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OK, i was reading some news on the web yesterday and i came a cross this little gem: http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml ... GetContent

apparently this week, Myspace.com was #1 in hits on the web...the first time in at least a decade that either Yahoo or Google hasn't been #1...now i have a Myspace, but i think this is just wrong and Myspace is going to be another one of the web fads like the Numa Numa kid or Friendster back in 2003.

What do you think?

I don't use Myspace and personally I don't like it at all, I use Nexopia instead, found here: http://nexopia.com . It's based in Canada and has mostly Canadians on it (From what I've seen, mostly)... I think they're based here in Alberta and there's lots of members( all of my friends use it). They have constant updates too, and they're hiring atm I think. I like it and it works good. Not as good as myspace but it works for me

well does someone know if I could use it. I whink it's only a network for USA people isn't it? At least I don't know anyone who is registered at both websites...
We have other sites, which aren't that popular and which don't do that well

There are way too many myspace clones now:/

The problem is, blogging has become a huge industry over the years, with the advert of MSN spaces, myspace, xanga, among many other sites.

And it think its going to last :/

The one problem i find is the accountability for people using myspace, since slander or defamation online seems to hold weighting in the real world (Yes, the r-e-a-l world, look out your window ) E.g. kids are being suspended for what they put on blogs. It's getting a bit out of control :/

Awong wrote:There are way too many myspace clones now:/

The problem is, blogging has become a huge industry over the years, with the advert of MSN spaces, myspace, xanga, among many other sites.

And it think its going to last :/

The one problem i find is the accountability for people using myspace, since slander or defamation online seems to hold weighting in the real world (Yes, the r-e-a-l world, look out your window ) E.g. kids are being suspended for what they put on blogs. It's getting a bit out of control :/

I agree, blogs are getting out of control. If people are starting to get suspended over something said in a blog, I think that's a bit extreme because they have no hard evidence to prove that the person actually thought that or something....

I dunno. I personally don't like blogs that much and I don't use them much at all (mostly because I have nothing to post in them and noone reads it anyway ) ...

The school has no right to suspend anyone for what they have done outside of school and school-time. If the kid uploaded his article during school, there's half a chance it would hold up in court, but..

As for which site is numero uno, I don't really care. In fact, I don't care about my spaces or blogs very much, both are without reason, barring some blogs which can come in handy, but I don't know who has time to read the blog of a housewife in minnesota.

It's hard to distinguish between justice and law in any given society though.

Furthermore, while the school may have no legal justification to rightfully suspend the kid, to be perfectly honest, can the kid do anything about it? Sure, they can lodge an appeal to the DET (Department of Education and Training), but how long will that process get, and what exactly will it achieve?

Censorship is becoming an increasing problem in society, with the justification that lack of censorship will lead to an increase in terrorism in the true sense of the word. The problem arises when the measures taken to protect society are just as detrimental to society at large as the externality in question.

I had a myspace for a few months, but then I woke up one morning and realized "what am I doing?". Myspace is probably the most utterly worthless time-waster in recent history -- your 400 "friends" that aren't really friends but just people online, the "OMG I HAVE NEW PICS PLZ COMMENT" garbage, it's all so stupid and just makes a separate reality for you to escape your real world problems.

Well.. i own one myspace too.. to me, its a bit slow in reloading and i find it a waste of time but another good way for me to get hook up. *ahem*

>_> MySpace...

Way out of control... too many people have it...

One thing I've noticed recently is the trend in the movie industry to stop promoting real websites, and replace them with MySpace pages. Although, I assume the increased exposure from the site is more important than how I feel.

I believe it`s interesting, u can escape here, make an alternative world, totally diferent from the every day life! I like it!

I don't know what's going to happen with MySpace. I mean, I remember when it first came out. It was written by Tim or Tom or whomever in his basement. The coding is terrible. If you've ever used it frequently, you know that every third day on the site you'll find errors that shouldn't exist, or that change when you reload, or that make no sense. I don't think the structure in place can support the still expanding populus on the site. In addition, I think that once the blogging fad passes over the generation it was introduced to and becomes more commonplace, it will cool down a bit and not be so overly... myspaceish.

Well, google started off in a garage..

As for blogs and this MySpace craze, it looks a lot like the .com bubble of 1999.. It will burst eventually

Will wrote:One thing I've noticed recently is the trend in the movie industry to stop promoting real websites, and replace them with MySpace pages. Although, I assume the increased exposure from the site is more important than how I feel.

So did I. Because, besides being an online-friendship tool for retards, myspace is an awesome promotional and networking tool (primarily for musicians).

Musicians are offered a way to quickly and easily upload their music and post their profiles - generate a whole PR page in a matter of minutes - and all on a very popular website. NOT all the people in the world are internet-savvy, and for them myspace is a dream come true. I know of quite a few bands who organize their gigs with other bands they meet on myspace.

As much as I don't like it, I find myself thinking about finally registering an account..

And what do I think about myspace becoming a #1 page on the Internet? Absolutely nothing. I couldn't care less.