Danah Boyd of the American Association for the Advancement of Science  comments

on how the youth utilizes myspace.com for personality creation and socialization in modern American society.

Danah Boyd has been keeping track of MySpace.com since its inception in 2003. According to him, in the initial stages it was the location of individuals in their 20's who liked iIndie music in Los Angeles. He observes that currently it will be difficult to trace an American teenager who is not aware of the site, irrespective of the fact whether or not they are users. He adds that more thanin excess of 50 million accounts have been produced and most of the participants are in the age group of 14-24. He also informs that MySpace has greater page views each day in contrast to any other site on the web apart from Yahoo, even surpassing Google or MSN.

In his comment on myspace.commyspace.com, he says most of us must be aware of MySpace, because of the moral fright created by media publicity of the probable predators and bullying. He feels that there  no qualmare no qualms that the possibility is there. However, but  MySpace has greater number of articles on predators in contrast to reported predators online. MoreoverMoreover, he observes that harassment is a habit that exploits any medium that is available. He adds that moral frights are a normal response to teenagers when they involve in custom not comprehended by mature philosophy.

He maintains that there are latent hazards in MySpace but it is imperative not to overstate them. The dangers are not why youth are thronging the site. For them, the advantages of socialization overshadow the possible damage. For this cause, he urges all to get rid of their doubts and to make an endeavor to perceive the values of MySpace for youth. He says that numerous teens open MySpace once daily in the minimum or whenever there is computer availability.