BREAKING NEWS! SEVERAL STUDENTS AT FALLS CHURCH HIGH SCHOOL AREN'T ON MYSPACE AS MUCH AS THEY USED TO BE!
Oh my god, right? Like the Washington Post totally wrote a whole article about some kids having the usual MySpace problems — creepy strangers, jealous friends, whatever. The paper says this means MYSPACE IS DYING and GOOGLE IS SCARED (actual quote: "The relatively short lifecycle of a popular site is a terrifying prospect for companies like Google Inc.").
The story's just another poorly researched piece of blogger bait. Its point is bullshit — MySpace is not dying. But what's the Post trying to hide?
- A well-staffed newspaper can find anecdotal evidence for even the most obviously fake trends.
- The Wall Street Journal did this story last week.
- Nielsen-NetRatings figures are unreliable. (True.)
- Stat tracker Alexa says the Washington Post is so last January.
In Teens' Web World, MySpace Is So Last Year [Washington Post]
