I hate Myspace

Yes I did have a profile or two for some time, but for the love all things holy. Now that my job involves me to work on the internet all day, I don't get the same pleasure out of surfing the web. Its no secret the way these things work, its fun until it becomes your job and then no more right? Well maybe not. These days I am permitted to flow as I please across networks across the world. For the most part I am confined to the states, but on special occasions I make connections abroad. Dealing with IT folks is for the most part a pleasure. I guess that part of it is really relative to who you are though right? Back to the subject at hand though. I am convinced that internet is by far the most amazing and strange change we will ever see in our life time, or I should say has the greatest impact on the largest amount of people that we have ever seen. What that impact is or whether is good or bad is not my place to say. I am a participant, along for the ride so to speak. So where does myspace fit into this? And when I say myspace, I don't mean literally "my", "space" on the web. Funny thing is, I know that anyone and everyone who reads this knows what I am talking about. There are catchy buzz words to categorize this concept of interactive web, shedding light for the masses on transition of life and culture. But does it really matter where you lie in the whole spectrum of these things? At a company meeting/party today (yeah my work kicks ass) the president discussed with us Mircosoft's four postitions one can take on soft ware in respect to age. Cutting edge, not cutting edge, slow but steady, and 19 80. Well at least thats what I remember from it. Where do you stand? Does it really matter? Does it change? Myspace is so 2000 and I hate it. Perhaps I should make a list.

I hate Myspace because:

1. I did not come up with the idea.
2. I wasn't friends with the person that did.
3. If I add all my real friends I will be taken to court and my child support will go up.
4. Advertisements.
5. I thought I was bleeding edge because I made a fake profile to sell VIOP service.
6. It further complicate strange social circles that I never understood in the first place.
7. They sold out.
8. It introduced HTML to the masses.


Well thats about all I can come up with. Can anybody help me out with some of the finer points that I have missed?