Myspace

Myspace is a social networking site that was developed in 2003. The purpose of creating Myspace was to better what "Friendster" had started the previous year. They wanted to develop a site where people could contact and interact with friends all over the world. The difference between Myspace and simple email is you can create your own page and personalize it however you want.
Myspace operates on revenue which is generated only on advertising. Anyone can create a Myspace account, as long as you have a valid email address and are at least 14 years old. Myspace collects data about its users to determine what advertisements to post. Myspace is typically used by young adults. This would range roughly from 17 to 25, but it is certainly not limited to these ages. Many other companies or examples of web 2.0 were launched using myspace. The biggest of these was Youtube.
On your Myspace page you can fill in blurbs about yourself titled "About me" and "Who I'd like to meet". In these sections you can also imbed html codes that will change the background of your page. You can create a background for pretty much anything: sports, music, movies, etc. There is also a section on your page where you can create your own blogs. Videos can be posted on your page using the codes the same way you would change your background. Music can also be included on your page. Once an account has been created you can add an artist's song so that it will come up every time someone goes on your page.
The real purpose of Myspace was to interact with others socially. People have developed pages to keep in touch with old friends or to meet new people. People can search on Myspace for your name or email address to see if you have an account. They cannot be a 'friend' of yours unless you let them, which is a good security feature. Once people are 'friends' they can post comments about you or send you emails.
Myspace is probably the most popular of the social networking sites. Facebook seems to be Myspace's only real competition in this area. To check out more about Myspace please click on the site's link below or check out the page I created. Please check out my next blog about the Jing Project. I will give a tutorial on how to setup a Myspace page.

Below you will find two sites for Barack Obama. One site is his "official" site, but the other is a site that was created by a supporter. Just like with evaluating websites, you must evaluate myspace as well.
http://www.myspace.com

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=398429336

Fake Obama

Real Obama