Comments on: MySpace http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:31:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nathan http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3604 Nathan Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:56:49 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3604 Aha! So you were the guy that punched me. What an asshole. Aha! So you were the guy that punched me. What an asshole.

]]> By: webjones http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3603 webjones Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:37:23 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3603 And, God, do I hate it when they put those damn auto-play music videos up there. I hope the guy sitting next to you in the coffee shop was guilty of having a MySpace. And, God, do I hate it when they put those damn auto-play music videos up there.

I hope the guy sitting next to you in the coffee shop was guilty of having a MySpace.

]]> By: hugh http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3504 hugh Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:06:55 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3504 There's some intersting discussion here: http://www.emusic.com/messageboard/viewTopic.html?topicId=5072 There’s some intersting discussion here: http://www.emusic.com/messageboard/viewTopic.html?topicId=5072

]]> By: Louis http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3458 Louis Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:02:35 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3458 MySpace makes the furry lobster cry salty salty tears. Of anger. MySpace makes the furry lobster cry salty salty tears.
Of anger.

]]> By: hugh http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3428 hugh Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:22:11 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3428 The other idea that comes to mind is a parody of "Tenderness on the Block", changing it to "Tenderness on the Blog" and substituting blogging references. Mama, where's your pretty little girl tonight Well she's got a page on My Space - that's right She's growing up She has a page on MySpace She's growing up She has a page on MySpace ... She'll find true love And tenderness on the blog Daddy, don't you ask her what she's writing there Don't search for her user name and despair She's posting now She has a page on MySpace ... The other idea that comes to mind is a parody of “Tenderness on the Block”, changing it to “Tenderness on the Blog” and substituting blogging references.

Mama, where’s your pretty little girl tonight
Well she’s got a page on My Space - that’s right
She’s growing up
She has a page on MySpace
She’s growing up
She has a page on MySpace
…
She’ll find true love
And tenderness on the blog

Daddy, don’t you ask her what she’s writing there
Don’t search for her user name and despair
She’s posting now
She has a page on MySpace
…

]]> By: hugh http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3427 hugh Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:56:18 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3427 I was thinking you could rework "I'm having a party": I've got a page on my space you can add me as a friend get a headache reading yellow text wait an hour while the pictures load --- fragments/ideas i'm cool look at me/you can be cool too you're a unique individual/just like everyone else/i want to be a unique individual/just like everyone else waste a billion electrons to say nothing more than "me too" there's 15 year old boys who are 13 year old girls/and 30 year old men who are 15 year old boys/you can be whoever you want/so be somebody cool like me/except don't be me/'cause I'm already me/at least my profile says i am/ (i have a myspace profile...therefore i am) --- On the other hand, while it's not as foolish as mocking Norsemen's language, dissing myspace users might not be a smart career move. On the other other hand, it could get you lots of attention. The ones that can take a joke might buy some records. I was thinking you could rework “I’m having a party”:

I’ve got a page on my space
you can add me as a friend
get a headache reading yellow text
wait an hour while the pictures load

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fragments/ideas

i’m cool look at me/you can be cool too

you’re a unique individual/just like everyone else/i want to be a unique individual/just like everyone else

waste a billion electrons to say nothing more than “me too”

there’s 15 year old boys who are 13 year old girls/and 30 year old men who are 15 year old boys/you can be whoever you want/so be somebody cool like me/except don’t be me/’cause I’m already me/at least my profile says i am/ (i have a myspace profile…therefore i am)

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On the other hand, while it’s not as foolish as mocking Norsemen’s language, dissing myspace users might not be a smart career move.
On the other other hand, it could get you lots of attention. The ones that can take a joke might buy some records.

]]> By: Adam http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3356 Adam Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:28:17 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3356 MySpace is popular with teenagers (and the teenagers-at-heart) precisely *because* it allows them to make god-awful looking pages. Danah Boyd wrote a great article on <a href="http://www.danah.org/papers/AAAS2006.html" rel="nofollow">youth culture and MySpace</a>, which is the best explanation I've heard. Oh, and it crashes far less than before Fox bought it - the only substantive changes they've made seem to be adding features and reliability, so I don't think you can (yet) decry it as part of their evil schemes. MySpace is popular with teenagers (and the teenagers-at-heart) precisely *because* it allows them to make god-awful looking pages. Danah Boyd wrote a great article on youth culture and MySpace, which is the best explanation I’ve heard. Oh, and it crashes far less than before Fox bought it - the only substantive changes they’ve made seem to be adding features and reliability, so I don’t think you can (yet) decry it as part of their evil schemes.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3319 Aaron Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:51:27 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3319 It is awful, but I've found one amazing way to get around everyone's crappy modifications to their pages - Firefox with the Greasemonkey addon.....and the user script "Myspace custom style remover".... It's incredible. Although, you still get all the crappy ads, bad design, horrible load times, etc....But the fix is at least a start. It is awful, but I’ve found one amazing way to get around everyone’s crappy modifications to their pages - Firefox with the Greasemonkey addon…..and the user script “Myspace custom style remover”….

It’s incredible. Although, you still get all the crappy ads, bad design, horrible load times, etc….But the fix is at least a start.

]]> By: Lars nCompany http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3293 Lars nCompany Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:19:43 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3293 (This has probably been said, or implied, but) I think most of the crappy page designs are the result of stupid, or non-internet-savy people getting their first taste of internets and so they don't have any concept of what makes up a good page design. It's sort of the equivalent of finding a grammatically correct sentence in an average AIM conversation. (This has probably been said, or implied, but) I think most of the crappy page designs are the result of stupid, or non-internet-savy people getting their first taste of internets and so they don’t have any concept of what makes up a good page design. It’s sort of the equivalent of finding a grammatically correct sentence in an average AIM conversation.

]]> By: paul http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3291 paul Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:05:18 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3291 That is why we let our show flunkie (Ceepe) handle our page. Hi Ceepe! You're doing a heckuva job! That is why we let our show flunkie (Ceepe) handle our page.

Hi Ceepe! You’re doing a heckuva job!

]]> By: Darth http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3284 Darth Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:37:25 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3284 Fun fact! MySpace is owned by the same company responsible for Fox News. I was surprised for about half a second when I learned that, before realizing that it makes perfect sense. Fun fact! MySpace is owned by the same company responsible for Fox News.

I was surprised for about half a second when I learned that, before realizing that it makes perfect sense.

]]> By: jpez http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3283 jpez Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:37:23 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3283 It's like all things that are popular with teens. It’s like all things that are popular with teens.

]]> By: Dave http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3282 Dave Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:45:16 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3282 You don't suck, Jon. Not in the least. What, you couldn't have expected someone NOT to say that, could you? at least I used a comma in the proper place... You don’t suck, Jon. Not in the least.

What, you couldn’t have expected someone NOT to say that, could you? at least I used a comma in the proper place…

]]> By: Jim Reverend http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3281 Jim Reverend Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:40:02 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3281 MySpace is one of the biggest piles of Internet waste ever created. I made my own rant a few months ago <a href="http://revjim.net/2006/01/28/on-myspace" rel="nofollow">here</a>. MySpace is one of the biggest piles of Internet waste ever created. I made my own rant a few months ago here.

]]> By: Shig http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3280 Shig Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:22:03 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3280 I'm afraid it is just you. The rest of us think that myspace really really really really really really [... x 1,000,000,000 ...] really sucks. I’m afraid it is just you. The rest of us think that myspace really really really really really really [... x 1,000,000,000 ...] really sucks.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3279 Glenn Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:13:57 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3279 Hey, ow. That's probably why I never go there. Just because it's the hottest thing current doesn't mean it's a *good* thing. Hey, ow. That’s probably why I never go there.

Just because it’s the hottest thing current doesn’t mean it’s a *good* thing.

]]> By: AiYume http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3277 AiYume Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:03:49 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3277 Sorry about the guy sitting next to you... Yes. It sucks. Somehow they have cast a glamour over net newbies and stupid people (and record execs; or is that redundant) to make them think it's the hottest thing since (insert name of latest Google product here). They managed to get money by going as commercial as they possibly could. Tribe.net is a nicer community, but doesn't have some of the music tools that MySpace does. Still, might want to check it out. At least you could link back to your home page for more exposure. Sorry about the guy sitting next to you…

Yes. It sucks. Somehow they have cast a glamour over net newbies and stupid people (and record execs; or is that redundant) to make them think it’s the hottest thing since (insert name of latest Google product here).

They managed to get money by going as commercial as they possibly could. Tribe.net is a nicer community, but doesn’t have some of the music tools that MySpace does. Still, might want to check it out. At least you could link back to your home page for more exposure.

]]> By: kp http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3274 kp Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:11:38 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/03/16/myspace/#comment-3274 It's not just you, but sharing my opinion doesn't really get you in the clear. It’s not just you, but sharing my opinion doesn’t really get you in the clear.

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