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Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

tommayy — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:31:05 -0000

MySpace is NOT better than porn, it basically is porn with all that spam.

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Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

nathaly18x — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:08:50 -0000

Hi, my name is nathaly IÂ´m 18 years old and I look for boy to practice cybersex, I advise you I donÂ´t accept your first words are:
- Offensive.
- 'Connect the webcam and undress'.
Also everybody must send an email to nathaly18x@gmail.com because I'd like to know something about the person who I want to practice sex. If anybody add to messenger without send me an email forget contact with me.
I have boyfriend and I just want to practice cybersex or ocasional meeting (I'm living alone on a flat). Obiously I must need discretion.

I'm waiting excited your answer.
XXX

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Darkua — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:35:16 -0000

Internet is for porn, not for music! :)

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Captain — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:37:43 -0000

We have not noticed any decrease in traffic from your chart. The expansion of adult tube and adult social networking sites are exploding right now.

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Bob Caswell — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:56:41 -0000

One of the sources for this story has moved, hereâ€™s the updated location:

http://www.techconsumer.com...

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

mike goldsmith — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:10:02 -0000

no MySpace is not beter then GAY porn this web site is so dum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

James Barclay — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:55:21 -0000

Will keep you posted Pete.

Your blog is by far the best Web 2.0 blog out there. Keep up the awesome work. I have been an avid reader for many months now.

Me and my business partner have bet the house on Web 2.0. This coming weekend, at the same time I will be publishing my interview with Quinn Daly, we will be starting a forum on everything Web 2.0 - it is fair to say that nothing exists on the web today like what we will be producing.....I am talking hard core Web 2.0 - every possible topic will be available for discussion. Simply a one stop shop for resoures and info.....

Wish us luck!!!

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Louis — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:59:59 -0000

So which is more immoral: MySpace or porn?

If we refer to what is judged as right, just, or good... it depends on what YourSpace is made of. Since some people live on the Web nowadays a more fundamental question could be: "Is there moral on the Web? and why not? or why yes? and how is it different from everyday real life?"

Another question is, should the Economist make the comparison at all since they are comparing a "way of using the Web" for a million reason to an "area of interest".
My guess is that they were in need of a good blazer. ;)

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Pete Cashmore — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:42:13 -0000

James,

Yeah, let me know. I'm interested in the development of the .tv domain sales concept.

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

James Barclay — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:02:40 -0000

Glad you enjoy my sense of humor Pete....!!!

Theres more where that came from.......on a more serious note, Demand Media are releasing their promotion of the .TV extension come May 1st with free tools to people wanting to buikd outa channel when they buy a .TV.....

I will be publishing an interview with Quinn Daly senior VP at Demand Media concerning the promotion on WWW.ALTHINGS.TV over the weekend........would love for you to comment on Mashable on this interview.

Richard Rosenblatt is the man behind Demand Media and we all know of him from his MYSPACE days.......

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Pete Cashmore — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:48:46 -0000

"I would imagine that the percentage of porn viewers actively participating on their porn sites would probably be in the high 90%â€™s"

lol

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

James Barclay — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:45:09 -0000

Very interesting that these statistics come courtesy of Hitwise...

In my article over the weekend on Allthings.TV titles Web 2.0 - A Minority Sport???, I quote Hitwise statistics (used in an article by Bruce Nussbaum from Business Week Online)that point to the fact that only 0.16% of You Tube viewers upload video...and Flickr fares hardly any better with only 0.20% uploading any pictures.......

Now, without being too graphic,(and not sure I am succeeding) I would imagine that the percentage of porn viewers actively participating on their porn sites would probably be in the high 90%'s!!

So the old adage "there are lies, damn lies and statistics" seems petinant here.

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Pete Cashmore — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:45:45 -0000

Ha, loaded questions are my specialty. ;) If morality basically equals not hurting people, then neither are immoral. Only exception is where kids are involved.

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Pete Cashmore — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:42:38 -0000

I agree.

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

SaÃ¯d Amin — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:38:12 -0000

"So which is more immoral: MySpace or porn?" - *whoa* nice loaded question Pete. Really depends on ones moral compass, no?

Before the emergence of mega social networks, you had dating sites and porn sites. What was in between the two (ie middle point)? Dating sites control/edit the content posted by members (no fun), sell dreams, a chance for action on a Friday night or if you're lucky, the opportunity to meet that special someone.

Porn sites, cut to the chase and give you a different kind of sexual outlet that requires little to no effort or interaction with another being. Ok, other than AdultFriendFinder.com, which is a dating site for sexual encounters, what was the middle ground between dating and porn?

Enter MySpace, the quintessential me/ego-centric site on the web and a few other big social networks. MySpace offers soft porn (and much more of course). By "soft porn" I mean sexy pics of the "girl/guy next door" and all of their friends. Dating sites are "serious" and increasingly geared to an older demographic group. Meanwhile, porn is too risquÃ© for most to access from work or to fork up your credit card info for full access. MySpace fills in nicely as the middle point. It's like pop music - incredibly popular and pushing the envelope, yet acceptable and not frown upon...yet.

MySpace bites into the traffic of both dating sites and porn sites (and all other sites for that matter); it's a one stop shop, whereas dating/porn are boutiques catering to a smaller group, yet one with a more focused interest or need. Once upon time dating/porn sites benefited from the traffic of "tweeners" who had no other good options, so they visited porn or dating sites for their needs.

Nowadays, I guess that the stats show that people are getting their fix with the one stop shop social networks; casual dating, soft porn and much more.

Paid dating and porn ain't going nowhere, but their heyday for traffic explosion has past them by as the net as evolved.

Life is good.

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

John Ebbert — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:06:24 -0000

My vote is a non-vote. Neither are immoral.

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Phil Butler — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:29:03 -0000

They are equally immoral in that they prey on our perceived desire. Both elements attract people because of basic self need and desire. I guess Freud would classify them a pseudosexaul morays taken to the extreme or something. Who's looking for Mom and Dad? If Oedipus were alive he would be on Myspace that may settle it. :)

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Erik S. — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:48:43 -0000

As Jamie Zawinski wrote, anyone creating social software should have an answer for "How will this software get my users laid?"

I guess these new stats show that it's better to offer the promise of sex, than a simulation.

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Denis Gonzalez — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:24:28 -0000

I think that both...

Re: MySpace is Better Than Porn

Gregory Talon — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:37:17 -0000

No one. :)