Website link: http://www.myspace.com/wearemaxandbarry
MySpace is a popular social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos internationally.
Profiles contain two standard "blurbs": "About Me" and "Who I'd Like to Meet" sections. Profiles also contain an "Interests" section and a "Details" section. However, fields in these sections will not be displayed if members do not fill them in. Profiles also contain a blog with standard fields for content, emotion, and media. MySpace also supports uploading images. One of the images can be chosen to be the "default image," the image that will be seen on the profile's main page, search page, and as the image that will appear to the side of the user's name on comments, messages, etc. Flash, such as on MySpace's video service, can be embedded. Images and videos can also be commented on by your MySpace “friends”. Also there is a "details" section which allows the user to provide personal information on the user such as his/her race, religion, and sexual orientation. The User's Friends Space contains a count of a user's friends, a "Top Friends" area, and a link to view all of the user's friends. Users can choose a certain number of friends to be displayed on their profile in the "Top Friends" area. By clicking on other users’ profiles you will be directed to their own individual profile where you can also comment them. Below the User's Friends Space (by default) is the "comments" section, wherein the user's friends may leave comments for all viewers to read. Users of MySpace also have the option to edit the appearance of their profiles by pasting HTML onto their profiles. MySpace profiles for musicians are different from normal profiles in that artists are allowed to upload up to four MP3 songs onto their page. Also, MySpace users can choose to have music on their profile, which they would have to add from a band or artists own page. MySpace also allows users to create their own individual blogs, for their friends to view and comment, as well as being able to post individual bulletins for all their friends to see.
MySpace also promotes things such as various bands and artists, as well as things such as books and comedy shows.
Overall, MySpace is an excellent example of personalisation, in terms of how users can create their own profile with endless of features on them which are specific to them. There is also a sense of an online community, where people can interact with one another. Something else key to MySpace is the huge variety of media experiences that can be obtained, such as videos, photos, music and more.
Profiles contain two standard "blurbs": "About Me" and "Who I'd Like to Meet" sections. Profiles also contain an "Interests" section and a "Details" section. However, fields in these sections will not be displayed if members do not fill them in. Profiles also contain a blog with standard fields for content, emotion, and media. MySpace also supports uploading images. One of the images can be chosen to be the "default image," the image that will be seen on the profile's main page, search page, and as the image that will appear to the side of the user's name on comments, messages, etc. Flash, such as on MySpace's video service, can be embedded. Images and videos can also be commented on by your MySpace “friends”. Also there is a "details" section which allows the user to provide personal information on the user such as his/her race, religion, and sexual orientation. The User's Friends Space contains a count of a user's friends, a "Top Friends" area, and a link to view all of the user's friends. Users can choose a certain number of friends to be displayed on their profile in the "Top Friends" area. By clicking on other users’ profiles you will be directed to their own individual profile where you can also comment them. Below the User's Friends Space (by default) is the "comments" section, wherein the user's friends may leave comments for all viewers to read. Users of MySpace also have the option to edit the appearance of their profiles by pasting HTML onto their profiles. MySpace profiles for musicians are different from normal profiles in that artists are allowed to upload up to four MP3 songs onto their page. Also, MySpace users can choose to have music on their profile, which they would have to add from a band or artists own page. MySpace also allows users to create their own individual blogs, for their friends to view and comment, as well as being able to post individual bulletins for all their friends to see.
MySpace also promotes things such as various bands and artists, as well as things such as books and comedy shows.
Overall, MySpace is an excellent example of personalisation, in terms of how users can create their own profile with endless of features on them which are specific to them. There is also a sense of an online community, where people can interact with one another. Something else key to MySpace is the huge variety of media experiences that can be obtained, such as videos, photos, music and more.
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