Myspace and Facebook

Social networking today is very different than in the past. Now the internet is vital to peoples lives. Now with facebook and myspace people can connect with more people than they ever could before. Myspace is now more used for music and it’s a way for bands and people to get there music known. It also helps people discover others like comedians, filmmakers, artists etc. Facebook is primarily a social networking site but it branches out to other types of networking. Its also used in making business contacts, getting up to the minute news, following famous people ETC. There are so many different uses for it you cant really know them all. They are more set up like a blog than other sites like twitter. You get to give a profile of yourself and post about what interest you, posting to others and much more. Plus these things connect you to people are around the world. Never before did people across the seas seem so close. These things are good and all but they are dangers that many people aren’t aware of. One is that anyone can access your information. This is a problem because some of the stuff you don’t want certain people to see, like parents. More important employers are starting to look into people’s facebooks and myspace accounts to see if they want that person to be in their business. What they find gives them an idea of what a person is like and if they don’t approve you’re in trouble. Many people have been denied jobs because of this. They weren’t even aware that what they were doing could be viewed by everyone that went looking for it. But if you are responsible and put stuff on there that isn’t viewed as bad its ok. But these things get abused by so many people and they don’t even realize what they are doing. So if you do what you are supposed to the pros of social networks like facebook and myspace can be a great tool to you. But if you don’t you might eventually have to pay for your actions in the future.

Here are two videos of the pros and cons of each