That's MySpace, Not Your Space

Somewhere, mixed in along with all those other social networking sites such as Facebook and Xanga(Ha, does anyone actually use xanga anymore?), there's MySpace. For the longest time, I had some serious problems with MySpace. I'm not actually sure why I had such a disgust with MySpace, but I think the majority of it had to do with MySpace's reputation of being a breeding ground for child abusers and creepers in general, thanks to shows such as To Catch A Predator.

If you've never seen To Catch A Predator, it's basically a show that highlights the dangers of the Internet and films adults who want to meet up with underage children for sex. Some of the people they snag just shock you, such as doctors and priests. (well, I guess the priest isn't really that shocking)

Anywho, then at some point, I came to the realization that MySpace was more than just a bunch of creepers, but it could actually be usefull! The useful side to MySpace is the music aspect of it. There, you can find just about any band you can possibly think of to hear, and listen to a couple of songs, and sometimes even download them, for free! Yes, free. I no longer had to pirate all of the songs I wanted. This even prompted me to create a myspace profile of my own,(I think I put my name as Joe) something I had never envisioned myself actually doing. Of course, I only created this profile because downloading some of the songs required that you have a profile.

So at this point in my life, I've come to really appreciate MySpace and all that it does for my musical needs. Although, I'm still disappointed only some of the music on there is actually downloadable. Personally, I think MySpace needs to implement a rule that if you put music samples up on their server for people to listen to, it must also be downloadable. But somehow, I don't see that happening any time soon.