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Geek Culture / AOL to create myspace-killer

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Phaelax
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2006 01:34
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I'm sure everyone here hates AOL, but there's gotta be at least a few of us that hate myspace even more.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/19/aol-to-launch-myspace-killer/


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Saikoro
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2006 09:27
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So instead of being one mass of blubbering idiots rambling about how much their life sucks, there will be two. GG

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dark coder
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2006 11:30
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why dont these big companys think up there own ideas?

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Phaelax
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2006 21:06
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Because then they wouldn't be big companies.


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Posted: 23rd Apr 2006 21:12
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ok i like AOL and i dispise myspace if it were alive i would kill then bring it back to life and kill it again.

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SageTech
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Hey, im fine with these community sites, they keep people from using a whole domain name to talk about their boring life. But honestly, i think myspace has the lead, and will stay that way for a while.

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Ian T
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2006 22:29
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Social networking is the new holy grail of internet services; everyone from Microsoft to AOL to Google is trying to make a 'MySpace killer' in one form or another.

95% of my friends use both AIM and MySpace so it'll be interesting to see what AOL can cook up to compete.


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Matt Rock
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Posted: 24th Apr 2006 00:30
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I highly doubt AOL can compete with Myspace, even with their installed user base. People already have Myspace and most people won't see a need for using AOL's service, which'll probably end up being a pay service if I know AOL. If they fight, my money is on Myspace by KO in the 3rd round. Even the people who use AOL don't like AOL.


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Posted: 24th Apr 2006 00:50
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im really getting sick of facebook too

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indi
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Posted: 24th Apr 2006 05:10
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abomination online meets mybrainspace

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dark coder
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Posted: 24th Apr 2006 06:14
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maybe aol will start making lots of cd`s of howto use there version and send 100 copies to everyone.

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Posted: 24th Apr 2006 06:45
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maybe.. you never know....

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SirFire
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Posted: 24th Apr 2006 08:22
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Quote: "ok i like AOL"


That explains everything.

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Posted: 24th Apr 2006 08:55
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Wow. So many big businessess copying everyone else... First Microsoft, then Google, now AOL!!

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Saikoro
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Posted: 24th Apr 2006 11:54
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Doesn't Microsoft have something similar built with their MSN Messenger called My Space? I'm pretty sure I've heard of that... I do wonder how they possibly could think up such a creative name as that.

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Raven
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Posted: 24th Apr 2006 13:05
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Quote: "Doesn't Microsoft have something similar built with their MSN Messenger called My Space? I'm pretty sure I've heard of that... I do wonder how they possibly could think up such a creative name as that."


They simply integrated it into MSN Messenger recently, they've had MSN "My Space" for almost a decade now. Although they've had a few different names for it over the years; they've still had it called "My Space" longer than MySpace has been up... in-fact I'm sure the MySpace started as a piss-take site until people started using it seriously. Then Fox bought it out, which to me seems a little retarded.

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Posted: 24th Apr 2006 15:29
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Fox is retarded

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Jeku
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Posted: 24th Apr 2006 20:18
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No, Fox is smart to purchase Myspace. I'm just surprised nobody did it earlier. I can't imagine the revenue they're making just from the ads.


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Posted: 25th Apr 2006 01:12
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Quote: "Even the people who use AOL don't like AOL."


You have no idea...

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BearCDPOLD
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Posted: 25th Apr 2006 01:26
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When's GoogleSpace coming out? They're already kicking up places like AlbinoBlackSheep and EbaumsWorld with Google Video, MySpace must be next.


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Ian T
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Posted: 25th Apr 2006 22:55
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Quote: "Then Fox bought it out, which to me seems a little retarded."


With it being one of the top ten most visited sites on the internet and the most popular website among teenagers across the globe? $56 million was a freakin' bargain.


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Jeku
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Posted: 26th Apr 2006 03:56
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Exactly. I was first in line to purchase it, but my accountant advised me that the $56 million would be better spent on trying to buy-out Atari--- and, uh, Google stocks.


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Travis P
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Posted: 26th Apr 2006 05:22
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Quote: "ok i like AOL"

That sets your maximum IQ at 10.

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Posted: 26th Apr 2006 05:40
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i thought i read in Newsweek that myspace was soon to be the interet site with the most internet traffic, currenly number 2 to only Yahoo.com.........

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Phaelax
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Posted: 27th Apr 2006 11:17
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I just have to wonder, how a site with no product or paid service manages to rake in millions of dollars. I just cant imagine that many companies paying that much for a little banner on their page that nobody ever pays attention to, let alone click on it.


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Saikoro
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Posted: 27th Apr 2006 11:44
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They also sell merchandise, and are a big thing in the pop rock music scene. They've got more than just the website to the name.

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