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This conversation led to the term "Legitimacy" and how it's an important aspect of these social webspaces. If you notice on Myspace, kids from the ages of 10-15 tend to exagerate a little when it comes to their age. Why? Because of the female sex primarily. If they see a picture of a hot breezy but notice that they're age, or the age they CLAIM to be, is quite a bit older then they are inspired to "exagerate" their age a little in hopes of this "Heaven on Earth" to take an interest in them. Though the profile pic always throws them for a loop.
Because of these known occurences, Myspace's Legitimacy has decreased 17%, occording to the LSS (Legit Shit Statistics) in this year alone. And it has not gone down just because of the age gage abusers.
Over 15,600 pedifials have joined myspace in the last 2 years (numbers may be slightly embellished). I mean with all the cases of grown men looking at younger girls or boys it would only be a matter of time til the Legitimacy of Myspace was to drop significantly. It's too sick of a thought when thinking that there's a chance that a man old enough to fart dust could be looking at your picture and creating his own music video to "Afternoon Delight".
So for all you people wanting to get a Myspace account, check the LSS statistics first then weigh out the pros and cons.
As far as Facebook goes a majority of all social networking artists use Facebook more than Myspace. This is because of the useful easy features it comes with. The Facebook chat was a hit when it came out. Rosie O' Donal commented, "Facebook chat is....". Though the rest of the quote was lost, "Facebook chat" was still commented on and no one would argue with the infamous Betty Rubbel. Other fun useful features are the games you can play with other friends or subscribers. These would include Texas Hold Em' matches, Mafia Wars, and the well known "You poke me then i'll poke you" routine. You can just smell the Legitimacy rising.
But why is it so Legit? Why do people not question your age, taste in music, or favorite movies on Facebook. Simple. It's a majority decision. People know the ratio of people that lie to people that don't on Facebook and it's simply not negotiable. It's too low to even be discussed.
And Twitter. My opinion on Twitter is simply this. It's a cop-out of Facebook statuses. Tweeter McTweeterson over here knew the high Legitimacy rating of Facebook and decided to make a website simply devoted to Statuses. Brilliant yet cliche'. But I can't complain because I have a Twitter and it's addicting.
I cannot begin to to even write out the entire conversation of my friend and me because the depth could not be obtained by this Toshiba computer.
All I want, nay NEED to say is this:
Tweet My SpaceBook
Haha I love it! Yet it leaves me wondering why we feel the need to expose ourselves to the world via the Internet? Why do I feel obligated to leave a public comment about this post? Why does your facebook say your 20? Legitimacy at its finest.
ReplyDeleteYour facebook says you're 20???
ReplyDeleteHA HA HA!!! You have lost all credibility my friend. And I don't feel obligated to leave a public comment here, I feel privileged to leave one because this is worth commenting on.
Nick Dillard, you are the man. You are a poet and a skeptic. Nothing is more legit than that.
I would just like to point out that I was referring to making the comment public instead of private, but thank you Hunter for serving as a perfect example of what I was talking about.
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