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What Is MySpace?

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Cost - MySpace is a free social networking site.

Parents Permission Policy - MySpace users must be 14 or older. If a user under 14 pretends to be older or if a user over 18 pretends to be a minor their account will be deleted.

From MySpace's Safety Tips page:

  • "If you are under 14 and pretend to be older, customer service will delete your profile. If you are over 18 and pretend to be a teenager to contact under age users, customer service will delete your profile."
  • "We take extra precautions to protect our younger members and we are not able to do so if they do not identify themselves as such. MySpace will delete users whom we find to be younger than 14, or those misrepresenting their age."

Profile Page - MySpace provides you with a profile page that allows you to add a profile picture of you and other photos too. Add graphics and avatars to your profile to make it more fun and more personal too. You can change the whole look of the profile page by using templates.

Your MySpace profile tells about you. You can fill in the blanks and tell as much or as little about you as you want to. From your MySpace profile people can find out who your MySpace friends are, send you messages, see pictures you've posted and lots more. Put a slideshow, favorite music and even video on your MySpace profile if you want.

Photos - There is no photo album on MySpace. You can post some photos on your profile though and even create a slideshow so people can see your photos. Photos can be added to the main body of your MySpace profile too.

Blog - There is a blog on MySpace. The MySpace blog is a great place to tell your profile's readers about you and your life. Photos can be posted on your blog and the blog can be customized to look the way you want it to look.

Advanced Design - The blog has a tool that you can use to edit the colors, backgrounds, borders and just about anything else. The profile has an editor that allows you to enter HTML and Javascript if you want to. You can use this editor to change the whole layout of your profile, colors and all.

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