The article "Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart
MySpace" by Danah Boyd highlights MySpace when it was in its prime. It is interesting to read an
article about a social media site that once was so popular but was later overshadowed
by another site, in this case, Facebook. MySpace itself evolved from a site for people interested in
music to a social network site where you can post pictures and comments.
The article states “teens accessed
MySpace at least once a day or whenever computer access is possible.” I remember getting home from school and
the first thing I did was log on to MySpace. This is no different than people’s habits now. I cannot even begin to count the amount
of times I log on to Facebook a week, even if it is just for a quick peek. Social media helps us feel connected, and
we constantly need to check this connection.
It will be interesting to see if
the new and improved MySpace will be as popular as the original site. I would love to check it out, but I cannot
seem to remember my username and password from way back in middle school…
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