, but never finished putting up a profile, and there were guys hitting on me and wanting to be on my friends list, etc. I was put off by that and never went back to it.

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I had an account once for one day and deleted it. That first day i had a ton of local pervs sending me emails to meet up with them and then they shared their illicit thoughts...

 

Yuk. I don't like it at all, for some it almost seems like a popularity contest. My son boasts about how many "friends" he has on his. I guess i can see that for the younger set, but not the older.

 

NOw those who truly DO use it for networking politically or other, it can have a lot of advantage. It is all in how you use it but sadly most use it for stupid reasons.

 

As someone said, the original intended use has far gone by the wayside it seems....you have to weed thru too much muck and mire for my tastes.

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I really do see it more as a social networking or business networking site. I include band and politician pages in both categories, by the way.

 

You can also specify if you're in a relationship, if you're only there to make friends/network, and that usually keeps the people interested in dating away. I have both those options clicked on my page, and I have never had anyone message me out of the blue suggesting a dating type of scenario.

 

 

We actually have a friend who has his band up on the website too.

 

My experience (vicariously through others) that even if you say that you are in a relationship, people still 'hit' on you through the site.

 

I'm curious to hear what others think. Thanks for your responses!

 

Keep 'em coming!

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My experience (vicariously through others) that even if you say that you are in a relationship, people still 'hit' on you through the site.

 

I guess I've just lucked out, then. I do have my real age listed, maybe being 38 deters the pervs. Or maybe they just look at my page and think "weirdo!" lol. Because, as I said, it's pretty goofy.

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Both my fiancee and I are on myspace but we use it for business purposes (recruiting musicians) and sometimes to email our friends if we haven't caught them on msn.

 

On the other hand we do get people trying to be friends with us or date us even though they know we're lesbians and getting married. We're sure that the men who contact her don't read her profile.

 

If people try to catch our attention and they haven't written anything in their profile we deny them straight away.

 

On a few occasions I've contacted the myspace official 'Tom and his team' and informed them that I've come accross a page that looks ok but when you look further they're selling porn. It's been looked into and the account has been blocked and then deleted.

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I'm pretty sure the main purpose of MySpace is for ex-girlfriends to taunt their former lovers with photographs and accounts of their new lover and how happy they are!

 

Seriously though, I set my account up to network with local bands - found new music I loved, got involved in the social circles down here. It's all good.

 

But since I split with the ex, changed my status to single and now I get all these webcam trying to add me?!

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I think it's primarily for whatever you want it to be for.

 

Maybe it's a cultural thing, but I've never heard of anyone getting together on myspace other than on this site.

 

Livejournal on the other hand has started so many relationships amongst my (real life and friends list) friends it's unbelievable.

 

It's a site. Only the person using it can specify what it's used for.

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It's funny that you should bring up LiveJournal. I used to monitor my ex's LJ account to see what he would write about. There were a few times that he wrote about dating me and how enamoured he was of me (this was in the beginning of our relationship). Sometimes I still take a peek at his LJ account, but he hasnt updated it in over a year.

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I do not agree that it is a dating site. I have my fiance' and his daughter (who lives in Minnesota, and I haven't met yet in person) on my friendslist. As well as my girlfriends and other people I knew already. I love to change the backgrounds and post music videos. I also blog there, and post pictures. It's just for fun.

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i used to have a myspace account. i started it years ago when i was in college and there were probably less than 10,000 members, but now its become insane. Back then it was good to use for networking with people that you go to school with and so forth, now it has def become a dating site. No offense to anyone but when I started getting messages from 40 year old men and seeing 40 year old woman doing sexy poses in their bathing suits on the site, I had to delete my account. Then you have what people like to call a myspace or myspace queen, that have about 2345923489236483628 friends on there and have probably met 10 of them in real life. Its a tad bit ridiculous...

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i used to have a myspace account. i started it years ago when i was in college and there were probably less than 10,000 members, but now its become insane. Back then it was good to use for networking with people that you go to school with and so forth, now it has def become a dating site. No offense to anyone but when I started getting messages from 40 year old men and seeing 40 year old woman doing sexy poses in their bathing suits on the site, I had to delete my account. Then you have what people like to call a myspace w h or e or myspace queen, that have about 2345923489236483628 friends on there and have probably met 10 of them in real life. Its a tad bit ridiculous...

 

I guess I find the 12 year olds in sexy poses more disgusting actually, and as a 40 year old woman...when did the site become exclusive to 21 year olds?

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I guess I find the 12 year olds in sexy poses more disgusting actually, and as a 40 year old woman...when did the site become exclusive to 21 year olds?

 

I agree with with the fact that i see 8 and sometimes younger girls and guys on there practically naked...thats the parents fault though, they need to monitor their children better. I never said it was exclusive to 21 year olds.

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The reason I signed up was that I found out that my favorite band has a myspace page. They're very, very small and nowhere near me, and they stopped updating their website in June of '05. The only way I could find anything out about them was googling them periodically. Thankfully I found their myspace and have been able to keep abreast of their activities.

 

The people on my friends list are my husband, several cousins who I wouldn't keep in touch with normally because I basically suck at that, a few friends because it's just funny to have little comments wars with them, and several people from high school that I have really enjoyed reconnecting with, and now I won't have as lame a time at my 10-year reunion next year, since I'll know more people

 

What I like about it is you can look people up from certain schools by graduating year. It's like link removed in that regard, but you don't have to pay $30+ a year to do anything!

 

To me, it really is just a fantastic way of keeping in touch with people. People can't blame myspace for their romantic life woes any more than they can blame any other website offering social interaction. It's the same as blaming eNotAlone if you meet someone here, hook up with them, and then get dumped by them. It would be a great site for dating because it's free, for heaven's sake, no other reputable dating site is.

 

And yes, I do get the occasional unwanted friend request from people... I just delete them. The only people on my friends list that I've never met in real life are the above mentioned band and their lead singer.

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I'm pretty sure the main purpose of MySpace is for ex-girlfriends to taunt their former lovers with photographs and accounts of their new lover and how happy they are!

 

Seriously though, I set my account up to network with local bands - found new music I loved, got involved in the social circles down here. It's all good.

 

But since I split with the ex, changed my status to single and now I get all these webcam trying to add me?!

HAHAHA! I think you're dead on. About the exes taunting, anyway. Funny stuff.

 

I can't imagine ever using Myspace as a dating site - Creepy! Although I will admit that I met up with someone I knew primarily from Myspace for a weekend in Austin - we'd been talking for over a year via Myspace and on the phone. No spark. Luckily, he wasn't a creep or a 600lb mime named Pierre.

 

Anywhoo, I use the site now to keep in touch with my old friends from all over the place. I moved around way too much as a kid and lost touch with so many of my good friends over the years, Myspace has been awesome for allowing me to find them. When I was still skating I also used the site for networking with musicians and as free advertising.

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I do not agree that it is a dating site. I have my fiance' and his daughter (who lives in Minnesota, and I haven't met yet in person) on my friendslist. As well as my girlfriends and other people I knew already. I love to change the backgrounds and post music videos. I also blog there, and post pictures. It's just for fun.

 

You may not view it as a dating site, but trust me, MANY use it to hook up. And people of all ages. I was overwhelmed with how many responses I got from guys all over my state asking me out. And I am 40, and my pic was not in a bikini but i had my pic on there, so whomever is disparaging 40 year olds, they can be as attractive as the 20 somethings. LOL

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I think its there so thats your girlfriend or boyfriend can find their crushes back and start loosing interest in you when they talk to their earlier crushes and breakup with you he he he

Yo i m not kidding I read somewhere that myspace is causing a lot of breakups recently

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I think its there so thats your girlfriend or boyfriend can find their crushes back and start loosing interest in you when they talk to their earlier crushes and breakup with you he he he

Yo i m not kidding I read somewhere that myspace is causing a lot of breakups recently

 

My friend it is not myspace. It is the internet in general. Never before has hooking up with people - be it exes or new people - been so easy. I am old fashioned and think that maybe the world was better pre internet. Yes I enjoy forums and such, but if I had to live without it i would in a heartbeat.

 

I don't want to sound like a negative nelly blaming the Net for ruined relationships but let's face it....20 years ago people did not have private voicemails and separate phones. The house shared one land line and anyone could check the answering machine. There were no sites to email people and we all know people get more bold in email vs face to face. There was not free porn available just by typing NUDE GIRLS into a search engine. Men who wanted porn had to find a way to get to a video store, suffer the embarrassment of renting a vid, then try to get it home without the wife seeing it. There was a time when you could not pay $19.95 a month to post a profile seeking illicit encounters from other people who were also married and looking for cheap thrills....

 

I am not that old, but I do remember when.....LOL I think i have depressed myself...

 

Raising kids and being in a relationship was easier before the Net. I do admit for the workplace tho it can't be beat. Much easier to network then befroe when you relied on foot or phone.

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