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September 19, 2006
"Dancing with MySelf on MySpace"
"People were hanging out on Friendster before they hung out on MySpace. But hanging out on Friendster is like hanging out in a super clean police state where you can't chew gum let alone goof around and you're told exactly how to speak to others. Hanging out on MySpace is more like hanging out in a graffiti park with fellow goofballs while your favorite band is playing. That said, there are plenty of folks who don't want to be hanging out in a graffiti park and they are not sticking around on MySpace as a result." http://www.danah.org/papers/FriendsterMySpaceEssay.html
I do agree that as long as kids who maybe aren't sure of who they really are or whose parents don't support them
going out on the town (computers are apparently a better sitter) MySpace will flourish. I love the quotes about people dancing with eachother via webcam. Whatever happened to hanging at the park or as Paul mentioned at Mcdonalds? At least there was real interaction. Friendster sounded more of a singles bar by comparison. Kids need more places to hang out and I think MySpace sounds at least a little less like a meat market, but things change.
Posted by ErinWaite at September 19, 2006 08:21 PM