Welcome to My Two Cents.

People, listen up. Myspace is not the real world. It is a website. And even though there are no set rules to how to act on myspace (who cares about those silly terms and agreements?), we still should act a certain way here. It would be to the benefit of all of the addicts who use this site. And yes we are all addicted to Myspace.

1. Thou shall not act bigger than you are on Myspace. If you are a wimp in real life, do not send death threats over the internet to prove how big you are. Not only are people laughing at you, but you can go to jail for 2 years. How do you like them apples?
2. Thou shall not post promiscuous pictures of thy self without being prepared to be called a whore. I do not want to see people who post pictures of themselves in scantily clad clothing; only to have under it something along the lines of "don't you just want to have sex with me" or "Don't I look so innocent?" Let's forget the fact that you are embarrassing yourself and your family for a moment. What you are doing is called a Strip Tease. That is Porn. And, even though most of the people on Myspace are nice, there are thousands of pedophiles out there. You are putting yourself at risk by posting these pictures. Do you want to be at risk?
3. Thou shall not complain about people thou added. One of the biggest stories that I hear around this site is the following: "X sent me a comment last night. Why would he do so? I don't like X. He is creepy." Well, you added him. When you add someone, you are telling them that you are his/her friend. And friends normally talk to other people. Right?

So here is my Solution to this problem. If I don't know you, I won't add you. Tell the person that you only add people you know. And if they take it hard, don't care about it. Because You Don't Know Me. And I wouldn't know you. So Don't Add me if I Never talked to you in my life.

4. Thou shall not request for comments without returning said favor. If I ask for a comment from someone on myspace, I will return every single one. If someone sends a message, I will reply to it. Most of the people on this site (and especially those who are on my friends' list) already follow this rule. However, there are those who ask for people to talk to them. When you do talk to them, they ignore you. How do you think that makes the rest of us feel?
5. Thou shall not lie about thou age on myspace. IF you are 14, then do not say you are 17 on your page. Here is a little known fact about the age of consent. Different states have different rules about when you are legally able to consent to sexual acts. Some states are 16, while others are 18. New York, my home state, has the age of consent at 17. That means that a guy who is older than the age of consent talks to you will think he is not breaking any legal laws.

Let us forget for a moment that any guy who is older than 26 and is looking for 16 and 17 year old girls to go out with should probably end up in a Psych Ward. If you get caught by your parents talking to older men, you have as much blame as they do. You lied about your age. You talked dirty to the man. You made your profile public. You can't say you did no wrong after you did all of these things.

This is why I will report all profiles in which the person lies about their age. I really don't care about feelings. If you are too young, or lie about your age, you are just ruining the experience of myspace for the rest of us. And that's not cool.

6. And Finally, Thou shall not post anything on Myspace that they will not be willing to defend if it was to be on the front page of the New York Times the next day. Listen up, people. Myspace does not clear its servers. Everything you post on this site is saved for ever and ever. All your pictures, blogs, messages, comments, bulletins, and forum posts are saved. Anyone with Google can look up anything you said. They can look at your pictures. They can see what type of person you are just by what you have on your myspace page. Anyone can access it.

Your parents can see it. Your school can see it. And, even though you are protected by the first amendment to post anything you say, you must also be prepared to suffer the effects of what you have done. If you post a hatful blog, you must deal with the aftermath. If you treat someone like shit, and they kill themselves, it is on your head. You will have to carry that for the rest of your life.

With that being said, Myspace is also an excuse to be used when you do get caught doing things you should not be doing. If you act like a whore on Myspace, you are probably one in real life. If you act like an Emo on myspace, then you are one in real life. If you are a bitch on this site, then you are most likely one in real life. Myspace is not a license to do things you wouldn't do otherwise.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS A RIGHT. WHAT YOU DO ON MYSPACE IS A RESPONSIBILITY. DON'T MESS IT UP.

So what do you think of these rules? Do you like them? Do you think that I am full of it? Do you disagree with any of them? If so, why? I would like your opinions on this. If you could make a rule about myspace, that everyone should follow, what would it be?

Post your comments about it. I promise, I will reply to every one. So check back to see what I said.

One more thing: I don't have all the answers. But I do have MY TWO CENTS.