As MySpace has evolved into an all-around social gathering on the web, it has developed an interesting system of etiquette. It’s not what you would expect, but since it has evolved in such a way, you must learn to catch on quickly. Comments are difficult to understand for a newcomer, so here are some of the basics.
Comments are small bits of content that you leave on a friend’s MySpace page. By the default MySpace settings, comments are visible to everyone who visits your friend’s page. Your friend may have modified them to be hidden (though this can be reversed by turning the page style off), or to only show to people on his or her friend’s list.
There is a certain threshold that determines whether you post a comment to a friend’s page, or send it to them in a private message instead. The threshold depends on how personal the message is. If you’ve found a funny image or video that you want to show your friend, then it is generally good etiquette to leave it as a comment on his or her page. It will reach them as fast as a message would, and other people will be able to enjoy it as well. If it’s a short, simple message like...