Social netplaying

Like most people who’ve been online for a while, I’ve had various accounts on social networking sites. They seem to spring up from time to time—new ones, better ones, different ones. My first site was Friendster of course, but Friendster was never very much fun. Then came some others. And then came the two that I actually end up using. One is called Facebook. Facebook is a more closed community and requires that you have an email address ending in .edu to sign up. So it’s mostly for college people: students, professors, etc. My profile is here although I think you have to be in one of my social networks to see my profile. Search for “daniel stout,” and you’ll find me.

I’m a little late in coming to this other one, but it’s the one I’ve had the most fun with. It’s MySpace.com of course. MySpace has been in the news a lot lately for better or worse and the kids are already jumping ship. I’ve liked it for a variety of reasons though. I like finding the music I’ve found on MySpace. Lots of bands and artists have homepages there. And it seems like there’s a lot of people on MySpace in general. So check it out. You can find my profile here:

http://www.myspace.com/manufacturedenvironments

If you’re already on myspace, drop me a line….

Update: 2006-06-03 MySpace-flight made the NYTimes today.