Could it be these sites are for promotion mostly and not so much for actual networking? Unless of course you believe that the thousands of "friends" come to Axl's for tea on sunday afternoon and help out delivering handsigned copies of Chinese Democracy to record stores where on the plastic wrap it says like in gold "Limited Editon for our My Space friends, With love, Guns N' Fucking Flowers"?? How much in a fantasy world can one live? Like someone saying, "Hey look, I'm a friend of Guns N' Roses. Ron is buddy. On My Space." Why don't people just get a fucking life?
to promote themselves for 'stupids'??
? impersonators would think that way.
What do you think the real sites are for then, if not promotion? I do not mean the impersonators, I mean the real sites. Look at the real GN'R My Space site, if this is not promotion, then I don't know what it is.
yes obviously there're quite a few hoaxes and vulnerable people.
That's one thing and to call all the users stupid is quite another.
You are not vulnerable because you believe every shit posted on the internet. If you do that, then you are not vulnerable, then you are stupid. 99,9% of the people who take My Space for the real life or instead of the real thing are that stupid. Not the people reaching out, but the people reaching out the wrong way, wich leads them to their feelings being hurt, their time wasted and in this case the band's reputation played around with by stupid impersonators and obsessed fans.