What's your fave social net?

PA!!

keiser willhelm wrote: facebook. I think its pretty easy to jump on the hate wagon and be 'above that' but facebook/myspace/whatever is really convenient. It makes it easy to keep in touch with friends from back home or friends who went to different schools, even friends form my own school who live in different dorms or apartments. We've coordinated 2 pretty big trips out of sate to go skiing/snowboarding all just over facebook. cant see how that can be bad. Its also good for wasting time

THANK you. Lots of people freak out when terms like the above are thrown around, simply because of some of the ideas/people associated with such (a.k.a teenagers and all the jazz). They assume they are above such juvenile nonsense and do not need any sort of silly communication device or something.

When actually, I have met two friends via myspace, one of which has become a great friend to me.

I have discovered SEVERAL bands from myspace, rivaling even ProgArchives, where I discover a number of bands, because often I can listen to 6 songs from a particular artist, rather than just one or two. And also there are many related artists readily available on sites like last.fm that have helped me discover and find lots of music...

They have their uses, you just have to see past the teenage busters. Hey, if you don't like the little fools, don't add them

It's not difficult to avoid looking like a fool on such sites, since so many people do...and the networking--especially for music--is actually very handy.

Also, in terms of getting info across between many friends/family simultaneously, as well as hearing updated news from many bands, myspace/facebook destroy email....

They are convenient things that, honestly, are overlooked by many just thanks to their reputation. I'm not some Myspace fanboy (hahaha) or anything, I just think it's annoying and typical that many people (and I'm not referring to anyone specifically or, really, anyone on this site) dismiss it because of what they feel it stands for or something silly.

It can be (and has been!) a very valuable resource if used correctly, which isn't hard to do....


Anyway.... /endrant