Thing #18 Facebook & Myspace

As mentioned previously, I have a myspace page of my own
. I also manage the myspace page for the Alachua County Library District.

I use myspace to keep in touch with friends on my own time. I have a cell phone, but I hate the fact that people expect that you should be available 24/7. I'm on my email account everyday, so when my friends contact me on myspace I have an immediate notification on my email. I've moved over 15 times in the last 8 years, so phone numbers and addresses are in a constant state of change. I've even used myspace as a way to send out notifications when I've lost a cell phone or have other communications problems pop up.

I previously had a Facebook account, but this was when I was in school. At that time Facebook was still limited to those within your school networks. I used Facebook to keep in touch with other people in my classes, exchange information about assignments, and to find out about current events on campus. Once I left college I didn't have much reason to keep both a Facebook and myspace account.

I would like to see our myspace page for Alachua County become more interactive, however it is difficult to maintain such a page as 1 person on work hours. Myspace can suck you in, and some people spend thousands of hours on myspace each year. I don't have that kind of time. So until there is a more collective contribution and interest in myspace by the Library as a whole the myspace page will remain a basic outlet to advertise the library's services.