How do I invite my friends to join MySpace?

I signed up for MySpace after hearing so much about it, but I have to say that I'm not sure how to proceed. My biggest question: I want to invite some friends to join but I don't know how to do that. Can you show me how to do that, please?

Dave's Answer:

Actually, I'm surprised you're having a tough time of it. I don't think that MySpace is the best designed site on the net, but it's fairly straightforward to figure out how to get around nonetheless.

To invite your friends to join the MySpace community, log in to your account and click on the Invite link on the top navbar:

Now you'll be able to specify the email address of your friend or friends and enter an optional message:

You can enter an address and no personalized message, in which case MySpace sends a long email to each address you've specified that includes a "Dave says..." (or your name, obviously) and a blank section, but otherwise it's a pretty good message:

Dave is a member of MySpace and is inviting you to join.

Dave Says:

Join MySpace and you will instantly be connected to Dave, and to each of Dave's friends.

Click Here to Join:
http://www1.myspace.com/reloc.cfm?c=2&id=E5CB1F33-4AC2-458B-B477-AA00B

What is MySpace?
======================
MySpace is an online community that lets you meet your friends' friends.

» Create a Custom Profile
» Upload & Share Pictures
» Send Mail and IM's
» Write Blogs & Comments
» It's FREE!

Who Uses MySpace?
=======================
MySpace is for everyone:

* Friends who want to talk Online
* Bands that want to upload their music
* Families who want to keep in touch
* Professionals interested in networking
* Classmates and study partners
* Anyone looking for long lost friends!

What Do I Do?
======================
1. Click the Link In This E-mail
2. Create Your Profile
3. Start Communicating with Your Friend and Your Friend's Friends
4. Invite Your Friends to Join!

Click Here to Learn More:
http://www1.myspace.com/reloc.cfm?c=2&id=E5CB1F33-4AC2-458B-B477-AA00B

You got this email because someone who knows you
sent you an invitation to join them on MySpace.com

If you want to prevent any invitation emails from MySpace members
in the future, you can click here:

http://www1.myspace.com/misc/block.cfm?iid=E5CB1F33-4AC2-458B-B477-AA00B

or send a single blank email with the subject line "BLOCK" to:

mailto:privacy@myspace.com

You can also block future invitations or direct any other inquiries
by regular postal mail to:

MySpace.com 1223 Wilshire Blvd. 402, Santa Monica, CA 90403-5400 USA

I told you it was a long message!

As with any other social network, the best practice with MySpace is to specify a personalized message that lets your friend know what's going on in your words, not those of the corporation. It might look like this:

"Dude, had a great time talking with you at the party last weekend and thought it'd be cool to hook you into my MySpace account. If you're cool with that, click on the link below and sign up. Hopefully I'll catch up with you at JC's this Friday too (you know about that party, right?) --R."

Or, perhaps, something that doesn't make you sound like a 19yo surfer dude, whatever. :-)

You can also keep track of your outstanding invitations by clicking on the view past invites, which will show you how you're doing recruiting people for your social networking site:

It's a pretty straightforward tool, as you can see.

That should get you going!

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Reader Comments To Date: 22

Emmanuel said, on May 19, 2006 3:07 PM:

hey wassup did u check out my page leave me an
e-mail
www.myspace.com/Undefeated87

Jessica said, on July 1, 2006 1:48 PM:

i wanna join myspace but it wont let me.

Brol said, on August 15, 2006 9:35 PM:

How do I invite people to subscribe to my blog on myspace? I write poetry and would like to gain readers of my blog. I've seen standard looking invites, but can't figure out how to do same.

Thanks,
~B

Nora said, on October 6, 2006 6:31 AM:

Hi Dave- nice site. Saw the query about adding friends to Myspace. I'm new to it as well, but my problem is learning how to invite people who are already IN myspace. Obviously, these are people I don't know, but some are in my 'extended network' and I would like them to, aherm, be my 'friends'.

How do I do this?

Cowboy said, on November 30, 2006 9:11 PM:

how do you invite your friends to myspace if you don't know their email address?

Ronald E. Smith said, on December 30, 2006 2:27 PM:

There seems to be a glich with the ability to send my invites to around 15 people when clicking on Send Invite. What is happening? I have tried it in Firefox 2.0, IE 7, reverted to IE 6 and tried it, with no change.

HELP! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Tami said, on January 5, 2007 5:18 PM:

Here's a problem I had using this tool.

I was bored, so I did an email search to see if my ex's g/f was on MySpace, and I ACCIDENTALLY sent her an INVITATION to join! Then, I couldn't unsend the invite! I have a private profile (friends only) and I really don't want her as one of my friends or to know that I was looking for her. It appears that she will AUTOMATICALLY be added as one of my friends if she accepts! UGH!!!!

Any ideas on how I can keep her from finding out or adding me?!

Amanda said, on January 22, 2007 11:10 PM:

Its not letting me add friends or send messages, what do I do when verifying my e-mail address, like it asks me to do, doesnt work it just gives a link to click on I do and then it still doesnt work, Please help
Thanks!

kristy said, on March 25, 2007 5:46 AM:

Its not letting me add friends or send messages, what do I do when verifying my e-mail address? i have tried this and it doesnt work...please help asap its killing me :(

CHELSEA said, on March 28, 2007 7:04 PM:

STEAL NOT TELLIN ME HOW TO GET OFF OF PRIVATE

CHELSEA said, on March 28, 2007 7:04 PM:

STEAL NOT TELLIN ME HOW TO GET OFF OF PRIVATE

CHELSEA said, on March 28, 2007 7:04 PM:

STEAL NOT TELLIN ME HOW TO GET OFF OF PRIVATE

Melissa said, on April 13, 2007 1:02 AM:

Hello, I have a similar question to one mentioned above.
How do I add someone to my friends if I don't have their email address??

sheba said, on April 19, 2007 6:00 PM:

dave,

Nice looking (fancy) site you have here.
I have a MySpace question: Say I send out
300 invites and my stat page still reads "you have 0 friends" it means no one joined or I'm not emailing properly or ..? How does so and so have 100 "friends." I even invited myself under a different address (other thn MySpace) and my invitation never got there.

Hey thanks.
sheba

Robbie said, on April 25, 2007 8:19 AM:

Myspace.com wont let me join do you no why

dave said, on February 17, 2008 4:45 PM:

i think top status has gotten in my computer because she calls me fro her home and tells me my message

Timothy F O'Briejn said, on June 14, 2008 11:16 PM:

How do you invite other myspace members to your myspace? I'm not asking about those who are on your outside email, but those who are on myspace already. I want to invite lots.

darlene salyer said, on July 12, 2008 8:56 PM:

i can not get from mympage yahoo back to my home page my space.com i get to log in and ican not reply back to people .because i can not get to my inbox or comments, please help me get back on to that page

Vassa said, on December 23, 2008 10:36 AM:

hey polly join me on myspace!!

brandy thigpen said, on August 23, 2009 11:49 AM:

i wont to join myspace pleas

Abdulrahman Turay said, on September 2, 2009 9:54 AM:

am interested in myspace.com

Ronnie Yau said, on October 24, 2010 9:10 PM:

This one is easy!

I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you, Dave, for all your helpful information by buying you a cup of coffee!

I do have a comment, now that you mention it!

How do I invite my friends to join MySpace?

Reader Comments To Date: 22

I do have a comment, now that you mention it!

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