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MySpace's Melting Makes Murdoch Mad

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ems-on-monday dept.

Barence writes "Facebook has overtaken rival social network MySpace for the first time — provoking an angry outburst from Rupert Murdoch, the man who paid $580m for MySpace only three years ago."

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  1. aargh by MrDoh! · · Score: 5, Informative

    No more pirate/vampire/werewolf invitations, please...

    Facebook started off a great site, fast, clean design, it's now incredibly slow and hard todo anything, whereas myspace actually is improving.
    Still waiting for a mybook, or facespace to integrate the messaging.

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    Waiting for an amusing sig.
  2. Re:Facebook won't last by Psx29 · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can actually opt out of the Facebook API entirely and then you won't recieve anymore invites or anything else since the applications can't "see" you.

  3. Re:Maybe it's because by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Informative
    I have this line in my user CSS:

    A[HREF*="myspace.com"]:after { content: " [BRAIN DAMAGE WARNING]"!important ; color: red }
    It puts a nice read [BRAIN DAMAGE WARNING] after any link to MySpace. I stopped accidentally clicking on them after I added that.
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  4. Re:Mad? Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    We call it "Faux" news because it is. Learn this: Fox went to court and defended its right to knowingly broadcast untruth as news because the law does not specifically say they can't. Again, in case you still don't get it: Fox defended its right to broadcast lies that they knew were lies.

    And that, among other reasons*, is why it is "faux".

    http://www.2dca.org/opinion/February%2014,%202003/2D01-529.pdf

    http://www.foxbghsuit.com/

    * blending opinion with news and calling it objective
        putting only one political view on the air and calling themselves "balanced"
        reporting as factual news (and almost verbatim) the "talking points" released by the GOP

  5. Re:Facebook won't last by deadmantyping · · Score: 5, Informative

    Go to Privacy -> Applications -> Other Applications

  6. Re:Facebook won't last by Bieeanda · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's also Greasemonkey and a lovely little script called 'unfuck facebook'. I haven't been bothered by vampires biting me, pirates grabbing my booty, or idiotic shit on my friends' superwalls since I installed it.