MySpace is a social networking website. Its headquarters are in
Beverly Hills, California where it shares an office building with its
immediate owner, News Corp. Digital Media, owned by News Corporation.
MySpace became the most popular social networking site in the United
States in June 2006. According to comScore, MySpace was overtaken
internationally by its main competitor, Facebook, in April 2008, based
on monthly unique visitors. MySpace employs 1,000 employees, after
laying off 30 percent of its workforce in June 2009; the company does
not disclose revenues or profits separately from News Corporation. The
100 millionth account was created on August 9, 2006, in the Netherlands.
Contents of a MySpace profile...
Moods:
Moods are small emoticons that are used to depict a mood the user is
in. The feature was added in July 2007. The mood feature as of 2010 is
not included by default with the status updates, but could be shared on
the homepage as a separate updated.
Blurbs, blogs, multimedia
Profiles:
Profiles contain two standard "blurbs": "About Me" and "Who I'd Like
to Meet" sections. Profiles also contain an "Interests" section and a
"Details" section. In the "Details" section, "Status" and "Zodiac Sign"
fields will always display. However, fields in these sections will not
be displayed if members do not fill them in. Profiles also contain a
blog with standard fields for content, emotion, and media. MySpace also
supports uploading images. One of the images can be chosen to be the
"default image", the image that will be seen on the profile's main page,
search page, and as the image that will appear to the side of the user's
name on comments, messages, etc. A photo editor powered by Fotoflexer is
available which can not only crop images and adjust contrast but also
convert the image to a cartoon or a line drawing made with neon lights,
or put the user's face in a photo of a $100 bill. Flash, such as on
MySpace's video service, can be embedded. Blogging features are also
available. These features could be hidden on a profile by using the
module customizer or using HTML/CSS codes. Photos could be displayed on
the MySpace profile instead of a link that it was used in previous
years. Photos can be made into a slide show.
Comments:
Below the User's Friends Space (by default) is the "comments"
section, wherein the user's friends may leave comments for all viewers
to read. MySpace users have the option to delete any comment or require
all comments to be approved before posting. If a user's account is
deleted, every comment left on other profiles by that user will be
deleted, and replaced with the comment saying "This Profile No Longer
Exists". The option of using HTML in comments could be enabled or
disabled.
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