Is My Space another cyber-fad?

Ikijigoku · Post by **Ikijigoku** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:57 pm

I just got an account and I don't see what the big deal is? I've been hearing about My Space for the last year. A friend convinced me to get an account. Does anyone else have one?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:04 pm

Look in the Supastah thread, then post an obligatory witty comment.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:32 pm

Ikijigoku wrote:Is My Space another cyber-fad?

Yes!

I mean - er, no!

www.myspace.com/strafetheband

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:35 pm

Its like cheap website builder ahoy!

Post by **Best First** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:41 pm

i have no clue about this myspace fandango

Post by **Denyer** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:40 pm

It's a fad, but one that has and will do good things for a few small bands. Aside from that it's a more obnoxious form of Livejournal that permits people to easily embed music.

I have an account for replies, as with Livejournal and a gazillion miscellaneous forums.

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:44 pm

Myspace = Stalker Central

*shudders*

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:28 pm

I most definitely do not have myspace..

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:41 pm

Optimus Prime Rib wrote:I most definitely do not have myspace..

OPR's gonna build himself a man-shed this summer!

I've had a similar view of Myspace as with Livejournal, websites and well, any webspace service: It's all well and good, but what's the point of having it if there's nothing really worth putting on it?

man-with-the-dogs · Post by **man-with-the-dogs** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:08 am

I have one. I'm the most popular whore on the net.

http://myspace.com/pukingunicorn

Oh yeah, there's like swears and sh*t on it.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:44 am

"RIVERTON, Kansas (AP) -- Five teenage boys accused of plotting a shooting rampage at their high school on the anniversary of the Columbine massacre were arrested Thursday after a message authorities said warned of a gun attack appeared on the Web site MySpace.com.

Sheriff's deputies found guns, ammunition, knives and coded messages in the bedroom of one suspect, Sheriff Steve Norman said. Authorities also found documents about firearms and references to Armageddon in two suspects' school lockers.

"What the resounding theme is: They were actually going to do this," Norman said.

Four suspects were arrested at their homes; the fifth was taken into custody at the school. None of the names of the teens, ages 16-18, were released.

Attorney General Phill Kline, whose office took over the prosecution at the request of the county attorney, said charges are likely to be announced Friday, when the suspects are expected to appear in court.

No decision has been made on whether to charge the four suspects younger than 18 as adults, he said.

Deputies' interviews with the suspects indicated they planned to wear black trench coats and disable the school's camera system before starting the attack between noon and 1 p.m. Thursday, Norman said. The suspects apparently had been plotting since the beginning of the school year.

Officials at Riverton High School began investigating on Tuesday after learning that a threatening message had been posted on MySpace.com, he said.

The message discussed the significance of April 20, which is Adolf Hitler's birthday and the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School attack in Colorado, in which two students wearing trench coats killed 13 people and committed suicide, the sheriff said.

"The message, it was brief, but it stated that there was going to be a shooting at the Riverton school and that people should wear bulletproof vests and flak jackets," Norman said.

School officials identified the student who posted the message and talked to several of his friends, Norman said.

But Riverton school district Superintendent David Walters said the significance of the threat didn't become clear until Wednesday night, after a woman in North Carolina who had chatted with one of the suspects on Myspace.com received more specific information that there would be about a dozen potential victims, at least one of whom was a staff member. She notified authorities in her state, who contacted the sheriff's department, Norman said.

Norman said that the potential victims were popular students and that the suspects may have been bullied.

"I think there was probably some bullying, name calling, chastising," he said. He also said investigators had learned the suspects were computer buffs who liked violent video games.
MySpace.com -- a social networking hub with more 72 million members -- released a statement declining to discuss the case because of the investigation, adding that it has provided users with mechanisms to report inappropriate content.

Kline said school would resume Friday. About 900 students in all grades attend the campus.

Riverton is an unincorporated area of about 600 people along what once was the famed Route 66 in southeast Kansas, near the Oklahoma and Missouri borders."

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:45 pm

So far I've only experienced the good side of myspace, like finding friends I hadn't seen in years and bothering Joey. But one of these days, I'm sure I'll get caught up in a plot to kill someone.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:48 pm

Probably Joey.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:02 pm

Poor Joey.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:59 pm

You dont got what it takes to step to this!

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:11 pm

It's nice to add the friends that you know and stuff like that........

But I mainly use mySpace to look up old high school classmates, see how much more money they're making/travel they've done/hot their girlfriends are than me and then get in a pissy mood.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:12 am

Shanti418 wrote:...I mainly use mySpace to look up old high school classmates, see how much more money they're making/travel they've done/hot their girlfriends are than me and then get in a pissy mood.

IronHide wrote:Myspace = Stalker Central

*shudders*

I'm keeping my Myspace completely anonymous.

Reflector · Post by **Reflector** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:20 pm

Can't really say its a internet fad anymore cuz its been around for a while now plus its a easy way to promote band/Tv shows/Movies and what have you.
So i don't see it going away any time soon.

And yes i use it

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... id=2515686

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:04 am

I finally have one. But I need friends.

Obviously I'm not too concerned about strict strict anonymity anymore but I still like to make a play at attempting.

Anyone on there who wants to add me as a friend can PM me a URL to their page and I'll go and pay them a visit... unless we really don't know each other/you know I don't like you, in which case... well, what's the point?

i've just tried to add Joey and Spidey's band, just so you know who the email's from since the thing is telling me I've just sent one...

Ikijigoku · Post by **Ikijigoku** » Wed May 03, 2006 4:02 am

Finally got my site up. It's not too bad, but I need to get a newer pic.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... D=71666097

Reflector · Post by **Reflector** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:35 pm

Ikijigoku wrote:Finally got my site up. It's not too bad, but I need to get a newer pic.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... D=71666097

I miss the mullet.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Sun May 14, 2006 9:19 pm

You know, somehow I never figured Sadie would be into dancing..

Hah... Girls Aloud has a Myspace.

www.myspace.com/girlsaloud

And they're friends with Spideys band! Except it says it's Strafes band..

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:36 am

Shanti418 wrote:travel they've done

I can get jealous about that here.

Rob.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:50 am

Hey, you've been to London, what more do you want?

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:11 pm

I want to drink with Transfans on all the continents and the seven seas!

Nerd is a universal language.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:32 pm

Predabot wrote:And they're friends with Spideys band! Except it says it's Strafes band..

Actually, it says it's Strafe The Band. It just happens that MySpace translates that as First name: Strafe, Surname: The Band.

TransFans.co.uk

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