Created from the idea of Friendster, Chris DeWolfe joint this type of social networking and a more personal look and created MySpace. MySpace allows its users to communicate with other people in varies way, either through personal messages, comments that displays in their profile page, comments trough their photos, journals, or blogs. The personal profile also displays music, groups, photos, personal information, videos, ads, etc. Trough MySpace, users have the power to express themselves, interact with friends, and consume popular culture. Each month, MySpace displays more pages than any other website. It has surpassed the very popular website, Yahoo, making MySpace the number one most visited website in America.
MySpace allows users to comment on each others profile. On the profile, there is a comment section, where the users may leave comments for all users to see. If the user chooses to, they able to delete the comment and/or approve of them before anyone else sees them. MySpace also supports uploading images. The user is allowed to upload more then twelve main images but is allowed to pick one as their "default picture" that shows up on their profile page, search page, or whenever another user comes in contact with it. The user is also allowed to customize their MySpace in however way they like using HTML. They could change the color of the font, background, size, etc. There are HTML codes that give users an option add music, hide their comments, friends, picture, etc. as well. Along with all these options, MySpace users could have up to as many friends as they desire giving them a top 8 to pick their top friends to display on their profile.
Main concerns that MySpace users have is privacy, security and safety. The minimum age to register for an account in MySpace is 14. Profiles set to age 14 or 15 are automatically private. Users ages 16 and older have to option now to set their profile private if they wish. Having your profile privates means only the user's friends have full access to their profile. Recently, numerous news reports have been focusing on MySpace. Parents have been concerned that their children are not safe due to online predators. New reports state that teenagers have found ways around the restrictions set by MySpace and feel that children are being too exposed. Now, to secure the safety, security, and privacy of children, MySpace has set more restrictions to children under the age of 16. User's ages over 18 are unable to come in contact with users under 16 unless they know their full name or email address.
"People are truly invested in this site and it has become so entrenched in so many lives", says Chris DeWolfe. Users spent months building their profiles. He believes that if he keeps building the features users want, they will stay on the site.
4 comments:
myspace is a way to communicate with people and share interests. it's hard to keep in touch with people who live in different states or overseas and myspace allows you to communicate easily with them. you can share music, videos and pictures. however, while it is a good way to communicate, it also has privacy issues. it is an easy way for predators to see information about kids, making them at risk.
While MySpace was a great way to keep in touch with out-of-state friends and family, it’s changed in the last few years. It's not a bad site (no less private than any other friend site), but there are major issues with it and the people that use it. My main problems would first be the lack of reinforcement in security and second, the openness of the site. It was never extremely difficult to hack into someone's MySpace account, but now it takes very little thought. The number of scamming pop-ups and spyware laced throughout the site makes it increasingly easy (even for an average hacker). MySpace’s security issues have led to problems ranging from frozen accounts to stolen email and personal information. The other issue: the lack of exclusivity. Anyone can join MySpace. It doesn't seem like a big problem, but it can be. Especially when none of the information joining members give is ever confirmed or validated. This just leaves the site open to all types of hackers and other predators that would otherwise be (if only somewhat) traceable.
LoL! =)thats my comment!
But seriously.....
Myspace is a great source of connecting toi your friends. It has allowed many old friends to find each other and keep in touch. This new type of communicating is more productive than phones and emails have ever been. You don't need to face your speaker face to face and you feel more comfortable doing so. As technology advances, the future generations will solely rely on internet based communication rather than telecommunication.
Myspace is a very entertaining, addictive, and time - consuming social network. Nowadays, Myspace is known by almost EVERYBODY. Within four years, Myspace has had an exponential growth of online users and made over a billion dollars. Myspace is usually used to express your feelings and to communicate with others such as your old friends, new friends and even relatives. Everything is done through the Internet instead of the telephone or even visiting.
DREW
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