A Cool Kid Online: 25M, post-college
7 01 2006
I recently spoke with a true Myspace Casanova. If you were to see his Myspace profile, you’d notice it filled with beautiful women, most of whom he’s never met. His top eight, or the eight spots for close friends in his profile, are reserved for women he’s currently courting online.
Our discussion goes a step beyond online dating; it reveals the new rules of a social life revolving around Myspace.com: a site supporting 45MM members and garnering up to 10% of all online advertising dollars monthly.
Q&Q: How long have you gone without being online this year?
A: 1 week, I was on vacation.
Q&Q: What was coming back online like after a week away?
A: like going home to a dog u haven’t seen for a week, u just want to play with it forever
Q&Q: Did you?
A: I probably spent 4 straight hours online, at least and Myspaced it up
Q&Q: what’s “Myspaced it up” mean?
A: I just read my notes, comments, friend requests, etc. it gets addicting, super addicting. Haha. I met my current gf through myspace.
Q&Q: How?
A: Well, when I was on that same trip, I started talking to this girl. She gave me her Myspace name, about 3 weeks later, her friend her saw a pic of me on her page. She came over for dinner a week later.
Q&Q: Did you talk before she came over?
A: yea, online, then text message, then phone.
Q&Q: Is that your formula?
A: Well, txt and phone can be interchanged at times, just gotta feel it out, but online is non-threatening, same w/ txt, it’s an easy way to get to know someone.
that’s definitely not the first time i’ve seen this. i have several close friends who use myspace.com the same way. its like a free internet dating site. certainly an interesting answer about “myspacing it up”. internet addiction at its finest.