While exploring the idea is interesting, MySpace (near as I can tell) is virtually a dead medium. It is no longer the hub of questionably-social-pseudo-party-atmosphere interaction it once was. Now it seems like it's reserved now for corporate marketers, bands, janey-come-latelys and would be child stalkers.
I created a MySpace page from selection of crappy layouts into what (to an outsider) seems like a pathetic attempt by some aging bachelor to remain hip and relevant in todays web-savvy world. I'm embarrassed by it, and I'll probably remove it before too long.
It seems like the more modern, or perhaps the more topical (to the University), medium seems to be Facebook. Most of my hip young student friends are much more active in that world than MySpace, which most seem to regard as a 'been there done that' kind of thing.
I know that MySpace was selected specifically for a reason, but I do think that if part of the purpose of the Learning 2.0 exercise is to stay relevant, it's probably a good idea to start with the more relevant applications. This way, people aren't (METAPHOR WARNING) reading last years news. Just my opinion of course.
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Your opinion is correct, though. Part of Facebook's appeal to so many people is its ability to be relevant to their lives.
Then you have the people like me, who don't get why social networks are so popular in the first place. People always tell me it's to stay in touch with their friends, to which I reply, "e-mail?"
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