Recently, I decided to clean up my myspace. Give myself a new start. A new background, new pictures, new blogs.
I deleted all the old blogs from two years ago, because my views are so different and I'm quite a different person now than I was then.
I got a new layout because I was tired of the old one I made.
I got rid of all the "about me" stuff, because I decided that none of it really did describe me anymore and was pointless.
I deleted 200 bands and "friends". I deleted people I didn't know or didn't really like anyway. I deleted people that didn't like me. I deleted people that don't talk to me.
I changed my top 8 because, frankly, my top 8 at the time were people I rarely saw or talked to, online or otherwise.
I change my top 8 every few days, based on who I feel particularly close to that day.
Am I the only one who stands back, looks at all of this and thinks it's no big deal? People were desperately messaging me "WHY WOULD YOU DELETE ME!!!!?!???? WE'RE LYKE BFFS FER REAL!"
I was like "I haven't talked to you in 3 years. I deleted you because... well... I haven't talked to you in 3 years."
"Well you didn't have to be a bitch and delete me for it!"
Well, okay. Does anyone else see anything scary about people needing to have more friends on myspace than other people?
What happened to real life? What happened to going out and having fun? Going rollerskating, or bowling. Getting some exercise. Dancing. Socializing. We've all gotten so lazy.
I've decided it's more important to get out. And as I don't have many friend that agree and want to get out with me, Mark will go with me when he can. And my mom and dad like mini-golfing when the weather is nice. And there's all kinds of things that I can do. And avoid becoming overweight and lazy.
I mean, me being on this website all the time might be considered the same. But here, I'm online for a scholarship. I'm here for something I actually need to get. Want to get. I'm doing my best.
Here, if myspace had a scholarship, I wouldn't win, because I'm not always on it, like some crazies. And I couldn't be on it all the time. It drives me nuts that just because I moved around my top 8 people think I'm a horrible person.
I don't know. Have we put ourself into myspace so much that it's the most important thing in our lives?
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It's actually failry similar to Facebook. A site where you remain "friends" with people you hate because of the awkwardness of unfriending someone.
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"We cannot redeem evil, we must combat it." -- Jean Paul Sartre
I agree. Although I've only been using this site for a couple of days, I have definately started to use facebook a lot less. I am also going for the scholarship, and even without that in mind blogging is much more productive then staring at pictures and comments of people I don't even like. On this site, I can hear the voices of people I've never even met, while also getting the opportunity to voice my own opinions and concerns.
Myspace has become like a disease in a way. I hardly go on it and would care less if someone deleted me from their friends list...i would have probably done it myself if i cared enough to spend that much time on the site....Besides possible employers are known for checking up on people though their myspace profiles before they hire someone which could cost you a job in the end if all you have are pictures of yourself getting drunk.
It is amazing how people feel more popular based on the number of friends they have!
I guess it depends on the users intentions for myspace. I use it simply to get into contact with old friends and keep up with out of state current friends. I have 80+ friends but at one time in my life I hung out with everyone of them. Now being crazy busy I use myspace to keep tabs, not to see how many people I can get on a buddy list.
And the stuff people put on there. Oh my goodness. I have many of the church youth group on my page, plus younger relatives. This keeps me VERY accountable of what I choose to post.
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