OK, what the hell do people do in MySpace land?
Everyone has a profile in that Internet wasteland, myself included. While it is the domain of the late teens, college kids, and the twenty somethings, it has caught on with types you’d least expect, such as moms and the very professional. A friend of mine in Dowtown, a successful forty-something, even has a profile with a list of his friends, most of whom I know in real life.
I created my profile, did blog “re-runs” for a while, and then forgot about it due to the hectic pace of life. But somehow my friend found my profile and told me he sent me a request to add him as a friend. I guess he felt I was ignoring him.
I feel like I’m speaking a foreign language when it comes to MySpace. One’s profile is essentially what personal websites were in the 1990′s, quite ubiquitous. However, very little content is required. All one has to do is list their biographical stats, put down their interests, and show off their list of friends. “Friends” in MySpace speak, are people one has online connections with on their profile. Being “friends” is an agreement. One can make requests, but the other has to approve. While people who know each other in real life do this anyway in MySpace land, there are friendship agreements between total strangers. The funnest thing about the friends list is who is on the Top 4, 8, 12, etc. People feel slighted if someone does not show up on their friends’ top list. Big deal. Everyone knows those lists are who looks cool as friends.
MySpace – goes to show that “Generation Me” is not limited to twenty somethings or the Gen X/Gen Y age bracket. It’s all encompassing. And we all seem to have a profile.
Tags: Internet
