In this article by Janet Kornblum, teen Brittnie Sarnes has over 5,000 friends on her MySpace account. While majority of the people on her friend list are strangers, it doesn't bother her. She believes that she is “cool” if so many people want to be her friend.
Personally, I have a Facebook. And although it is nice to see a new notification or friend request pop up when I sign on, it is mostly for entertainment – not an obsession. I got into Facebook the summer before my freshman year of college. I used it to search for my roommate, in hopes of making the initial conversations less awkward. Now, it is another way to stay in contact with friends from home, which is extremely important to me.
A section of the article was about how lists can be faked. Weird. Is having a ton of friends really that important? MySpace and Facebook users who have thousands of friends are obviously accepting every friend request, or requesting friends themselves. To me, that is dangerous. That is why I enjoy the privacy controls, which allow people to select what kind of information they want broadcasted.
I say, have fun using MySpace and Facebook. Just be smart about it.
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