MySpace.com

MySpace.com

In 2003, MySpace.com was created for bands to launch their music to be publicly recognized. It was a way for bands and musicians to get more in touch and more personal with their fans. Through MySpace.com, bands would register for profiles were their band info, tour dates, picture can be put up on galleries, and music can be previewed.

Eventually, fans of the musicians and bands started creating profiles where they can be MySpace friends with the bands, a sort of fan club/ groupie type of relationship. MySpace.com now has become an online community where not only fans, musicians, and bands can be online friends but everyday people can as well.

MySpace.com is a place where people can: “MySpace is an online community that lets you meet your friends' friends. Create a private community on MySpace and you can share photos, journals and interests with your growing network of mutual friends!” (MySpace.com).
 * Friends who want to talk Online
 * Single people who want to meet other Singles
 * Matchmakers who want to connect their friends with other friends
 * Families who want to keep in touch--map your Family Tree
 * Business people and co-workers interested in networking
 * Classmates and study partners
 * Anyone looking for long lost friends!

Myspace.com has become internationally known, connecting people with similar musical and movie interests, residences, hobbies, mutual friends, etc. Unlike communities like Facebook.com, MySpace profiles can be customized with song playlists, creative backgrounds, and moving profile images. Myspace.com even has its own blog option and instant messenger. The webmaster for Myspace.com is a man named Tom who automatically becomes a MySpace friend of anyone that registers for an account. Today there are 59117381 registered people with profiles on MySpace.com.

It is very simple to sign up for MySpace.
 * How Do I Use MySpace?**

1. First, **Sign Up** and Create a Profile. (MySpace.com)

(Your Profile is Your Space on the Web, where you can describe yourself, hobbies and interests. You can even upload pics and write journals.) (MySpace.com)

2. Second, **Invite** your Friends to join Your Personal Network. (MySpace.com)

OR, **Search** the site for your Friends who are already Members of Myspace. (MySpace.com)

3. Third, **View** the Connections you Create between Your Friend and Their Friends. Some people have 1,000s of people in their extended network! (MySpace.com)

4. Meet your Friend's Friends and Suggest Matches! You can communicate with anyone in your Personal Network. (MySpace.com)

Bibliography 1. __MySpace.com.__ 2006. 27 Feb. 2006. Available online at: http://www.myspace.com/