Myspace or Friendster: A Free Bulletin Board For Anyone

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  • Author John Anderson
  • Published July 27, 2007
  • Word count 403

Social networking on Myspace or Friendster is booming as young adults find one another online to chat, post comments, post photos, and share info about the latest happenings in their world. The concept of Myspace, which is basically, a free bulletin board for anyone to create a web site that is all about networking and communicating with friends and creating new friends too is one of the fine cerebral approach of some genius.

With the potential users social networking on Myspace or Friendster is overwhelmed with information. Users create a free account; enter detail information about them and share their site with their friends. Their friends then post comments on the Myspace a reply. Myspace or Friendster is overflowing with different types of information exchange between teens, which may be good or bad. The users with easy to use tools at their administration can have a site, which was earlier thought that only the geeks could use it.

The sharing feature of Myspace or Friendster was initially used for good but later due to the posting of some content that is considered not to be spoken publicly has created the negative side of these sites. Another wrongdoings that have shaken the world of social networking is that the kids post news of a party in their area, to their site. Such postings spread out agitation and hatred within the community quickly. The teenagers who do not think much about its after affects generally make these postings. Some schools and the parents are getting alert to check the same. Schools have implemented rules to put the student run on the correct tract. They are warned that they would be thrown out if they do not clean up their sites. Parents are also trying to become good friends of their children guiding them with their knowledge and keeping watch on all their activities because there are chances to get involved in the wrong activities. Do not let them to access Internet and even if they are allowed to do the same then take care that they do not get involved in wrong doings. Take care that such event can have a fatal ending.

Though there are several negative sides but still Myspace or Friendster proved themselves as one of the hottest social networking sites with nearly 60 million subscribers and was recently bought by a major corporation because of its lucrative target market for advertising income.

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