MySpace

www.myspace.com

MySpace has become one of the fastest growing social networking websites in the world. It is an interactive network that allows users to submit their own photos, music, videos and blogs for all members to share. It connects members across the world at an incredible rate, registering nearly 230,000 new members per day. Over 300 million accounts have been created to this day, and it continues to be one of the top three most viewed websites in the country.

The advantages of MySpace are the countless features, such as the Bulletin Board and MySpace News which allow users to post important information and newsworthy stories for all 300 million users to share. MySpace also has an instant messaging service as well as mobile service. Both of these CMC technologies could prove to be advantageous to organizations hoping to do national or international business. It is also a means of seeking employment, as users can search the Classifieds for jobs, and managers can get some background information on potential employees. T

he main disadvantage of MySpace is customer service. The website does not have any customer service phone number available to the public when the website crashes-- which does happen frequently. Inexperienced webmasters of MySpace compromise the network with poor coding and make it easy for spyware to infect the system.

Organizations could benefit from using MySpace as a way of continuing informal conversation with employees, managers, or business partners. MySpace Groups could build relationships within the organization as well as provide them with their own private page to share news and important information. Overall, I give it a 4 out of 5 with one point being taken away for the frequent problems that pop-up with the connection.