After
taking a moment of my time reading the article, Implications of User Choice: The Cultural Logic of “MySpace or Facebook?”, I had flashbacks about my
junior-high years. I remember when there was a trend going on in my school
about MySpace and I felt really left out when people were talking about it. I
never knew that there was a website like MySpace because I would only use email and
instant messaging as a form of communication. I found out that these site was where everyone had their “conversation”
and "statuses" posted. This was very bizarre to me , but I felt that once I made
a account I would eventually ease into it.
The
author of the article, Danah Boyd, pointed out some of the
most distinguishable claim about social networking.It was the shift between MySpace to Facebook, that seperated people into groups. I felt that this was true,
because when I had a MySpace account, I was very upset when I found people
using another social networking site. It was the biggest betrayal I have ever
felt on the internet. About eighty-percent
of my friends was using Facebook.
After realizing that everyone was on Facebook, I felt that I needed to
follow the trend. The whole new scenario of using walls to posts rather than
having a personal profile like MySpace, which created a version of your world.,
was very strange to me. I did not understand the concept of Facebook, but I still felt the urge to leave MySpace and use Facebook.
The
claims that were made about the distinction between MySpace and Facebook by
the author was noticeable in my school. I think the choices we make on which social networking site was seen as
picking a side, and the side we pick would usually be where our friends lies
There are no class description on these social networking site, because the
people at my school only follows the crowd just like anyone else would do. Other than the groups and trend that were in these social networking site,i disagree with the author claim about people who are using MySpace are “ghetto"and people who are using
Facebook are “classier”, because it is all about who is on the social
networking site that we pick. This kind of description is used to describe how we look, and I would not compare it to looks because the outfit
we choose to wear describe who we are and how we are judge, but the social
networking sites are all the same. We should not be categorized by what we use if they both serve the same purpose. They have their pros and cons, and they are
all use for the mean s of communication and connecting to the world.
I
choose to have a Facebook because it is the only way I could communicate with
people. It is hard to reach a person by phone or by visiting these days. I
design my Facebook in a certain way in order to help my friends identify who I
am. My identity on Facebook is basically the person who I am in reality. I
would not post something that does not symbolize who I am , because it would give the wrong impression about me.I use Facebook as
a form of communication , and not a way to meet new people. 