Remember when MySpace was all the rage?

Talk about two-thousand-and-late.

if they turned it into a ticketmaster / itunes alternative, it could have been profitable.

"We then proceeded to mismanage it in every possible way," he said, adding that "all of the people concerned with it are no longer with the company."

The cognitive dissonance at work in this guy's mind is just astounding. Whenever things go wrong it's everybody's fault but his own.

Purchasing MySpace wasn't the mistake. Letting it degrade into what it is today while just about every other social networking website improved by leaps and bounds was the mistake.

He couldn't understand the LOLspeak from the myspace messages and emails they hacked.

Myspace was a reflection of how NewsCorp viewed the masses. Vain, vulgar, and moronic beyond all self reflection.

WTF Indeed: Myspace was a reflection of how NewsCorp viewed the masses actually are. Vain, vulgar, and moronic beyond all self reflection.

FTFY

The Devil's Robot: if they turned it into a ticketmaster / itunes alternative, it could have been profitable.

Ticketmaster has a monopoly. See Pear Jam for reference.

That will be a $20 convenience fee.

rdyb: "We then proceeded to mismanage it in every possible way," he said, adding that "all of the people concerned with it are no longer with the company."

The cognitive dissonance at work in this guy's mind is just astounding. Whenever things go wrong it's everybody's fault but his own.

Heh, caught that too.

WTF Indeed: Myspace was a reflection of how NewsCorp viewed the masses. Vain, vulgar, and moronic beyond all self reflection.

Yeah, because that's totally not true at all. Up next on MTV...

Up and Atom: Purchasing MySpace wasn't the mistake. Letting it degrade into what it is today while just about every other social networking website improved by leaps and bounds was the mistake.

True, but to be fair it was already a ghost town by the time News Corp bought it.

Insights like this are why Murdoch gets paid the big bucks.

What the hell is a "myspace"?

I always hated MySpace even when it was all the rage. Just saying "my myspace" was ridiculous sounding. Kind of like saying "facebook me". Whenever I hear that, I always imagine a book flying into the face of whoever said it.

yeah, I always thought myspace was just kind of crappy. I get that people could customize their pages and all that, but it just looked really ugly and the music was usually annoying and bleh

And sadly thanks to MySpace nearly every site out there has autostarting video now. Incredibly annoying.

Purchasing MySpace was a "huge mistake" according to Rupert Murdoch, who released the announcement on a page with epilepsy-inducing animated graphics and obnoxious music that automatically starts

Geocities?

If it wasn't for myspace, I'd never know about the goings on of Billy Ligue Jr.

Tigger: What about being a lying criminal sack of subhuman shiat Rupert? Was that a mistake at all?

No, it made him rich and powerful beyond the comprehension of the average person, in the process bringing the conservative Australian political blocs down and driving American Republican Party so far into crazy country that I don't think it will ever recover. If you ignore the lives destroyed by the wedges he's driven into society, he's pretty much on top of the world.

Hurry up and die, Skeletor.

Anything that might make Murdoch's empire bleed in the slightest pleases me mightily.

rdyb: "We then proceeded to mismanage it in every possible way," he said, adding that "all of the people concerned with it are no longer with the company."

The cognitive dissonance at work in this guy's mind is just astounding. Whenever things go wrong it's everybody's fault but his own.

Yeah, I came into this thread intending to draw attention that gem, if no one had done so yet.

Yahoo! spent $2 billion buying Mark Cuban's company "broadcast.com", they regret that even more than Murdock.

rdyb: "We then proceeded to mismanage it in every possible way," he said, adding that "all of the people concerned with it are no longer with the company."

The cognitive dissonance at work in this guy's mind is just astounding. Whenever things go wrong it's everybody's fault but his own.

I read it as "we farked up so hard, everybody at myspace got pissed off and left"

Rupert Murdoch was a mistake

BolloxReader: Tigger: What about being a lying criminal sack of subhuman shiat Rupert? Was that a mistake at all?

No, it made him rich and powerful beyond the comprehension of the average person, in the process bringing the conservative Australian political blocs down and driving American Republican Party so far into crazy country that I don't think it will ever recover. If you ignore the lives destroyed by the wedges he's driven into society, he's pretty much on top of the world.

Yeah, how will the GOP EVER recover from this:



If it gets any worse, the GOP will have a filibuster-proof senate, too.

SevenizGud: BolloxReader: Tigger: What about being a lying criminal sack of subhuman shiat Rupert? Was that a mistake at all?

No, it made him rich and powerful beyond the comprehension of the average person, in the process bringing the conservative Australian political blocs down and driving American Republican Party so far into crazy country that I don't think it will ever recover. If you ignore the lives destroyed by the wedges he's driven into society, he's pretty much on top of the world.

Yeah, how will the GOP EVER recover from this:

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If it gets any worse, the GOP will have a filibuster-proof senate, too.

I'm talking the ideological damage. Republicans win office now by pledging to do their utmost to destroy what is good about this country. The party can't recover from that. It may be successful in winning elections, but only because people have been taught to hate their neighbors for being somehow different. The GOP is spiritually, morally and ethically dead. It's just infected everyone else like a zombie plague.

BolloxReader: SevenizGud: BolloxReader: Tigger: What about being a lying criminal sack of subhuman shiat Rupert? Was that a mistake at all?

No, it made him rich and powerful beyond the comprehension of the average person, in the process bringing the conservative Australian political blocs down and driving American Republican Party so far into crazy country that I don't think it will ever recover. If you ignore the lives destroyed by the wedges he's driven into society, he's pretty much on top of the world.

Yeah, how will the GOP EVER recover from this:

[mwcnews.net image 495x328]

If it gets any worse, the GOP will have a filibuster-proof senate, too.

I'm talking the ideological damage. Republicans win office now by pledging to do their utmost to destroy what is good about this country. The party can't recover from that. It may be successful in winning elections, but only because people have been taught to hate their neighbors for being somehow different. The GOP is spiritually, morally and ethically dead. It's just infected everyone else like a zombie plague.

Yeah, because nothing has more appeal to voters than the promise of ruination of their country.

In other words, STFU. Your idea that the GOP is...whatever...is just wrong, and the fact that you can't defend your idiocy without resorting to zombie talk just proves that you can't distinguish fantasy from reality.

So pack up your tired wishful thinking and ram it. You would do better with the "everybody voted democrat, but Diebold stole the election, herp derp" tack.

SevenizGud: Yeah, because nothing has more appeal to voters than the promise of ruination of their country.

Confirmation bias can do that.

mcreadyblue: The Devil's Robot: if they turned it into a ticketmaster / itunes alternative, it could have been profitable.

Ticketmaster has a monopoly. See Pear Jam for reference.

That will be a $20 convenience fee.

CSB time I guess.

I've purchased 1 thing via ticketmaster. A King Tut exibit ticket because my friend swore it would be sold out. 'Fees' nearly doubled the price, I had to deal with getting the thing from a special counter with multiple ID when I showed up, I'm STILL on thier spam list 3 years later (gogo gmail filter sending them direct to spam/trash), and...we were the only ones in line anyway.

fark them with a spiked dildo of rape +10.

At least he has balls enough to admit the monumental mistake this dumbass made, but it's too little too late. The good news is dude is a billionare so the loss he takes won't even be a drop in the proverbial bucket. Now, if only Facebook could die an equally horrible death all woulld be right in the world. Facebook has to die sooner or later. Admit it, you never thought mySpace would die and burn in hell either so don't give up hope yet.

FunkOut: Purchasing MySpace was like going to the fleamarket and buying a box full of incredibly battered Barbie dolls and scratched up Aqua cds because you thought they were worth something.

I just bought Aqua's newest album just this month, pre-ordered and autographed. I like their music

/don't be hatin
//more than just a barbie band

SevenizGud:
In other words, STFU. Your idea that the GOP is...whatever...is just wrong, and the fact that you can't defend your idiocy without resorting to zombie talk just proves that you can't distinguish fantasy from reality.

So pack up your tired wishful thinking and ram it. You would do better with the "everybody voted democrat, but Diebold stole the election, herp derp" tack.


Awww, how cute.....you still don't realize how horrifically corrupt the GOP are. Aren't you *adorable*!!!

Myspace could have survived, but they needed to take away some customization of personal pages, cut down on the mass postings and add a chat room like the old AOLs. People won't troll on Facebook as it has their real names.

The Devil's Robot: if they turned it into a ticketmaster / itunes alternative, it could have been profitable.

El Diablo Robotico?