So, I visited MySpace and Facebook today. These are definitely the ultimate in social networking where you can link to other people easily and reveal as much or as little as you want to about yourself. I was very amazed at how some people so freely provide intimate details about their lives!
To me, MySpace and Facebook are replacing things like penpals and listservs. Back in the good ole days, you could write to a penpal and you would eagerly await your penpal's reply. You would probably get a neat stamp out of the deal if your penpal was out of the country. Now with these social networking online sites, a reply could be instantaneous!
If you are a fan of a band, singer, actor, etc., you used to just go to a website or fansite and perhaps subscribe to a listserv to get updates on the artist's activities and possibly even network with other fans. Now with MySpace it seems to be all in one place. I went to former American Idol finalist Vonzell Solomon's MySpace site and was amazed at all the things she has up on her site! Wow!
I also stumbled into the American Library Association's MySpace site and was intrigued with the various things on that site. YouTube's of special guest appearances at ALA meetings and ways to network with other libraries and librarians were neat features.
Our library could benefit from a MySpace by providing links to activities going on at the library and providing a forum for customers to write reviews on books, DVDs and other programs.
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I was never too good with pen pal correspondence or checking, what was it, emails from listservs? so I probably won't be too on top of keeping up with my blog either, but it has been kind of fun so far!
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