Beccaning Call

MyHate

Today on the bus I figured out why I hate MySpace with such passion.

I already hold a certain degree of animosity towards Facebook, seeing as how it's getting out of control. It's fun enough, but there's only so many functions it needs to offer before reaching the point of absurdity.

After reading the Boondock's cartoons from last week, I started thinking about MySpace, and it hit me: I hate MySpace because I am unpopular on Myspace.

I only have 19 MySpace friends -- most of which are family and friends that happen to also be on there, the occasional random add from God knows who and Kevin Federline. Just because that shit's hilarious.

And I should be ok with that. I tell myself I only have 19 friends because I'm not actively seeking out friendships with strangers in cyberspace, and that's true. If I need to feel cheaply socially validated, than my superficiality should be reassured by Facebook. Which is still a ridiculous thing to say, but no one wants to be the social pariah, even on an online social networking site. That's why Facebook has that insane label-everyone-in-the-picture pictures feature and a comments wall, so everyone can see HOW FREAKING AWESOME you and all your friends are.

So I only have 19 friends. I shouldn't care. But I do. Because there are like 50-60 million MySpace users and 99.9% of them have more e-friends than I do. They all also probably have terrible haircuts, awkward conversational skills and seizure-inducing profile wallpapers, but they're still got 500 freaking friends. In the e-world pissing contest, the MySpace-cadets win.

I don't even NEED 500 e-friends, but everytime when someone I know that's far more into MySpace adds me, I feel the pressing need to tell them, I'M NOT A LOSER! I'M POPULAR ON FACEBOOK! I HAVE FRIENDS IN REAL LIFE, I SWEAR!

And that
a. drives me nuts and
b. makes me feel like such an asshole.

Because it's freaking MYSPACE. So I just try to ignore MySpace altogether.

And hate on it at every opportunity.

[drinkin that HATORADE!]

posted by Becca @ 4:04 PM