The Future Of MySpace

[allenbundy]

hmm... in 30 years, myspace will be full of dead people.

this is scary

 

[Rip the Jacker]

No.

 

[ironcrotch]

Whoever reads this when I'm dead. I'm standing right behind you. :Q

 

[cjgallen]

Dang, that's kinda sad.

 

[Kadarin]

Back in the 1980's, in his novel Schizmatrix, Bruce Sterling described the concept of people who have "faded", or who had died, but were too "polite" to admit to society that they have. So they leave behind a network of messages and other assorted cues to present to the world the illusion that they are still alive and kicking.

 

[dartworth]

Like Sand Thru The Hourglass...

 

[Hexx]

Wow, this is really interesting, I didn't think of this yet.
BTW.....
"After an hour of sifting through random profiles, I eventually found that friend of mine. As it turns out, she died in a car accident two years ago. She fell asleep at the wheel while driving home from work late one night. She was 19 at the time, but her profile states that she is currently 21. Her picture smiles back defiantly. "

 

[jkwon]

here's an actual deceased myspace profile

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...riendID=9075961&Mytoken=20050908225319

 

[preslove]

Dead

 

[thomsbrain]

of course in 2 years there will be a completely different fad site that everyone has migrated to. i know a lot of people who already look down on anyone who is on myspace.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: jkwon
here's an actual deceased myspace profile

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...riendID=9075961&Mytoken=20050908225319

His Last Login Was four days ago on 9-8-2005, is he really dead?

What surprises me is the Web Site was sold for $100 Million, that Tom Guy will never ever have to work a day in his life again.

 

[Miramonti]

 

[Googer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Googer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace

hahahahaha someone edited it

 

[jkwon]

whats the change?

 

[Anubis]

all it says is "is for losers"

 

[imported_KirbsAw]

It says News Corp bought it, isn't that Fox?

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Googer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace

hahahahaha someone edited it

This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality.
This article has been tagged since September 2005.
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This was just added in the last 15 minutes! Did some one who read this thread do that (on wiki)?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Anubis
all it says is "is for losers"

where does it say that?

 

[Xyclone]

:shocked:

 

[allenbundy]

haha nice change on wiki

 

[Ranger X]

I don't think the numbers will be quite that high. The mortality rate figures in old people too, right? Myspace and other social networking websites are full young adults.

 

[allenbundy]

i'm assuming the figure mentioned in the article accounts for all deaths in the united states regardless of age. you are right in that the majority of myspace users are in their twenties, but given a few more years, the age distribution will be more even. by then, myspace will be a pretty scary place to visit.

 

[DaWhim]

last login Monday, April 19, 2004

my friend died the day after......

still remember the moment when my friend called me up and told me about it. she was 19.

 

[ironcrotch]

Originally posted by: jkwon
here's an actual deceased myspace profile

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...riendID=9075961&Mytoken=20050908225319