The MySpace Craze

Everyday, technology allows us to communicate with Friends, family, co-workers and the like more easily than the day before. Lets take a look back just....oh say......20 years ago. There were no cell phones, there was the Commodore 64 computer that you had to write your own scripts to get it to do what you wanted it to. I actually remember doing that.

The first cell phone was either a bag phone or one mounted in your car that took up half the dashboard and you were making your statement by having that familiar Cellular One antenna on top of your car. The handset was the size of your home phone and it weighed about 5 lbs.

Now, lets jump a head a bit. We now have progressed to the NEWER computers that run faster than ever, cost a fraction of what they did 15-20 years ago and there are cell phones that you can buy for .99 cents or even get free depending on what plan or carrier you get. We can receive text messages on our phone for little or no costs to us and some of the younger people can type quicker than they can talk. (Go figure that one out.)

With the newer computers and still more and more people relying on the computer to make their jobs easier, quicker and just fun, we have an abundance of software developers that are making a killing on keeping us all in contact with one another. This brings me to......yes.....the MySpace Craze.

MySpace.com has only be in existance for about 2 years now and I would dare to guess at how many users they have signed up. Not to mention what all you can do with it, but it is a pretty neat way of finding, contacting and emailing those people that you lost contact with the day you walked across the stage and got the piece of paper that you could show to the world that yes, you did make it through school in one piece and no, your parents did not kill you before you graduated. I have to admit that I have become somewhat addicted to MySpace (but so has others) since I signed up just to keep tabs on my nephews. I could care less about what they do now but I still do care about them. Anyways, I used to check my MySpace messages about 2 times a day and go on about my business. NOW, some jackleg has come up with an application that you can add to your MySpace and you can now BUY your friends with play monies that you have earned or obtained. Now, I'm in this contest between one of my friend about who owns who. My wife says that I am now addicted to this just like I am porn. I disagree. I look at porn less now that I am able to buy someone. (This is cool!!)

Anyways, bringing this to an end. Parents, if you read this and you know about what I'm talking about , please pay attention to what you children are doing especaially when it comes to using MySpace. It can be fun, entertaining and time consuming but it can also be a haven for people who are predators and are looking for those young ones that appeal to them. Just be careful.