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more about #myspace more comments → Shadowlayer: Seems pincus here has sent a whole bunch of "friends" to spam the place... more » MissNormaDesmond: If I see one more pompous asshole say idiotic things about psychiatric disorders they know nothing about I think I'm going to commit a thrill killing. more » karatepop: @Random_Lunatic: Cutting is not indicative of borderline personality disorder. In fact, it is not required to be diagnosed with BPD. BPD presents d... more » lobstr: [www.truecrimereport.com] "Update: Following a two-day search, Elizabeth's body has been found. Police have a juvenile person of interest in custody ... more » SexcessToxins: I am at a loss for words. It might be best to express it through song. more » Alaska Miller: Things just happen in Misery, United States more » PontiusPirate: Anytime I see a story like this, I think of the song "Westfall" - "Now, with all these cameras focused on my face, you'd think they could see it thro... more » autoclavicle: Let's take a step back for a second. I feel old as hell because people who were born in 1994 are killing other people now! (And I was only born in the... more » eatsshootsleaves: I don't think that believing she should be tried as a juvenile is an "excuse" for her actions, which are obviously evil. And she might be irredeemably... more » RandomLunatic: This girl is a borderline (self-harm), possibly even a psychopath (allegedly killing for the heck of it). The depression she's experienced has probabl... more » mcelmmp: She flat out strangled, stabbed and cut the throat of a 9 year old girl to "see what it felt like". That's her words. She showed police where she buri... more » pollyannacowgirl: I'm sure there were people who saw this coming. But their hands were tied. There was a family on Dr. Phil (I know, I know) the other day. The littl... more » Z und Vielpunkt's chick: Maybe I'm overly influenced by all of the false confession literature I've read, but something seems fishy about this story. The AP story makes a poi... more » hatey: Dailene, eh? My good southern mama will argue that a middle name is how you can separate the serial killers from the rest of us; she advised me to ne... more » raincoaster: [en.wikipedia.org] more » -
#truecrime
Confessed Teen Killer's Social Networking Hobbies: 'Killing People'
Alyssa Bustamante's MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube profiles are eerie in that "teen who engages in self-injurious behavior and bullshits about being tough" way. Except, when she lists "killing people" as a hobby? Police say that part was true. More » -
#howthingswork
Investors Punish Online Scam Trafficker with $15 Million
Just as the public was learning that a huge chunk of Zynga's social gaming revenue came from scammy "quizzes" and "special offers," Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capitalists rewarded the company with $15 million. Hey, that's just how VC's roll. More » -
#facebook
Scam-Brokering CEO Dissed His 'Bullshit' Ethics Class
Mark Pincus recently cut off the scamsters who supply his company with revenue. But before he bowed to controversy, the Facebook games merchant was more cavalier about corporate morality, even griping about his "bullshit" Harvard ethics class and idiot classmates. More » -
#facebook
Class Action Suit in the Works for Victims of Social Gaming Scams
Facebook and MySpace might finally pay the price for the big social gaming scandal: At least one law firm is investigating whether to launch a class action suit on behalf of duped users. More » -
#traderoundup
Hollywood's Recession Is Over, Declares Murdoch
Just like Murdoch to go and ruin everything for everyone. Just when the studios had a great excuse with this recession thing to slash salaries and fire everyone in sight, along comes Rupert singing "Happy Days are Here Again." More » -
#thingsweactuallylike
MySpace's Future: Online Slum for Depression Refugees
It's hard to imagine much of a future for MySpace. Which is probably why it took a science fiction author to do so: Bruce Sterling says the flagging social network is an ideal shantytown for the nihilistic unemployed. Compelling! More » -
#games
The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
Silicon Valley pundits like to talk about social media as a potential geyser of cash. What they leave out is that one of the only ways social networks like Facebook, MySpace have done that is joining league with online scammers. More » -
#socialnetworks
Pretty Boy MySpace CEO Has Dumb Surrender Plan
MySpace now says it is no longer competing with Facebook, the rival social network with far more users. No, now MySpace will focus on the niche of music and digital entertainment. And compete with Apple and Google. More » -
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#moguls
MySpace Is For 'Stalking,' Says Owner of MySpace
Media mogul and grumpy old man Rupert Murdoch has developed a "personal antipathy to the Internet," biographer Michael Wolff writes. Murdoch even thinks MySpace, which he himself paid $580 million for, is kind of a criminal piece of garbage: More » -
#crime
This Man Is a Terrorist (and He's Single!)
This is Michael Finton, a.k.a. Talib Islam. He was arrested for allegedly planning to bomb a federal courthouse in Illinois. Also he's a Sagittarius and he wants children "someday." More » -
#lovehate
Legal Briefs Are Courtney Love's Method of Choice for Defamation
The grunge princess has long terrorized the world and the English language with her ramblings on MySpace and Twitter. She's the first celeb sued saying something on Twitter, but now the fight is getting personal—and ugly! More » -
#acquisitions
How a 'Made' Startup Was Clipped
Two years ago, music service iLike appeared to be set: Its CEO said it was "made," its investor mused it could be a "billion-dollar winner," and the press was enthralled. Now the poster child is a cautionary tale. More » -
#businessmodels
Twitter's 'Cyber Ghetto'
Without a clear reason for being, Twitter is about to flail its way into a "cyber-ghetto" for the aimless, alongside second-tier social network MySpace. At least that's the argument of a provocative post from Cody Brown, NYU's new-media wunderkind. More » -
#businessmodels
Facebook Does Not Want to Get You Laid
Facebook has long been the wet blanket of social networks. Its latest bucket of cold water: No more searching for people by relationship status. Because then you might conceivably get laid, and we can't have that. More » -
#thecinema
Why MySpace Is Happy to Be Insulted by Adam Sandler
Social networking is for lonely, psychotic shut-ins. Or at least that's the upshot of the jokes in the attached clip from Adam Sandler vehicle Funny People. And still MySpace apparently cooperated with the filmmakers; its co-founder and logo appear. More » -
#gossiproundup
I Want To Cry Justin Timberlake And Jessica Biel A River Of Domestic Empathy
Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, and Gary Coleman are all having relationship issues. Megan Fox: macking on Zac Efron and smack-talking Michael Bay. Liza's mob problems, Twilight's freak fanbase, and celebrity cocaine usage! Presenting your pre-Holiday Friday Gossip Roundup: More » -
#cubicleculture
How MySpace Humiliates Fired Workers
MySpace's CEO purportedly keeps his body pretty tight. But he should lay off the weight obsession at work. Owen Van Natta said MySpace was "bloated" when he laid off 400 workers; now they're reportedly called "fat" to their faces. More » -
#classwar
MySpace Exec Gets $500K to Sit at Home While 300 Laid Off
MySpace today confirmed the rumors it will lay off 300 international staff, on top of 400 U.S. layoffs last week. The social network also shoved aside purported co-founder Tom Anderson, who has a new gig: NOT going to the office. More » -
#breaking
MySpace Lays Off 400
Two months after taking over as CEO, Owen Van Natta is laying off 30 percent of MySpace employees. His outlook remains bleak; when was the last time you heard a CEO call his company "bloated" in a press release? More »
