Myspace has become one of the most visited websites on the Internet. Originally setup to showcase up and coming bands, the site is now used mostly by teenagers and 20somethings as a social networking site.
Most of the time it’s mostly somewhat of a car crash on the internet, allowing users to use any sort of background, font, or external pictures (no matter how hideous the design is).
Some churches embrace it. For example, the webpage of the West End Church of Christ in Nashville links directly to their youth group’s page on Myspace.
I am concerned about the content of church member’s Myspace profiles. I guess I wouldn’t be as concerned, but it just leaves me shaking my head in disbelief when I see “I go to church; I put God first in my life” and then allow vulgar language to be posted on their profile. In the same vein, they themselves post vulgar messages on other’s church members’ profile.
It’s almost as if we’re trying to live dual lives inside church and outside online. People are showing their true colors online. It leaves me in disbelief whenever they express their love of God publically at church.
I really do think that most parents are ignorant to what their kids are posting on their Myspace profiles. Adults and other authority figures seem either unwilling or unable to convince young Christian Myspace users to clean up their pages.