Oh Lordy: Should I put up a MySpace site?
Dear God, I feel as if I've soiled myself just by asking that question.
Please tell me, should I, or shouldn't I?
The pages take forever to load. It appears to be just a bunch of people perpetually saying hi to each other. It seems to do for internet discourse what the mobile did to phone conversations (hi, where are you, I am here, bye). And from what I can tell, it's largely populated by assholes hoping to extend the clique stage of their adolescence.
Of course, I want to just say hi to people too. Hi! Hi! Hi! How embarrassing.
Anyone?
Please tell me, should I, or shouldn't I?
The pages take forever to load. It appears to be just a bunch of people perpetually saying hi to each other. It seems to do for internet discourse what the mobile did to phone conversations (hi, where are you, I am here, bye). And from what I can tell, it's largely populated by assholes hoping to extend the clique stage of their adolescence.
Of course, I want to just say hi to people too. Hi! Hi! Hi! How embarrassing.
Anyone?
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Some authors on Myspace have great pages set up. They post touring information on their calendars, bulletins about the latest reviews and events pertaining to their books, and they gain new readers in the process.
I avoided Myspace for many months, because I had nothing to promote and no real purpose to be on there. I finally gave in this year after much nagging from friends. I wasn't warned about the countless idiots who were out there, however, they can always be ignored or avoided by making a profile private or using the block feature.
Thanks, Mar. Which sites do you think I should look at to get ideas? What is your address there?
Hi Matt, do the myspace thing. My publicist set mine up and I have started getting into it.
Are you saying that by my maintaining a MySpace page I'm somehow channeling, or even actually regressing, my inner adolesence?
Well I've got a few words for you:
I'm rubber you're glue!
I had a whole bunch of cynical things to say in my first response, but when I went to post it, this damn beta-post window denied me!
Seems like some nefarious scheme by you to keep smart asses like me to a minimum!
I've got a MySpace page and I'll have you know that despite thatit's more t han just saying Hi!
I can say goodbye too!!! LOL
I'm saying that if you are not trying to attract random sexual partners, MySpace seems futile. And is it me, or are the pages ugly as shit, and take forever to load?
MySpace: giant database of consumer profiles, and another distraction in a world full of distractions.
I'm analog. To me MySpace is Supersized Friendsters. Pages take forever to load and too much is going on. A website is just as informative (regarding tours, upcoming books, press, etc.)
SeeI'm nostalgic for the olden days when, if I wasn't home, you had to call me back. You remember the olden days. Back before answering machines? I'm all Hi'd out, what with my cell phone, home phone, e-mail, Blog. Makes me tired just thinking about it :-)
I get that same feeling. Just looking at MySpace makes me tired. I am almost tempted now to make a page just to see how horrible I could make it, but there are so many bad ones I doubt anyone could discern the irony.
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