What is the attraction to myspace or facebook?

Vedd Hedd

I'm not necessarily slamming anybody who has a myspace or facebook page.

But I am curious as to why people do have them. Any of you who have either, can you shed some light on this for me? Just a forewarning, I will be combative.:)

But I honestly don't get it.

jlew24asu

I use it to keep in touch with friends who I went to college with. I went to an out of state college and have friends who live all across the country.

I also use it to promote my photography. its free networkiring and advertising.


add me

http://www.myspace.com/chicagophotoshop

Pauk

THe only reason I use facebook is uni.
If someone's having a party usually people use facebook instead of phoning everyone. Plus it makes it so much easier to make last minute plans, and let everyone know if there's a change of plan.
Photo tagging also makes sharing photos a lot easier. After parties don't need to bug everyone to find the photos.

Those are the only reasons I use it.

Vedd Hedd

Cant you already make a group on an email and send that out as a party invitation?

Or Evite? Something that is not available for the whole world to see?

And cant you keep in touch with friends with emails?

Allie

Vedd Hedd wrote:

I'm not necessarily slamming anybody who has a myspace or facebook page.

But I am curious as to why people do have them. Any of you who have either, can you shed some light on this for me? Just a forewarning, I will be combative.:)

But I honestly don't get it.

I don't get it either!!!

Ledbetterman10

Vedd Hedd wrote:

I'm not necessarily slamming anybody who has a myspace or facebook page.

But I am curious as to why people do have them. Any of you who have either, can you shed some light on this for me? Just a forewarning, I will be combative.:)

But I honestly don't get it.

I don't understand this. why would you be combative?

markymark550

I have a facebook page that I rarely use anymore. I got that back in 2004 when I was in college. I figured it would be a good way to stay in touch with people and maybe find old friends from high school that I had lost contact with. Turns out I don't really care about staying in touch with most people....if I've stayed in touch with an old friend that means I still hang out with them, which kind of negates the purpose of facebook. I never got motivated to look up old high school friends either. I think I last looked at it 6 months ago when I was "tagged" in someone else's picture.

elmer

Was on Facebook, found it a bit stalkerish.

anotherclone

I have a myspace. Initially it was to stay in touch with people as I was going through treatment for cancer and keep them current on my progress.

I also use my myspace to stay up on what musical acts I like are doing. I have them all in one place so I don't need to go to each individual fanclub websites all the time. For me, its just easier to me to get bulletins or blog alerts from them in one place.

jlew24asu wrote:

http://www.myspace.com/chicagophotoshop

Damn. You have some good pics on there.

Hartydog

For me myspace has been helpful in reconnecting with some friends who don't live in the area.

nfanel

Hartydog wrote:

For me myspace has been helpful in reconnecting with some friends who don't live in the area.

ditto. i found a lot of old friends that i haven't talked to in ages.....good way to reconnect. also keep current on what's going on with my out of area friends (as everyone said)...and third - GREAT for music, imo. love discovering new bands on myspace.

brainofPJ

yea, i don't get it either.

and if i ever want to talk to any 'old friends' i'll just pick up the phone.

Vedd Hedd

markymark550 wrote:

I have a facebook page that I rarely use anymore. I got that back in 2004 when I was in college. I figured it would be a good way to stay in touch with people and maybe find old friends from high school that I had lost contact with. Turns out I don't really care about staying in touch with most people....if I've stayed in touch with an old friend that means I still hang out with them, which kind of negates the purpose of facebook. I never got motivated to look up old high school friends either. I think I last looked at it 6 months ago when I was "tagged" in someone else's picture.

Thats a good point. If I am friends with them, I am talking to them. If not, maybe Ill run into them at some point.

Vedd Hedd

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

I don't understand this. why would you be combative?

haha, I just mean argue.

Playing devil's advocate.

I dont really care one way or another who has it, and I dont look down on people who use either site.

But to me, I dont feel the need to put my face on a page and say, "Here come take a look at me!"

I could understand small business owners and self-employed people.....that actually makes some sense to me.

But for people to keep in touch.....thats what email and cell phones are for...in my world anyway.

To me, its almost like an open faced email page that the entire world could see.

Better make sure your new employer doesnt google you and see your site and find something wrong with it and not hire you.

in_hiding79

I don't have one...I thought it was for high schhol and middle school kids...but all my nieces and nephews have them and they are in College...shows how much I know!!

patrickredeyes

Vedd Hedd wrote:

I'm not necessarily slamming anybody who has a myspace or facebook page.

But I am curious as to why people do have them. Any of you who have either, can you shed some light on this for me? Just a forewarning, I will be combative.:)

But I honestly don't get it.

It was peer pressure that made me get a myspace page. LOL

South of Seattle

Duh! Everyone likes checking out hot teens for free. Is that so wrong?

in_hiding79

South of Seattle wrote:

Duh! Everyone likes checking out hot teens for free. Is that so wrong?

This made me laugh!!

Anon

Vedd Hedd wrote:

But for people to keep in touch.....thats what email and cell phones are for...in my world anyway.

To me, its almost like an open faced email page that the entire world could see.

You can hide your profile if you don't want other people to see. I have a myspace account. I have 12 family/friends and that's it. It's hidden. The sole purpose of it is to easily keep in touch with my friends and family who live in a different country to me. I almost use it as a journal and keep it updated with pictures of what i'm doing, new places for them to see etc.

I know i could probably do all of that by email but i just find it easier. Some of the things are fairly personal so i keep it as a hidden profile. Anyone that has a problem with that shouldn't be googling my name anyway, cause clearly if i wanted them to have access they would already be added as a friend.

jlew24asu

anotherclone wrote:

Damn. You have some good pics on there.

thanks

Prioronfire22

check out pics of hotties! lol