Chapter 7. MySpacers’ Advanced Tricks and Tips

TRICKS FOR CUSTOMIZING MYSPACE may seem a bit much to many parents, but millions of kids are customizing and doing a whole lot more to their spaces. That kids should want to use tools to spiff up their pages should come as no surprise. MySpace profiles aren’t just Web sites, as we mentioned in Chapter 2. They’re one avenue kids use to express themselves, show off, make friends, one-up their friends, and create and recreate their online identities.

We don’t expect many parents will want to implement the tricks featured in this chapter. But by reading through it you’ll get a good idea of what a lot of kids are doing. Maybe you’ll even discover a trick or two you can pass on to your kids and score a ...

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