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kimsama
06/16/09

In reply to Will Investors Leash Arianna Huffington's Spending?
"The local HuffPo launches at the end of this month with help from Katherine Zaleski, 27, who for the past four years has been gatekeeper over the HuffPo's front page."

Yep, it pretty much looks like it's been run for four years by a nepotistically-hired twenty-something with no experience running a news website. That site hurts my little web developy heart.
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tawnie
04/24/09

In reply to MySpace Job Is Sweet Revenge for Ex-Facebook Exec
Hmmm The way Jason Calacanis has been no commenting all week and his list mail was talking about My Space I thought for sure he was taking over. I wonder what happened there?
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Owen Thomas
04/25/09

@tawnie: You discovered that you are easily taken in by a two-bit, loud-talking Brooklyn hustler? I think that's what happened.
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Peter Feld
04/24/09

In reply to MySpace Job Is Sweet Revenge for Ex-Facebook Exec
I would have thought MySpace was dead but they have one advantage over a fresh startup in trying to take advantage of Facebook's recent suicide (um, redesign): a lot of people already have accounts, have uploaded pics, etc. All they have to do is clean it up and turn it into Facebook circa March 2009. The music interface is a plus, so is the absence of zombies and ninjas.
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Cheap Shot
04/24/09

@Peter Feld: very good point! it seems as though Facebook was designed to waste your time with as many useless apps as possible.
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Cheap Shot
04/24/09

In reply to MySpace Job Is Sweet Revenge for Ex-Facebook Exec
I don't know why I haven't killed my MySpace account. It would be great if he rechristened it 'MySpaceBook' just to take a jab.

I do think however that Myspace's advantage is the music service. It's useful for keeping in touch with bands you like and knowing what their dates are.
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Awesome X
04/24/09

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I'd sooner go back to AOL's webmail than start using MySpace again. I'm no Captain Creative, but I can't fathom how MySpace could be useful and attractive.
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