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Can Social Media Hipster Save Myspace?

Alex — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:31:08 +0000

Forget Justin Timberlake! You know who can "bring sexy back" to Myspace*? According to this clever webcomic by Matt Melvin of Cyanide and Happiness, it's social media hipsters.

After all, bell bottoms came back, so why not vintage social networking?

*Yes, folks - they're previously MySpace, now Myspace ... that website's not only gradually losing capital, its also losing capital letters)

Social Media Venn Diagram

John Farrier — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:13:42 +0000

A Venn diagram showing the psychological forces at work among users of social networking tools — a new shirt from the comedy geniuses at Despair, Inc.

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Dad Found Long-Lost Son on MySpace

Alex — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:24:37 +0000

Nijhel "IX: Mendoza (that’s pronounced "nine") searched for his long lost son for 17 years … and found him at last on MySpace!

Kristi Tedesco of KVOA Tucson has the story:

Mendoza wrote commented on his son’s profile with an entry that neither he nor his son will ever forget, "Sorry to post on such a public forum but I’m anxious to get in touch with you soon. Love, your father IX Mendoza."

Chea Mitchell says, "Everyone was sitting down for dinner. I was checking my MySpace account and I get the comment saying it’s from my dad with a phone number. I just stared at the screen for a while and said, ‘Hey, mom. That’s his name, right?’"

They talked on the phone. Mendoza tells us, "It was just like old friends that had been apart for a little while."

Even though Mendoza hasn’t seen Chea since he was an infant, there was an instant connection. He says, "We really like zombie movies and sci-fi movies."

Eventually, Chea came to visit. He says, "I had all these brothers and sisters coming at me and hugging me and it was pretty epic."

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How NOT to Sign Your Graffiti

Alex — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:36:50 +0000

Here’s a tip for all you graffiti "artists": when tagging public buildings, do not – I repeat – do not sign it with your online identity!

Here’s a story of one Melanie Brockway, who used her MySpace profile in her graffiti:

The 23-year old single mother was tracked down by police through stickers mentioning her online identity – Devient Art – which she left by the side of her pieces.

Melanie Brockway’s page on the social networking website details her age, location and what school she attended, allowing officers to piece together her identity. [...]

Since her arrest the unemployed mother-of-two’s MySpace page has been accessed, and now bears the banner heading: "Devient Art does not promote illegal graffiti in anyway. It is illegal you will get arrested, and its wrong… i again do do not promote illegal graffiti in anyway."

Her mood has also been set to “p—– off”.

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