Comments on: Are You Sure You Want To Cancel? [Yes] [No]

By: Cas Kopacki

Cas Kopacki — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:29:52 +0000

Jackass.

By: Randy Bishop

Randy Bishop — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:52:32 +0000

I’ll only drink a beer with you if you delete your MySpace account…

By: Cas Kopacki

Cas Kopacki — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:46:57 +0000

This is retarded.

Who wants a beer?

By: Randy Bishop

Randy Bishop — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:27:54 +0000

I’m not creating an account anywhere, sorry ‘Phina, no friends for me.

[Sarcasm] Kim, come on. How long did it take you to find some MySpace “skin” and hit Ctrl+c Ctrl+v? You could recreate your profile (minus friends) in one hour tops. But eh, “I don’t give a shit, you do what you want.” [/Sarcasm]

By: kimberleigh

kimberleigh — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:41:49 +0000

i didn’t mean to crap all over your rant!
Another reason that i probably won’t move over to Virb (unless myspace goes the way of Friendster) is that i’m lazy. i already got talked into setting up an Orkut page by the notoriously computer-phobia Cathy Salvaggio. Know who’s on Orkut (besides Cathy)? NO ONE! Well, except the Portuguese speaking world where it’s bizarrely popular (something like 75% of their members are accessing the site from Brasil). But i’m already so invested in my myspace life, i can’t see putting the time & energy into recreating the whole thing over there. Or anywhere else. i told you i was lazy. Maybe Delphina will be your friend over there though.

By: Randy Bishop

Randy Bishop — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:03:54 +0000

I watch the Simpsons and Family Guy. But we're not a Nielson family so no company is directly benefited from it. Not to mention MySpace allows for way more statistical options for potential sale than simple TV ratings could ever dream. This post was supposed to be tongue-in-cheek. There's plenty of positives I can attribute to the unique qualities of social network sites such as MySpace (it's just a shame that MySpace tops them all). I really like the avenues of communication and ease of "keeping up with friends" social sites provide. But if I went on a rant about how great these things were it wouldn't be a humorous flippantly biased post typical of me, it would just be a boring article. If you have a similar hate for Murdoch you could try and migrate some of your naturally "transient" friends over to Virb. It's a pretty nice MySpace alternative that seems to be gathering steam in the "techie" (read nerd) community. Sh! has a page there. Oh, and Delphina's all set too.

By: kimberleigh

kimberleigh — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:45:33 +0000

We are so in a fight over this, Randy! Actually, i don’t give a shit, you do what you want… i have your phone number & your wifes in my phone, so i can get ahold of you when i want. However, for someone like me, who moved so often growing up that i went to three different high schools (& my hometown is home to a large marine base, so many friends there moved as well), i have lost track of tons of friends. The significance of a tool like myspace to find friends who had similarly transient upbringings is huge to me. i know this might be hard for my MI friends who still run into people they had crushes on in junior high, the elementary school bully, whatever, to understand. Do you know how many times that has happened to me since i left school? i think a grand total of 3- once at 4th of July fireworks in VA Beach in ‘94, once on the train in Portland, & just a few mos. ago i ran into a kid i knew in elementary school working at the Sprint store here (know what’s crazy? he recognized me!). Sure, i have some “friends” that have found me that i don’t really give a shit about- you know, the people you were friends w/ in school because they have a car or their parents are never home- but by & large, they’re my real friends, or at least good acquaintances.
As far as your Murdoch hatred goes (no, i don’t like or defend him either), don’t you watch the Simpsons? i’m just saying…