With the ever rising need to be more like online communities such as Facebook, and MySpace, Vegas decides to try their own hand at social networking with MyVegas.  According to Brandweek:

The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority this month is planning to launch a social network for people planning a Las Vegas vacation. Modeled on sites like Facebook and MySpace, MyVegas gives tourists a virtual meeting place where they and their friends can choose a hotel, buy tickets to events and interact with other visitors.

I can certainly see that they will have some people scrambling to get in on the action as people that are very targeted with be signing up to be a part of the network.  Many hotels and casinos will be falling on themselves to be listed as advertisers.  But will the trust factor be significant enough to make people turn over information about themselves?  That will be a big question.

Like other social networks, MyVegas, found at VisitLasVegas.com, gives users a profile page on which they can list their interests, upload photos and network with other users. But unlike sites like Facebook, MyVegas actually encourages its members to pretend to be something or someone they are not.

I am always concerned a bit with the idea of privacy and what the network will do with the data that they collect on their users and what they do with that data once it is collected.  I will keep an eye out for what this network does and more importantly what they will be doing to their users and the information their users provide.  If you are one of the people at MyVegas, you definitely need to get listed on Conventions.net.

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