The success of MySpace, in my estimation, is predicated on three things: idiocy, hormones and free time. All things that old folks don’t have and all reasons why MySpace Version 2.Old will not work.
That won't stop media giant Bertlesmann from trying to take advantage of their aging demographic by setting up a MySpace-esque web site. But the world of old folks and internet communities are not compatible. Here are four, of many, reasons why.
Idiocy: Teenagers are idiots and they will spend hours copying that godforsaken “beautiful truck” onto their friend’s profiles.
Hormones: Old people are horny but not as horny as teens. We will search The Facebook for hours looking at pictures of hotties from our classes. Give an old dude a life size poster of Bo Derek and he's set for life
Time: Once you get old you get busy. You get responsibilities and you get an early bedtime. These are not conditions conducive to a thriving internet community.
Perhaps most of all, though, old folks don’t know how to use the internet.
MYSPACE RULESSzz OMGoxorzzz!!! (not verified) @ Tue, 04/25/2006 - 10:28pm
you can copy the truck w/ ctrl+c losah! whos the idiot now, beesh! you claim that you're an old person and that old people are too busy to use myspace, buuuut apparently YOU have enough free time to write in an internet community about how much you hate myspace!
ohhh myspace fo eva! we PWN joo!