No Room In MySpace For YouTube
from the mine,-yours,-mine,-yours dept
Well, it had to happen sooner or later. With all the silly hype around whatever it is you want to think Web 2.0 really is, much of it focused on the idea of various new services working well together. However, once the big media players started buying up the hyped up little companies, you knew there'd eventually be some sort of conflict over what was allowed. There was a lot of worry when Rupert Murdoch's News Corp first picked up MySpace about how they would change the community. However, MySpace continued to thrive (even if the numbers don't really add up) as News Corp., mostly left them alone. Unfortunately, it appears that the old controlling mindset is sneaking back in as a bunch of MySpace users have discovered that they can no longer integrate with YouTube, a popular video hosting site. It's not entirely clear why this happened, but it does hint at some of the conflicts to come as more traditional media companies try to get their heads around the idea that what makes many of these new services useful is the fact that they avoid heavy handed control over what you can do -- even if it seems somewhat competitive to what the media companies are trying to do themselves.
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You may have one, but you are still a retard??
Something like that there > :)< br>
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Careful whom you call a retard ---
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http://www.facebook.com
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Not true, Highschool students can apply too RETARD!! Get your shit right before going after someone!!
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Other than that... it's just a playground for people to lust after each other.
With regards to Facebook... it's definitely not a bad system... but there are some minor kinks that annoy me. That and the fact that there's little to no customization (at least from the last time I checked).
If I weren't so damn lazy, I'd set up my own page, but for now I'm plenty content with using Xanga.
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just what is a retard? using adjectives that dont fit?
hmmmmm
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Set up a blog if you have something to say!
If you don't, then don't post your crap! Stop trying to be unique like everyone else and just BE yourself.
Disco Stu didn't advertise, and he was cool.
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but arent the majority of people idiots any ways?
you cant just exclude everyone not on my space
and by the way
its a good site for networking and finding old friends across the whole damn world
dont be jelous if you dont have n e one to look for
or anyone looking for you.
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No Subject Given
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You fucktards....
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Works fine for me
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multiply.com
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Why anyway?
MySpace I have never got used too... I dont understand what the fuss is about.
I also do not see why people dont just setup there own blog... Its gree and easy and you get full control over it. Just use www.WordPress.com
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Re: Why anyway?
I weep for our children.
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No Subject Given
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faggots
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MY URL IS www.MYSPACE.COM/BOOPBOOPBEEP !!!!!!!!!!!
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Grow up u little arseholes
i bet u have myspace u just had no friends and noone commented your pictures so u said it was shit!
through myspace i have gotten in contact with loadsa old friends i have lost over the years so fuck the lot of you!
myspace whoring is summit i hate and think THAT is attention seeking
you only accept who u wanna talk to
if you add eveyone then dont talk to them what is the fucking point!?!?
if you dont like it boycot it u loosers but dont slag it off cause its fit!
i have found loadsa new amazing bands on myspace that i would neva have heard of otherwise so go fuck ur mum
act like it dont exsist dont get all shitty cause u dont have to care!
xxxxx lots of love xxxxxx
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SUPERBILLION.COM
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HA HA
FUUUUCCCKKK YOUUU
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u guys r stupid
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??HI??
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There is a time and place for everything
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