Congratulations, you’re #1!! MySpace has been in the news a bit lately, thought I’d gather some of the links together to check ‘em out.

MySpace overtakes Yahoo Mail
Social networking site ranked No. 1 in most recent week (July 12, 2006)

MySpace may face legislative crackdown. My favorite quote from this article is:

“MySpace.com has been a center of drug activity, of gang activity, and of Internet predators,” said Rep. Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican. “Isn’t it entirely appropriate that the state get involved?”

Gang and drug activity? Man, I hate MySpace more than the next guy, but gang and drug activity sound kinda far fetched. Is he talking about people uploading photos of them doing drugs? Or with bandanas or something? Just struck me as funny.

Also, politicians are so hip naming a bill Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006. That’s right, the bill is actually called deleting online predators. Get it? Compruders delete things. Isn’t that clever as all get out?

While reading some of this I stumbled upon Orkut, which I had no idea even existed. News to me. Google owns it. It has been around since 2004. They have over 2 million users. It is invite only. Interesting. The sad part is that the following appears in their user agreement. MySpace has something similar, but come on Google!

“By submitting, posting or displaying any Materials on or through the orkut.com service, you automatically grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicenseable, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to copy, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly perform and display such Materials.”

Ah yes, smell the online social communities! I do have to admit though, I am impressed that a service as crappy as MySpace has grown so big and been so influential, and as with all popular things is now under fire. Crazy.

P.S. Be sure to read the history of the middle finger found here… awesome stuff. PLUCK YEW!!

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