The article is very misleading. The US military didn't ban MySpace. They only banned using it on computers meant for official business. Servicemembers can still access it on other computers.

But who's on LJ?

At least the good guys are on Friendster and the bad guys are on Foester. Otherwise, we'd never tell them apart.

Just wait until they merge and form MySpaceBook.

Snarfangel

Damn, I was hoping for FaceSpace, myself.

Well, that makes sense, doesn't it? Don't you have to have a college degree to be an officer? Facebook was initially intended for just college students/grads... And from what I've seen on MySpace, it's populated by mouth-breathers reminiscent of the future population, as seen in "Idiocracy".

/count my ex as one of those in the latter category
//2 kinds of men get married young, son.
///Morons and the military
\Make that one kind

OMG!! You mean to tell me that officers are getting perks that the enlisted don't get?!?!

Stop the presses there, chief.

Myspace is extremely scary.

Further proof that Facebook is better!

/as you were, soldiers

Well, it's just a matter of privacy controls really whe- blah blah blah I've been on facebook for years and it'd be SUCH A PAIN to swi blah blah blah realy, you'd be amazed how long you can leave raw meat outside and still ea- blah blah blah anecdotal evidence, anecdotal evidence blah blah blah I think we could fit at least two more fingers in the- blah blah blah

Here we go with the MySpace hatin'! Bring it!

Why don't the enlisted men get facebook accounts??

/Obvious?

yakker: The article is very misleading. The US military didn't ban MySpace. They only banned using it on computers meant for official business. Servicemembers can still access it on other computers.

Not really. The US isn't broadcasting any free wifi over in Iraq. Internet access is controlled whether or not a soldier has a laptop. They do not have access to Myspace.

/didn't rtfa

I'm a LiveJournal user, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.


/really, wtf does LJ mean re: this discussion?

Zarkin Frood
And from what I've seen on MySpace, it's populated by mouth-breathers reminiscent of the future population, as seen in "Idiocracy".

This.

Taleya 2007-06-25 10:36:07 AM
But who's on LJ?

The entire Air Force. But fark those pansies.

/drop and give me 2.

eh, does it really matter? They all die just as easily in battle.

I'm enlisted, but I'm two classes short of my Master's. Which social networking site speaks to me?

/oh yeah, neither

DAMN those terrorists

I just enlisted in the marines and I only have a facebook account. I was sort of hoping to be able to maintain access to it. This makes sense though, because facebook until recently was primarily a college thing, and you need a college degree to be commissioned.

/not an officer

Am I the only person concerned that our armed forces are playing on websites that are for annoying teenagers and frat boys instead of TF where they belong?

I wasn't aware the U.S. military had started recruiting 14 year old girls and 30-something housewives. We really ARE hard up, aren't we?

I know hundreds of soldiers and only a handful use myspace. they are not representative of the enlisted "class."

Enlisted folks are less educated and poorer than Officers (though the distinction is especially mild in the US military). However, it is worth repeating that enlisted soldiers are more highly educated and wealthier and come from a background similarly superior than the American public at large (it's not a huge difference, but it is a lie to say the military is comprised of the lowest of our society with no options. (and I admit quality is lower now than it was 6 years ago).

The army is a great place to go to better yourself if you do lack options but are otherwise qualified. But by and large it is a place people go if they believe in the cause of fighting for the things the US generally fights for. The huge proportion of war supporters in the military proves this (when they have a personal incentive to oppose war).

Articles like this imply that the officers are the ruling class. This isn't 1950. Any enlisted soldier who is intelligent can become an officer. It happens everyday.

All soldiers may still watch Fark TV, however. They just choose not to.

What sort of weird upside down military exists in subby's world where officers DON'T get more privileges than regular grunts?

SharkUW

Yes they do, there are internet cafes on bases all over Iraq. They can get on Myspace from anyone of these cafes, and most do. they can not though get on from thier goverment work computers.

"yakker 2007-06-25 09:59:12 AM

The article is very misleading. The US military didn't ban MySpace. They only banned using it on computers meant for official business. Servicemembers can still access it on other computers."

But what if you are a solider serving in Iraq? Do you often have access to "other computers"?

Taleya:
But Who's on LJ?

Col. Kurtz and his Montagnard Commando Brigade.

\Strewth! They got Montagnards in the desert now....

But what if you are a solider serving in Iraq? Do you often have access to "other computers"?

Ok, admittedly, I am neither a soldier nor a myspace/facebook person, but if you WERE in Iraq, wouldn't you have..you know..BETTER THINGS TO DO than check out lonelygirl15 all day?? Like email your mom? or your kids???

/confused.

Geotpf

Yes. Especially the Pogues.

FaceBook is less littered with spam and spyware crap. If the enlist folk turn to FaceBook, they'll ban it too. Not because of the class division but because of bandwidth, cost of keeping machines healthy and the distraction.

vinraith
I wasn't aware the U.S. military had started recruiting 14 year old girls and 30-something housewives.

Don't forget kiddy diddlers. That's what MySpace is filled with, right?

Wait, hold on... I just got a reply from that 15 year old chick

/Heeeyy BAaaAAabY!

So where are the hot soldier girls in camo??

If the headline was substantively true, then this would just be a RHIP situation...

orclover 2007-06-25 01:54:21 PM
Taleya 2007-06-25 10:36:07 AM
But who's on LJ?

The entire Air Force. But fark those pansies.

/drop and give me 2.

*chuckle* Have to pass that on to a friend on LJ. She's an Army reservist who went though boot camp two weeks after her 40th birthday......

So long as this divide doesn't lead to the ban of co-ed showers and that awesome laser tag training game thing.

/Not obscure for FARK

Skwidd: I'm enlisted, but I'm two classes short of my Master's. Which social networking site speaks to me?

Starbucks.

Zarkin Frood 2007-06-25 12:13:16 PM Said:

"Well, that makes sense, doesn't it? Don't you have to have a college degree to be an officer? Facebook was initially intended for just college students/grads... And from what I've seen on MySpace, it's populated by mouth-breathers reminiscent of the future population, as seen in "Idiocracy".

/count my ex as one of those in the latter category
//2 kinds of men get married young, son.
///Morons and the military
\Make that one kind"

Dear Lord!!! What an awesome troll. That or this is THE quintessential elitist on FARK.

i thought gheys weren't allowed in the military?

FrankieBlackjack
So where are the hot soldier girls in camo??

In Israel, lookin' hawt while keepin' Ayrabs at bay.

/Have you missed the latest IDF-chicks thread?

wrongway: Dear Lord!!! What an awesome troll. That or this is THE quintessential elitist on FARK.

Well, she's a hot troll.

NEWSFLASH - Life sometimes sucks for enlisted men

They banned myspace because that's the one they saw showing up in their logs often enough to attract a DoD-wide ban. I can assure you most bases have facebook banned as well but it doesn't gather enough attention to rate a DoD banning. And FWIW, I'm an officer and everyone I know, O's and E's, are on myspace.

However, it is worth repeating that enlisted soldiers are more highly educated and wealthier and come from a background similarly superior than the American public at large

Hahaha! That's a good one!

Nonsense. One of my best friends is a naval officer. He's on myspace. This anecdote obviously makes the whole article and everything in this thread wrong.

the military sucks. they expect you to be the perfect soldier in every way and then they tell you to clean toilets and like it.

I don't get why anyone would use myspace anymore. It's filled with problems, looks terrible, and there's nothing but spam on it now.

Officers > Enlisted

Deal with it.

Phil McKraken
wrongway: Dear Lord!!! What an awesome troll. That or this is THE quintessential elitist on FARK.

Well, she's a hot troll.

BAM! The trump all card that is very effective in real life and almost infallible on the interwebs.

/Where is cowsspinach to defend the Scientology?
//I was about to convert, but then she stopped posting