Myspace

[jonnoman]

I hate the fact that people feed on the fact that they have 10,000+ friends from all over the world, but only talk to about 30 of them.

They revel in the fact that they are now 'myspace-famous'

It grinds my gears!

[123everton]

I seem to remember Tony Hancock doing a sketch where he was a ham radio enthusiast (1950s version of facebook) "I've got friends all over the world" he announced but none at home.
I'm not on myspace etc. but some people will do anything to deny the fact that actually they're sitting in a room on their own.
Victory is yours!

[Octavius]

That as may be jonnoman, but I�ve never heard of them. And if I haven�t heard of them they are a nobody.

Friend gathering in this form is easy isn�t it. No real effort required. In the olden days we actually had to talk to each other and play team games /go cycling etc, without mobiles and emails and web forums. In engaging with someone at a very real level, i.e. in person, it was easier to decide and select those people we wanted as friends, or that we just got along better with. Others who we were not so concerned about were left in the periphery and eventually fell away into their own groups of friends.

In the modern world it appears that you don�t move on and away from the associates you don�t wish to retain as a friend in the base sense, so all those peripheral people that you wouldn�t actually talk to in person are just left hanging around the edges forever. And it seems vitally important to know � on a regular basis - that they are �at work� �at home� �glad that the weekend has arrived� or �disappointed with West Brom�s result at the weekend� because of course we are meant to care.

At school I probably had 500 �friends� on the basis that we went to the same school and shared the same playground, throughout life I have probably 'gained' over a thousand �friends� that I met through someone at a BBQ, on a course, at work, on a night out, at Sainsbury�s, in the car park of the Dog & Duck etc etc. But in reality I would only want to spend my quality time with about 10 of them.

Let them have their infamy, but you can revel in the hollow and inane reality of what it all means.

[andy-hughes]

Totally agree (as usual) with the perceptive points made by Octavious.

It is a 'generation' thing - people of my age simply don;t get the notion of being 'friends' with people you don;t know personally, it's not something i would find the remotest pleasure in getting involved with.

It's not that I'm an old f**t, i simpy accept that generartions move up the scale, and the upcoming one has its own customs and culture.

My dad thought Marc Bolan needed a short back and sides and two years of National Service to straighten him out.

I am certainly more liberal than that - I just ignore Russel Brand - he patently is not tlaking to me in a language i can understand.

No problem - vive le differeance!