Sunday, January 29, 2012
After
reading “Implications” my reaction to the “ghettoization” of MySpace was that I
somehow can agree to some of the students the author interviewed stating that Facebook
is classified as more for sophisticated and higher class people. I know it’s
hard to hear but that’s how most of our society sees MySpace user as more of
the ‘ghetto’ type. When I switched to Facebook I was in my junior year and when
I first got a MySpace I was in 7th grade, I was a little skeptical
about it at first because I heard that Facebook was like a MySpace for grownups
to communicate with their business colleagues. One of my closest friends
mentioned Facebook to me to join Facebook so we can talk on there because she
no longer was on MySpace. When I finally switched I noticed that the switch was
major and I was completely lost but as time went by I got the hang of it. I
also noticed that every one of my classmates had already done the switch
probably a year before I did. Once I was hooked on Facebook I quickly let go of
MySpace I still have a profile but I haven’t logged in since I made the switch.
In my opinion I see Facebook as a social network were high school students and
college students can communicate with each other. I also see how many companies
and other business take advantage of Facebook to advertise. MySpace on the
other hand I see as a social network for students in lower grades like middle
school and even grade school. The way my Facebook is designed is it has
information that I only want people to see only my friends are able to see my
page. I’m careful about what I post and what not to post, when I think about I
rarely post on my Facebook just because I’m a private person and I don’t want
people being nosy. Although, I do like Facebook because it’s a place where I can
keep in touch with my friends and family that I don’t see often. Now that I
look back I’m glad I made the switch Facebook is more convenient to use. Not
only that but all of my friends are on Facebook everyone I know left MySpace so
there was no reason to stay there.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)