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almax wrote:OK so myspace is a vessel which allows elder guys to exchange sexual favours with underage bitcherz for nerd knowledge, wheres the problem here?

W H O A

I think we may have cracked a real hidden truth here.

Nerd is sitting at home (I'm assuming that Tom character). Tom is wondering how to get more (or at least some) young booty. Tom invents social networking internet site that requires a computer science degree to operate, and voila! Tom has invented a market whereby sexual favours can be exchanged for internerd knowledge.

hey, don't bag Tom, he is my "friend"...

mrj wrote:

almax wrote:OK so myspace is a vessel which allows elder guys to exchange sexual favours with underage bitcherz for nerd knowledge, wheres the problem here?

W H O A

I think we may have cracked a real hidden truth here.

Nerd is sitting at home (I'm assuming that Tom character). Tom is wondering how to get more (or at least some) young booty. Tom invents social networking internet site that requires a computer science degree to operate, and voila! Tom has invented a market whereby sexual favours can be exchanged for internerd knowledge.

actually, tom is just a marketing guy. very little input on the application that is teh myspazz.

end of sidebar.

elysium wrote:I like looking up my old enemies and seeing what crap things they are up to now and how they enjoy scrapbooking as a hobby.

sweet, sweet schadenfraude.

ooh what is "schadenfraude"?

Is it like revenge? Does the "fraude" bit mean "cold"?

elysium wrote:ooh what is "schadenfraude"?

Is it like revenge? Does the "fraude" bit mean "cold"?

pleasure taken from/in another's misfortune. 'fraude' (from 'freude') actually means joy.

system wrote:

mrj wrote:

almax wrote:OK so myspace is a vessel which allows elder guys to exchange sexual favours with underage bitcherz for nerd knowledge, wheres the problem here?

W H O A

I think we may have cracked a real hidden truth here.

Nerd is sitting at home (I'm assuming that Tom character). Tom is wondering how to get more (or at least some) young booty. Tom invents social networking internet site that requires a computer science degree to operate, and voila! Tom has invented a market whereby sexual favours can be exchanged for internerd knowledge.

actually, tom is just a marketing guy. very little input on the application that is teh myspazz.

end of sidebar.

well he is but a marketing guy now, but are you sure he didnt start it up, then have Fox buy it off him for some riddiculous amount? if fact im pretty sure Tom is now just an enigma and has nothing to do with it except maybe a few appearances here and there, shep, whats the real deal here?

read all about it.

system wrote:

elysium wrote:ooh what is "schadenfraude"?

Is it like revenge? Does the "fraude" bit mean "cold"?

pleasure taken from/in another's misfortune. 'fraude' (from 'freude') actually means joy.

I like this word! It's evil, but I like it nonetheless!

a great word indeed.

im at work so i skimmed, but "resulting in huge profits for company founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe" seems to tell me they are the OGs no?

that article is questionable system ... a lot of way off conclusions.

i like how it says that myspace was built for advertising - it strikes me as odd as someone who has worked on just that at myspace that the site is an absolute nightmare to try and monetise.

"Essentially, MySpace users are filling out marketing profiles that are mined by the company that are then presented as these people's personal Web pages"

um - this is the case with EVERY REGISTERED property ... ie Hotmail, gmail, Y! mail, NY Times, wsj.com etc etc ... I love it how the article makes it all sound so sinister - MEDIA is and always has been based around demo profiling and advertising! Yes myspace has those features but this only gets you so far.

tom doesn't have much to do with marketing at FIM - that is a guy called Shaun Gold ... Tom is more a 'face' of the site and kind of serves as the ambassador of what myspace is all about - ie music etc ... he does have input into features but he is not the guy coding it.

OK, so I just signed up to facebook....

so, who wants to sit on my face?

shepherd wrote:that article is questionable system ... a lot of way off conclusions.

yeah sorry, this one is a lot better. (geek tech details warning.) the previous one was a bit off base.

the popularity of myspace, as alluded to in the baseline mag article, is just timing. if friendster (which myspace followed closely as a model) had positioned itself better, it could have exploded in new memberships instead.

the thing about myspace that has always mazed me is the enduring popularity. the site falls over every time i have used it, but people stick with it. an intriguing contemporary phenomena, for the user loyalty alone.

system wrote:the thing about myspace that has always mazed me is the enduring popularity. the site falls over every time i have used it, but people stick with it. an intriguing contemporary phenomena, for the user loyalty alone.

not that intriguing imo. people are loyal to their friends, not to the systems, and inertia is a powerful thing.

fooishbar wrote:

system wrote:the thing about myspace that has always mazed me is the enduring popularity. the site falls over every time i have used it, but people stick with it. an intriguing contemporary phenomena, for the user loyalty alone.

not that intriguing imo. people are loyal to their friends, not to the systems, and inertia is a powerful thing.

it's like when people flock to a sub standard local pub, just because you know the people drinking in there etc.

Does anyone else fill in false marketing information??

Sometimes I am a 45 year-old male golfer who enjoys sailing my yatch from Florida to the bahamas with my boyfriend. Other times I am a 65 year old lady with 15 cats.

Pseudonyms and false info the whole way.

C.I.A. wrote:sailing my yatch from Florida to the bahamas with my boyfriend.

is a yatch a male shmoo?

Totally with the false info. According to Facebook system and I dated and were practically married. It was magic but now we rarely speak.

we never talk any more.

dude.. you've changed.
it used to be about the music!

system wrote:
the thing about myspace that has always mazed me is the enduring popularity. the site falls over every time i have used it, but people stick with it. an intriguing contemporary phenomena, for the user loyalty alone.

i think it was because there was no alternative. people put up with IE until Firefox really broke through ... I think ppl dealt with mysapce always having errors and crashing because it was really the only way to network in that way. people will put up with rubbish in all elements of life if there isn't a better alternative!

they still use ie, but i gets ya.

who's gunna add me?

[email protected]

ac23 wrote:HI IM POSTING A MESSAGE HERE TO SHOW EVERYONE THAT I KNOW YOU AND WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION. KOOL

YAY

BYE

*GLITTER GIF*

Hi Steve! Just popping by to see how you are hun.

Comment my pics@!!!!@#E!111

OMG IF YOU DON'T SEND THIS TO 5 PEOPLE YOUR MOTHR WILL DIE OMG LOL>

system wrote:

C.I.A. wrote:sailing my yatch from Florida to the bahamas with my boyfriend.

is a yatch a male shmoo?

lol. Yes. A powdered one.

ps.

MySpace AND Facebook are BOTH for gheys.

C.I.A. wrote:

system wrote:

C.I.A. wrote:sailing my yatch from Florida to the bahamas with my boyfriend.

is a yatch a male shmoo?

lol. Yes. A powdered one.

noted.

jbs wrote:OMG IF YOU DON'T SEND THIS TO 5 PEOPLE YOUR MOTHR WILL DIE OMG LOL>

xoXOxoXOxoXOxoThnX_Fr_ThE_Add_jBsxoXOxoXOxoXOxo

deviant wrote:OK, so I just signed up to facebook....

so, who wants to sit on my face?

i lol'd


ADD - totally!

ac23 wrote:HI IM POSTING A MESSAGE HERE TO SHOW EVERYONE THAT I KNOW YOU AND WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION. KOOL

YAY

BYE

*GLITTER GIF*

TOP EIGHT *SWOON*

...ALL OVER HER FACE . BOOK....

classic mcmanus

an interesting article: "viewing American class divisions through facebook and myspace".

Hey I started a new facebook group (after a few glasses of wine).. its called:

Are you really ready for some bloodclot Jungle Techno?

I would love to see some of the Melbourne junglists on there...

also should join coz my work ppl are dissing me for only having 8 members

ADD_Boy wrote:...ALL OVER HER FACE . BOOK....

Thanks for the ADD_Boy!

mecka wrote:bleh. internet networking between artists/creative types = ok. but as a medium to make friends and meet people? srsly get out and have some face to face interaction.

bahahaha!!! oli this sounds so funny now that you are a member!!!!!!!

The future of Facebook as an online operating system, how in a few years it could be THE website in all of the internet:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/co ... microsoft/

A good part of my success in melbourne has been through social networking sites, don't knock them. I want to have a personal chat with a touring artist, I can break the ice through there, then hang with them when they come to town. I need a particular component or skill for a project, I find them on there. Yes real life is good for that some of the time, but why not consider all the options? Balance is good, and use all the resources available to you.

then hang with them when they come to town.

names?

who have you hung with?

Bahaha. Hardy's on Facebooger.

Will wrote:Bahaha. Hardy's on Facebooger.

Lol. I so am. We are friends.

Hardy wrote:

Will wrote:Bahaha. Hardy's on Facebooger.

Lol. I so am. We are friends.

Ah, friends.

Will wrote:

Hardy wrote:

Will wrote:Bahaha. Hardy's on Facebooger.

Lol. I so am. We are friends.

Ah, friends.

With benefits...?

Hey man, I'd be happy enough as acquaintances if there were benefits.

universal sea wrote:The future of Facebook as an online operating system, how in a few years it could be THE website in all of the internet:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/co ... microsoft/

too early to equate user numbers with a major paradigm shift. the net os is close, but not that close.

i think jason kottke rationalised the facebook concept better. (it's a walled garden.)

universal sea wrote:A good part of my success in melbourne has been through social networking sites, don't knock them. I want to have a personal chat with a touring artist, I can break the ice through there, then hang with them when they come to town. I need a particular component or skill for a project, I find them on there. Yes real life is good for that some of the time, but why not consider all the options? Balance is good, and use all the resources available to you.

they should have called it armchair

my mum just added me as a friend on facebook.

my mum did that a couple of weeks ago. FREAKED me out!

then my brother sent this: http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/omg-mums ... e=fullpage

Stray wrote:

ADD_Boy wrote:...ALL OVER HER FACE . BOOK....

Thanks for the ADD_Boy!

ooh SNAP DRAGON!