My Space - A Typical Site
The My Space site is made up of people, businesses, and advertising. The navigation is point and click mouse navigation, or text search navigation. Visitors do not have to join to visit most pages, but some are locked and can only be viewed if invited by that pages author. If a viewer wants to see the postings or the author’s pictures or videos, they must join My Space to do so.
The average user of MySpace Pages is about the same as the average citizen of the planet Earth. I saw pages from all around the world, detailing the interests and longings of those average people. There were a lot of sex related pages both commercial and personal. I would expect this in any community, since sex is an integral part of who we are as a species. There were a lot of commercial pages as well; the site is a global community.
I found three pages that I feel are typical. The first one is by Bon Jovi. This page demonstrates the commercial value of sites like My Space, not only for established musicians, but also for undiscovered artists to have a forum to present themselves to the world. The next one is by a young college man in Oklahoma. This I feel is a typical example of the average person using the site to provide a broader social arena for them to enjoy. He has 38 friends and a very funny CGI cartoon set to MC Hammer’s “Can’t touch this”. The last one is by a quirky, 22 year old woman from Uzbekistan. Her page is fun and funky and shows a good, if bizarre sense of humor. Her page shows that people around the world are not so very different from those in America. This page gave me a feeling of membership in the human race.
Check out these links
Funny CGI frog adventure set to MC Hammer.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=30244923
Is this lady from Uzbekistan?
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=160474559
Blogger.com - Electric Guitar Review
The weblog Electric Guitar Review is just that, a review of all makes and models of guitars. The information is extensive and I would recommend it for anyone interested in buying a guitar, from the professional musician to the guy looking to buy his first guitar. The site is well formatted and uses point and click, as well as text navigation. All of the postings for the last week are guitar related. From recommendations or critiques of specific brands, to tips and tricks on playing and learning methods. If you are into guitar, this site is for you!
Here is a link to the blog
http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/
Cool "Flea" - slap bass video.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7341019153303843895
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Your summary was very interesting. I played on Myspace for several hours and didn't come across one person from a foreign country. Nice job!
Cool Flea video, check out Les Claypool-best bass player ever!
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