Did MySpace and FaceBook Kill Picture Rating?

Remember the old days of the Internet, before theeven remotely true probably sent you on a psychotic
MySpace and FaceBook social-boom, when we wouldfriend requesting frenzy.
all flock to join Rate My Picture websites to befriendWhile your friends will all tell you you're cute no
strangers and egotistically rate pictures on a scalematter what, strangers with no ulterior motive
from 1-10 to determine if we were hot or not? Ifgenerally will speak the truth. Your average picture
not, then it was before your time or whenrating website may no longer be hip in 2008 but
computers cost more than used Cadillacs.there are still modern alternatives out there to get
Oh those days of Rating Pictures! You use to checkyour pictures rated and ranked that are still cool to
your account religiously just to see if you receiveduse.
new votes with the hopes of being scored highTraditional rating websites give you a 1-10 rating
enough to earn fame on the websites top list. Thosebased off anonymous voting. Your score is misleading
were the good old days of social networking andbecause you will have no idea who voted for you.
self-indulgence!You wouldn't brag or complain about a vote from
But times have changed with the new generation ofsomeone if you had zero interest in their opinion,
the Internet. With websites like MySpace, FaceBook,would you? Only if you knew exactly who voted for
and YouTube we no longer barter with strangers foryou!
votes to earn a spot in the top 25, we now harassA modern rating website called PicFights offers a
our friends to comment our pictures and profiles withunique spin on rating pictures. Members aren't voted
compliments so we can smile and secure them aon a 1-10 scale. They are matched up against other
spot in our own Top 8, 16, or 124.members in picture competitions. Once a match is
There is no longer a need for picture rating websites.drawn a random member decides the winner. All
Because between bottle highlights, fake tanningmembers can view who they won and lost against,
sprays, and diva knock-off Prada and Coach sunand even who judged the match. It's this in your
glasses we are ALL hot! And we are all hot becauseface approach that once again makes rating pictures
under every photo on our MySpaces and FaceBooksfun, addicting, and sometimes even, emotionally
106 guys and girls agree.damaging!
Half of you are sitting there smiling and shaking yourSo take a few minutes away from annoying your
heads in agreement. The other half are rolling theirfriends on MySpace and reminding your
eyes and thinking 106 guys? More like 313!. Justex-classmates on FaceBook that you really do plan to
because you have 6,000+ friends on MySpace thatsee them this summer, and go register an account
all tell you you're hotter than Paris Hilton to get youron PicFights, or a similar website to not only see how
number, doesn't make you any hotter than the nexthot you are but how truthful your friends are the
girl! Ouch. The possibility of that statement beingnext time they leave you comments!