Storytellersunplugged

—-Deborah LeBlanc—-

That was my reaction when I first heard about MySpace, which was about a year ago. Yeah, I know, I’m seriously behind the times. The MySpace phenomenon has been around a lot longer than a year. So has LOST, I think, but I’ve yet to watch one episode. Just goes to show ya…

Anyway, the friend who told me about this large web community insisted that it would be in my best interest to get hooked into that network. I balked—stalled—gagged actually. The last thing I needed was another website to manage. Not long after that initial introduction to M/S, author friends began bombarding me with, “Whadda ya mean you don’t have a MySpace site? You’ve gotta get one!”….. “You’ve gotta do MySpace!”…….. “I get more hits on MySpace than my regular site. Ya gotta do one!” Blah, blah, blah….ad nauseam.

So….I had eldest daughter create one for me. Now it’s just kinda sitting out there because I’m not quite sure what to do with it. Even more ridiculous is the fact that I get a minimum of five emails a day from folks I don’t even know, asking if they can, “Be My Friend.” Huh? What’s up with that? Is there some kind of cyber contest for the person who collects the most ‘friends’? Is this whole ‘friends’ thing tied to status? Boredom?

Regardless what the ‘friend’ count is about, though, I’m tellin’ ya, MySpace should carry some kind of warning from NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health). The damn thing sucks out brain cells. I swear. You log on, intending to update some info on your site, and before you know it, it’s DAYS later. I thought Google was bad, leading you link by link into oblivion when all you wanted was info on frogs. But Google is milk toast compared to the time vacuum MySpace can create. I got lost in it once. Now, each time I go to the site, I tether myself to someone who promises to jerk the rope if I’m not up and outta there in ten minutes. I just wish those ten minutes could be more productive….Any suggestions? What causes you to visit someone’s My Space site vs their regular website?

Inquiring minds (and screwed up ones, like mine) want to know! Oh, and in case you’re wondering, here’s the link to my M/S thingy. www.myspace.com/deborahleblanc.

Whadda ya think? Is the damn thing even set up right? (Yeah, I know this is supposed to be a share what you know type post, but hell, us ignoramuses gotta learn too, right?)