by veronicaromm

Created on: February 23, 2007   Last Updated: August 06, 2011

Technology has widened our horizons, broadened our scope and created neighbors that are thousands of miles away. No internet tool however has been quite as successful as MySpace.com at bridging the gap between regular guys and girls and "celebrities." MySpace allows the user through various avenues find and contact a host of people with similar interests, voyeuristic tendencies and whatever else binds people together.

MySpace has even created "celebrities" of its own. For example, Tila Tequila - a tiny yet curvaceous user - has over 800,000 friends on her site. With a bevy of provocative photos this mini diva has been featured in men's magazines such as FHM and Maxim. She has been offered promotions and is actually making money due to her on-line following. The question then is why is this diminutive creature so appealing to men in cyberspace? For one thing, it seems that the interactive element to MySpace actually allows her admirers to feel closer to her. As she adds them as friends there is a feeling that a certain intimacy exists that print magazines cannot offer. Once added as a friend, comments are posted that reinforce the admirers lust for her, with such originals as "your hot" and "sexy" followed by offers of servitude to her every whim. Sometimes these comments are in the form of images and even glittery sayings.

MySpace also provides the opportunity to reconnect with people that one may have lost touch with through the years. They may live on opposite sides of the country or the planet actually, but a simple search might prove to find them staring back at you waiting for a friend request or an add. Next thing you know there is a connection once again with someone with whom it may otherwise not have been possible. If nothing else it allows a safe and friendly way to catch up and share photos and the like.

Musicians and bands find a great deal of support through this site. Posting the latest releases, concert dates and impromptu shows get the fans involved and once again bridge the space between the voice on the disc and some more attainable accessible method of connecting. Films, mostly independent but not exclusively use MySpace to preview trailers and build buzz for premieres, actors and awards.

There are critics that abound to pledge their dislike for this community. Mainly these revolve around under age users posting inappropriate or potentially dangerous material. These critics however disdain any medium that requires responsibility for parents and adults to monitor. MySpace by no means tolerates abuse and respond quickly when abuse is reported. Therefore, the negatives are minimal and are overshadowed by the benefits of connection. The internet has been described as a way to isolate from people, yet MySpace provides the outlet to connect along the cyber highway and become much closer to that which interests, excites or encourages us.

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