valleywag.com — Most users believe that MySpace started as some kind of fluke--a happy accident that began in Anderson's bedroom or garage--and many still don't wonder, know, or care about the site's real business history and model. Heralded as a haven of DIY self-expression, MySpace was actually created by executives whose backgrounds are anchored in spam ...
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dspgeekSep 12, 2006
Valleywag is close to useless; it wants to be wonkette for Silicon Valley but it usually ends up being the Weekly World News, except without the fun.
jlennonSep 12, 2006
I personally do not see any problem with Myspace or its advertising. The article keeps referring to it as spam, but I don't agree that it qualifies as spam. Spam is considered unwanted solicited mass mail as one example. I don't get any spam mail from myspace, pop up ads, virus infections or any spy-ware issues as a result of using the website. I fail to see the point of "spam" that was trying to be made with this article. Spam is forced on you and I see nothing forced with myspace. Other than the number of ads on everything, I don't see a problem with Myspace. It helped me connect with some old friends from my past and make some new ones. How is this bad?
lechatronSep 12, 2006
if (Kevin && Jay == "Digg's Tom") { I might cry}
daofmaSep 12, 2006
The most revealing part was how the site was created in 10 days. No wonder it crashes all the time.
Closed AccountSep 12, 2006
I totally agree, the article almost put me to sleep and was highly slanted. Spam 2.0.. Bulls**t. It is an advertising based business that came from a company that did spam. That doesn't make it spam. Can we start shooting people that claim that something is (Spam, Web, etc) 2.0? It is really annoying.
jetpeachSep 12, 2006
People have got to stop using myspace... check out my zoji profile and see a well-run social networking site with unlimited photo uploading/sharing, email, blogging, a gmail-like chat system built in, evite feature parody (ability to see whose viewed your invitation etc), all in a nice looking CSS layout interface.<a class="user" href="http://www.zoji.com/jet">http://www.zoji.com/jet</a>here's about the guys behind the site<a class="user" href="http://zoji.com/css/AboutUs.htm">http://zoji.com/css/AboutUs.htm</a>Also, you can import your myspace or facebook profile when you sign up!GET THE CORPORATIONS OUT OF YOUR SOCIAL LIFE!
obkenobiSep 13, 2006
Ok, so who Dugg this? Why did you (whoever it was) Digg it if you don't want to hear it?
6ixstringjackSep 13, 2006
I really love all the haters posts on that article. My first thought was that Tom and his evil minions at MySpace were posting all the hate mail and then I came here and he was getting ripped on here too. Now I'm wondering if Tom has his claws in Digg.com or do they have a P/R department that trolls the internet for any anti-Myspace sentiment and do whatever they can to discredit the author. I thought the article was interesting. I have a MySpace account and I'm a bit of a conspiracy theorist myself. Though there was nothing in there that suprised me, it was nice to have an article to show my buddies at work who all think that Tom created MySpace and would have just thought I was on my conspiracy soap box again if I told them before that Tom was imaginary.
wooismSep 13, 2006
MY GOD WHO GIVES A FLY APE CRAP!!!!
koorlle44erNov 6, 2006
I guess this is also proves a very important point - assh**es that want to make money are going to do it no matter what. After Myspace, it will be something else. Even though it's going to lose any sort of cool factor, those assh**es still got rich(er). <a class="user" href="http://www.dell-home-page.com/dell-computer/">http://www.dell-home-page.com/dell-computer/</a>
novelistkatJun 20, 2008
I'm amused so many people are picking up on the spam part of this article and forgetting the other bits. I don't think the fact that big spam companies own MySpace is the pressing issue... how about the lies? Lying about where MySpace comes from sends up a big red flag for me. Also, the fact that the one guy on the board went to prison for fraud and got to keep his seat. Most companies fire those people and they have trouble ever getting work again. Another big red flag.The spam doesn't surprise me. Its a brilliant marketing campaign that's for sure. However, any company participating in something immoral or illegal (and they did both it seems) or having their owners do so, is not one I would be a part of.I would like to add, for the people who said the writer didn't cite any sources: You know those dotted lines that sometimes appear under text? Yeah, those are links. You click on them for where he got the information from. Just because it doesn't have a little number next to it like a wikipedia article doesn't make it less factual... because wikipedia is so very facts driven.