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The MySpace Generation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-did-they-become-the-@-generation dept.

theodp writes "They live online. They buy online. They play online. Their power is growing. BusinessWeek reports on The MySpace Generation, aka Generation @, for whom being online is a way of life. Preeminent among the virtual hangouts is MySpace.com, who boasts 40 million members and claimed the No. 15 spot on the entire U.S. Internet. And in When murder hits the blogosphere, MSNBC reports on MySpace's sometimes surreal role in popular news stories."

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  1. Re:This is nothing new by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do you consider the GNAA a "fringe religion"?

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  2. Actually, no. by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It would not appear to be a case of "GNU/Freedom".

    If Netcraft is correct, then it would appear that MySpace is run on Windows systems.

    http://uptime.netcraft.net/up/graph?site=www.myspa ce.com

    They're even using IIS, so it's quite likely that there is absolutely no open source or FSF software powering their site.

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  3. It's not the stupidity that matters. by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It does not matter that many are stupid. That has always been true. The problem is their involvement with society as a whole.

    Traditionally, those who lacked intellect found work in the manufacturing sector. But these days most manufacturing in the US has been moved to Asia, South or Central America, and Africa.

    Now it's been reported that Ford will close a number of North American plants. If I recall correctly, GM made a similar decision recently. Those were amongst the last remaining major manufacturers in the US.

    What we will see is a movement of the stupid from the manufacturing jobs which no longer exist to the service jobs. So yes, you probably will have to deal with those sort of people more often, at least for a little while. But an economy cannot survive long on services alone. Manufactured, tangible goods are required for strong economic growth.

    As for the future of an economy without manufactures, it's difficult to predict the outcome.

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  4. Re:This is nothing new by slavemowgli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanks. Can you send it to oil3c4glz2@spambob.net? Sorry about the spam trap email, but with the amount of spam I'm getting (around 800 messages a day, currently), I'd rather not post my real email address in a public forum where it could be harvested. ^_~

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