MySpace is Dumbing Down Society
MySpace is a disease. People get on MySpace because their friends are on MySpace. Their friends are on MySpace because their other friends are on MySpace. And so on and so on. Eventually, you can trace it back to Nicole Ritchie getting a MySpace because Paris Hilton had one. If those origins do not scream "disease" I'm not sure what does.
With its customized layout capabilities and a majority of its users having zero web design experience, MySpace is creating a generation who will think this is a normal looking web page.
In the future, all sites will look like MySpace pages. Light colored text will be placed over bright, multi-colored images. All text will be in capital letters. It will be mandatory. Annoying music will begin to play as soon as you enter a site. It, too, will be mandatory.
Moderation and mystery have become things of the past thanks to MySpace. Why have one or two pictures of your favorite celebrity when you can have dozens? Why give a brief overview of yourself and your life when you can instead tell the world all of your personal secrets? Rule of thumb when it comes to moderation and mystery on Myspace: If you have more than three videos on one page, scale back.
Try to keep a little mystery about yourself. We can already tell you are a Jessica Simpson fan by the 73 photos you have of her on your MySpace page. If you also throw in 17 videos of her, where's the mystery? We immediately make a snap judgment (*cough* stalker) about you, and that's just not fair. There's no need to be an open book, my friend.
Fifty years from now, when "words" like OMG and LOL make up 95% of the English language, historians will point to America Online and MySpace as the causes. Well, they won't actually point. They, too, will be morons, and their fingers will likely be in their noses. But the scribble drawings in crayon they will write on their bedroom walls will tell the story in colorful detail.
In short, I do not "get" MySpace.
Published by KJD
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6 Comments
Post a CommentHe actually has a pretty good point, guess this comment is somewhat late though! I only pray all websites won't end up like that.
Lighten up, guys. This was obviously not meant to be taken seriously. It's in the HUMOR section...it repeatedly mentions Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson, for crying out loud.
You are a dumb*ss. I mean come on, not everyone goes on myspace. Almost everyone i know mabey have gone on once or twice, but couldnt care less about it. I think you are over reacting a little. Only a few million go on myspace regularly out of like a billion or two young people.
>>I wonder if the anti-MySpace thing will catch on?
The minority:
Those who start to break out of "social networking" will most likely do. However to answer the catch-on portion of your question: No.
The majority:
Not everyone who has been on a computer or has even been on the internet will want to go to M*y*Space just out of curiosity. The omni-presence of viral marketing will consequently and eventually infect societies who have never been on the internet.
Is it proper to imply curiosity driven behavior, in the context of M*y*Space, is rooted in reproductive behavior?
I agree. MySpace is confusing. The pages are cluttered with too many focus points trying to capture your attention all at once. The music is annoying for the most part. The pictures are nice, but people tend to put too many out there. I mean, how many different poses of your friend in her prom dress does anyone want to see? The layout of the pages makes it hard to read some of the writing. Usually, I give up after only a brief scan.
I wonder if the anti-MySpace thing will catch on?