Carr's take on Myspace *probably*
OLD Myspace had potential with the ability for users to post Blog posts (that could be any length), but it still did not adhere to learning large amounts of information all the time. Many profiles used graphics, videos, or music to display their messages, but overall it was a social networking site for people to talk amongst one another and share shallow ideas. It is simply a distraction to learning. Just like these ridiculous profile backgrounds!
NEW Myspace is even worse in this regard - it only holds videos or music. There is now no way to share ideas through the blog feature that was disabled. I definitely don't have use for this site now unless I want to go find distracting music or videos of music.
Shirky's take on Myspace *probably*
OLD Myspace allowed people to share ideas through blogs! That is incredible! The online community could get together and if someone wrote content, others could comment on their work to make this a beneficial tool for humanity! I also love the ability for people to express themselves through sharing music or photos on the site. Once again, online collaboration at its finest! I also enjoy that users can utilize HTML to customize their profiles. That's a great way for people to learn a new tool that is used by the entire internet!
NEW Myspace is definitely a letdown for the online collaboration of idea sharing (that isn't through music or video). I disagree with the removal of the Blog feature and ability to customize profiles in HTML, but I love the collaboratory environment provided for musicians. The interface of this site could definitely use some work to improve these collaborative environments, though.
**All quotes here are expressions of Brittney King pretending to be Carr and Shirky. None of this was actually said by either researcher**
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