Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Myspace and Dating

OLD Myspace
Romantic relationships during the time of OLD Myspace were able to be formed or grown with the presence of a site that allowed you to see into someone's personal style, into their thoughts through the use of blogs, and into their musical taste through widgets that allowed playlists. It was a place where people had to agree to be friends on both ends rather than just "follow" one another's feed. It was a place where relationships were made public by being one of someone's Top Friends, or through having comments on one anothers' profile. This was an era that allowed for the curation of relationships based on all interests, even though the site was never made specifically for this purpose.

NEW Myspace
Romantic relationships now, during the era of NEW Myspace are harder to come by, since the site is more geared toward people following their interests in music or media than finding people. It is still possible to meet people through "connecting" (or following) one another, but it is much more of a rarity. The site is definitely not targeting strictly single people, and there is no advertisement saying that it is a great place to find love (aside from a love of music). I wouldn't recommend this as a dating site also due to the lack of ability to fluidly communicate or share thoughts. The user interface doesn't allow much personal presentation or discussion beyond mixes or photos uploaded and a messaging feature (that feels like it hasn't been developed since the re-release before 2013).

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