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MySpace Users Revolt Against Murdoch

Posted by Hemos on from the the-joy-of-running-user-communities dept.

arclightfire writes "Looks like Murdoch's News International have stired up a revolt within users of the MySpace file-sharing site they purchased for $629m (£355m) last July, reports the Independent; "Angry members of MySpace, the personal file-sharing website for young adults, are accusing Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation of censoring their postings and blocking their access to rival sites. The 38 million subscribers to MySpace...discovered that when they wrote to each other about rival video-swapping site YouTube, the words were automatically deleted, and attempts to download video images from YouTube led to blank screens. The intervention by News Corp in the traditionally open-access world of the web - in particular the alteration of personal user profiles - provoked a storm of angry posts...The protests gathered pace, and when 600 MySpace customers complained and a campaign began to boycott the site and relocate to rival sites such as Friendster, Linkedin, revver.com and Facebook.com, News Corp relented and restored the links.""

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  1. Myspace isn't about file-sharing by Paperghost · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...Its about crybaby emo wannabes wearing smelly clothes, listening to smellier music and pretending they have hundreds of friends.

  2. Who cares... by Wedge1212 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    myspace is for child mollesters and the children they prey uppon.

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  3. Re:Way to go, MySpace users! -- All in Vain by kin_korn_karn · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And boy, those McDonald's salads sure changed the fabric of our society, didn't they?

  4. Re:It IS My Space by game+kid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Kindly blow me on Facebook then.

    Seriously, the best part of Facebook (for me) was poking my hot high school friend* for once. ;)

    *gutter.remove(reader.mind); //all it does is tell them you poked 'em anyway

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  5. Re:Shut it down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah.. I think we're safe. The likelihood of someone actually learning a "naughty hacking trick" on slashdot.. or learning anything worthwhile on slashdot.. approaches nil.

  6. Re:Way to go, MySpace users! by Hosiah · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    It's not ONLY "gothic" wanna-be's on there. There are PLENTY of normal people.

    YEAH, even PEOPLE who TALK LIKE they're ZIPPY THE PINHEAD! YOW! Is my KELLOGG"S POP TART on a dream DATE with CHER yet?