mingle wrote:
Bah, should be called WASTEOF(My)Space...
So messy-looking and pretty pointless, I reckon...
Most of what it does can be achieved with an IM and email...
I guess it's just an advertising site which appeals to people who think it's "kewl"... LAME!
Unless family and friends have IM and email addresses which change like underwear, but they all have a web browser.
Really, the idea is quite keen: a single place for pictures, videos, 'blogs (I really hate that term,) in a more passive format than email. My cousins and other family members can browse my page at any time of the day and see what's going on. It really does beat sending emails out to a butt-load of people, some of whose email addresses are no good, or the box is full, etc. This way the effort is on their part: all I have to do is make a quick post, and blammo, done.
As for the advertisements, I never see them. Between AdBlock, FlashBlock, and NoScript, I don't see crap I don't want to see. Makes my MySpace experience, and web experience as a whole, much better.