Comments on: Myspace and Consumerism

By: april

april — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:43:52 +0000

i hope you realize that you have to help me plan ours daniel, since you were a class officer.

By: D Marsh

D Marsh — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:45:57 +0000

Don’t worry, we still have like nine years before our ten year high school reunion.

By: M-1

M-1 — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:53:16 +0000

Ahh man, I hadn’t even thought about the ramifications on high school reunions. I guess it’s one more reason to not go to one.

By: kevlar

kevlar — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:13:48 +0000

I’m in agreement with joel about myspace being something that increases human interactivity. It’s a good thing, no matter how impersonal. Were I without my precious account, I would not have certain folks’ phone numbers and would not have had any contact with them whatsoever.

Another curious aspect of myspace is it’s voyeurism. When I’ve nothing to do, there’s nothing better than tracking down friends of friends to see what their current religion/residence/personal quote is. Plus it’s a preemptive strike against the possible shock of high school reunion.

By: aballer

aballer — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:28:27 +0000

speaking of deoderant, if you ever see nivea brand deoderant in a store, notify me immediately. as far as i know, they don’t sell it in the states yet. also, you all should join myspace if you haven’t already and be my friend. and if you see nivea brand deoderant on myspace, let me know b/c i want to add that bitch to my friend’s list. definitely top 8 material.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:52:56 +0000

I would guess that Communicating via MySpace could either add to or detract from the quality of your interactions with a person. Which it would do would depend a lot on the two people involved. I, for instance, am not the type of person to typically go out of my way to see or talk to people, so anything that increases the odds that I would come into contact with someone is likely good for me. I know that I am in better contact with you folks than I would be without JttM. The possible exception (for me) would be close friends who live near by….

As for MySpace allowing products to become “members”… I doubt that the community will do much to embrace these new “members”. I can imagine that MySpacers might sincerely befriend movies they like, I can’t see the thing happening with deodorant. I suppose, however, that irony loving hipsters might befriend Right Guard Xtreme, and in the advertising world it matters less why someone is paying attention to your product, and more that they notice in the first place

By: ZMurder

ZMurder — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:03:24 +0000

I’m not on MySpace, but I like the sound of this high frequency, low quality interaction — I will have to sign up.

By: Mohsen

Mohsen — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:48:53 +0000

I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree, because I think MySpace has definitely affected how I interact with certain friends– primarily higher frequency but lower quailty.

By: april

april — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:39:03 +0000

i disagree mohsen. i don’t think myspace replaces important interactions, just adds to them. and even though one day nokia might be one of my myspace friends (as if), they will never make my top 8! i do think myspace is becoming another necessary channel marketers must utilize though.

also, did you hear about the kids who got arrested for planning a columbine type attack at their high school? they were stopped ahead of time because they posted about their plans on myspace and got turned in.