Am I A “MySpace” Kind of Girl?
July 18th, 2007 at 8:43 am by Dee O'Neil Andrews
Some of my "kids," grandkids and various and sundry other relatives, including my sweet daughter-in-law, Lynn, who lives near by, all have spaces on MySpace. They've all at various times invited me to join the fun and to be a part of their inner group or circle of friends or whatever you call the MySpace crowd, by you know, guys . . . I'm not so sure I'm a MySpace kind of girl.
It rather intimidates me to think about joining up and having to register for MySpace. After all, you hear all about all of these horrible stalking tragedies that can take place and a girl my age can't be too careful, you know?!
I mean - I am just a young thing who is really naive and innocent in the ways of the MySpace world and it seems a bit scary to me. I've led a very sheltered life, for goodness sakes.
Apparently, from the latest email I got from Lynn, you can blog on MySpace because she sent a link to her blog post about her beloved sister. But I can't access it because I'm not a MySpace registered member. So what's up with that? I mean - I thought the whole point of blogging was to be open and to communicate with the world, not to hide out in some exclusive club like setting where your public can't get to you.
Which brings up something else - that contradicts what I said earlier. If MySpace is such an exclusive "club" of which you have to be a member and registered and signed up, etc, then why is stalking and privacy such an issue? Why is it not more secure than a plain ol' blog, for instance?
So maybe my visions of not fitting in over at MySpace are totally unfounded. I don't suppose I'll know until I sign up and try. I guess I'll give it a whirl to see what all of the commotion is about and then report back to you here. This should be interesting.
Besides, I need to see what my kids and grandkids and relatives are up to. I mean, my mom might be interested in a MySpace space or something, you know?! She is a young 85.
I guess that's all on my mind this bright cheery morning.
Cheers & Blessings to you all today! Dee
And check me out soon over at MySpace.
I recently signed up for Facebook. I guess I can see how it would be useful and fun, especially for finding old friends, but I haven’t quite figured out what to do with it. I try not to spend TOO much time on the computer, so maybe that’s it. I can’t spend all day IMing friends and updating my status and emoticons!
One thing that is nice is having one page to look at and see what’s going on with your friends instead of reading 20 different blogs. Of course I still read the blogs or talk on the phone, because only a few of my friends are in Facebook! I also enjoy the blogs.
I’m with you, Dee. I think you’re way too young for My Space.
Not that I want to be a snog (snob + blog). Well, maybe I do. But My Space is not for the young at heart. Like “Tricks” it’s for kids. (Can you be a mere kid and catch that reference? Probably not).
Anyway, like you, don’t know much about My Space. But it seems like young people get in trouble over there because My Space gives you this ready-made list of questions that, when answered on-line, provides predators with all kinds of specific sometimes-sensitive information about the person.
You and I have wondered here and there about what blogging is all about. I’m convinced that, ultimately, it’s partly related to this deep desire that we all have to be known. Now, that’s not all bad. But it seems like there’s a downside to the impulse.
Of course I’m convinced that the good Lord gives the direction that we need: “The one who loves God is known by God” –1 Cor 8:3. What else would we need?
We did a play off the “My Space” craze at Bible Camp but we called it “His Space.”
Pat Pugh introduced us to the Christian version which is called “Shout (http://www.shoutlife.com/) Life.”
Between you and me, I have enough trouble keeping up with blogging not that I’m complaining.
Hi Dee … I do not like MySpace. I have a MySpace and send out bulletins occasionally because I know lots of teenagers who have them … and I’m thinking that maybe I can be some good influence there.
Facebook is more fun … but not as much fun as looking at your blog and seeing lots of comments. That’s the most fun.
MySpace also capitalizes on lurid advertising, which is inappropriate for any age.
Love and Grace,
john
I joined MySpace and have never been back … just joined up to see the site of a friend who died earlier this year. But now and then I have someone I’ve never heard of wanting to be my friend. They don’t know me very well or they wouldn’t bother asking as I have no intention of using MySpace.