MySpace

I have been very frustrated with MySpace over the last 24 hours. The blogs have been down, back up, and down again. But come to think of it, MySpace has to be the least reliable website on the internet. Relative to the amount of users, that isn't very good. I am sure many of you feel like throwing your mouse from time to time.

"Hey, Wes! Give them a break. It's tough for Tom to keep up. He has to deal with 100 million people out of the bonus room in his townhouse!" Actually, did you know that MySpace is owned by News Corporation? "NewsCorp" is the company ran by Rupert Murdoch. The same guy/company that created Fox News; the red, white, and blue propaganda machine. Fox News is only a small part of the NewsCorp empire, but is reflective of Rupert Murdoch and the company's politics. They also own: all things Fox, DirecTV, HarperCollins, and the crappiest newspaper in America, The New York Post. [The majority owners that NewsCorp purchased MySpace from was Intermix, a spam company. Could they be the geniuses behind the 'outfart the lumberjack' spam games?]

Sometime soon, I plan on doing a blog about how many companies actually run corporate America. Most would be surprised at how many companies and familiar brands are owned by larger conglomerates. For example, most of the the food in your pantry is from 2-3 corporations...not the 50 brands on the packaging. You might find ConAgra's name on 50% of your food. That is, if you eat shit. Hopefully you don't.

It is surprising that such a large company can't keep this website running smoothly or handle the traffic of 100 million users. Google and Yahoo don't seem to have this problem.