So I finally broke down and created a my space account. This after a flurry of my space related conversation both pro and con with a variety of different people. A friend of mine who is also a pastor had simply one word for my space: “evil.” I didn’t ask him to elaborate but I think he might have been refering to all the hoochie-mama-come-and-check-out-my-hot-web-cam-type-profiles that are out there. Not to mention the abundance of ads for online hookups that show some skin. I know that there are a variety of opinions out there about this site and I would be curious to hear from all of you. In my first two weeks of “myspacing” I have managed to pick up about 30 friends. Many of them are former youth group members that I have lost touch with over the years. My friends also include Brennan Manning (he has about 2000 friends) and Dan Kimball. Of additional interest: Brad Abare just posted here about Church Outreach & MySpace. Lastly, it would be dishonest not to mention that Borat may have influenced my decision to be on “my spaces…” So your thoughts on myspace?
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No, what’s evil about myspace are the horrible, horrible designs of the pages, and the music that starts playing unbidden when my computer is already playing something else!
But I’m curious, how did people find you? Did you start by seeding yourself to someone who already had a myspace page, and it spreads from there?
Myspace is hilarious, and absurd. And fun. That’s why I have one.
ok, does this guy mike morrell who just commented before me come by here often? cuz he’s the guy who sent me my copy of spencer burke’s book, which i recommended you to read. so maybe he gave you a copy too? weird.
as for myspace, i don’t know what to make of it. friendster was all the rage for a while, and now you don’t even hear about them any more. the potential for connecting and reconnecting to people online is tremendous. you can (and probably will) lose track of numerous hours perusing people’s profiles. you get kind of numb after awhile, being bombarded with so much personal information…
Jon, I kindof leeched off my wife’s myspace account and asked some of her friends to adopt me. You can ask any myspace user to be your friend. Most will add you if you don’t look like a psychopath. I totally dig the invasive music thing. hey, after all, it is my space and when you are in it, I want you to hear Angels and Airwaves.
Sarah, hear you on the time thing. And Yeah, Mike did give me a copy of heretics guide when I met him a Soliton. And I gave him my promise that I would blog a review. I have laaaagged big time.
Mike, I will blog the Heretic’s guide book. I’m nearly done with it! And, BTW congrats on your Millennia Award for Excellence in PPM. Well deserved!
I’m kinda “eh” about myspace. It’s great for keeping in contact with people, but I’ve become somewhat picky about who I will allow to be my friend now that I get completely random people asking me to be their friend without so much as a “hello” and when I ask them who they are and why they want to be my friend the response is either silence or something along the lines of “whatev”.
Don’t be afraid of the “DENY” button!!
Myspace: Where the men are men, the women are men, and the 14-year-old girls are FBI agents. (With apologies to Hemos)