Myspace Article
Meeting People on MySpace
The process of meeting people on MySpace is extremely easy. MySpace is an
online community which encourages individuals from all over the world to become
involved and create an online profile. Members are able to create a MySpace
website which they can use to provide others with information about them.
Members are also encouraged to view the websites belonging to other members to
learn more about other members of the community.
Those who participate in MySpace can provide as much or as little personal
information as they wish and are not required to give any specific information
when they design their website. Those who are willing to open up more, however,
are likely to be more interesting to other members and may accumulate friends
very quickly on MySpace.
Searching for Friends on MySpace
The search feature can help new MySpace members to find friends in the
community. The search feature allows users to enter in a particular word and
provides search results which include MySpace members’ websites which use this
word. This is an interesting way to meet potential friends on MySpace because
you can enter keywords which are associated to a favorite hobby, band, book or
other interest to find others who share this interest.
Those on MySpace can use the search feature to find new friends but can also use
the search feature to meet find friends with whom you have lost touch over the
years. Members can also search through MySpace for users with a particular name
although this not always effective because users are not required to post their
full name on their MySpace website. However, there are many who do include their
full name so trying this search feature is worthwhile if you are looking to
locate someone from your past on MySpace.
Using Caution on MySpace
With any online community, caution should be used when cultivating friendships
on MySpace. The vast majority of those who use MySpace are simply looking to
either make new friends or find long last friends but there are a small
percentage of users who may have malicious intents. MySpace created their terms
of services and makes an honest attempt to enforce these terms but this can be a
difficult task on the Internet
It is important to remember that the Internet allows a certain degree of
anonymity that can allow some unscrupulous individuals to mask their true
identity and convince other MySpace members they are someone who they are really
not. Common scenarios which may occur on the Internet include individuals
obtaining enough information to steal the identity of another or individuals
obtaining information such as an address which enables them to do physical harm
to another member of MySpace. Those who use MySpace should be careful to ensure
their private information is kept private while they are online. Information
which can be used to harm them may include any combination of the following:
* Full name
* Place of birth
* Names of children and information on when and where they were born
* High school and year of graduation
* Social security number
* Credit card numbers
* Bank account numbers
Some of the information above may seem harmless but it is important to remember
devious criminals can use public resources such as newspapers and library books
to find out more information about an individual.
When you are Being Harassed on MySpace
Harassment is a serious issue which the MySpace administrators take very
seriously. However, the most effective method they recommend for getting those
harassing you to stop is to ignore them. According to the FAQ page on MySpace
99.9% of harassment situations diffuse if harassing emails are completely
ignored. You can also block users which prevents them from contacting you
through MySpace and remove them from your friends list which will prevent them
from adding comments. If another user has created a profile about you with
malicious intent you can contact MySpace customer service and provide them with
a link to the profile and they will investigate the profile and delete it if
warranted.
