MySpace made front-page news on Monday when they announced new safety measures intended to better protect children from sexual predators and bullies. Here is an AP story about the safeguards.
With MySpace being such a popular web destination and receiving so much media scrutiny on privacy and security issues, clearly whenever MySpace makes this level of news (this was on the front page of USA Today and in the A section of many other papers), it has ramifications for the entire Internet marketing industry.
There have been tons of segments on TV news shows the past few years about how MySpace is a haven for sexual predators and bullies or is simply a huge waste of time for people with nothing better to do. It's also got tons of comment and message spam and that has turned off a lot of users and potential advertisers who would like to reach the millions of eyeballs MySpace has.
I'm not here to praise or denounce MySpace, just discuss the topic of their image and how it reflects upon our industry. So I ask you - Does MySpace make us look bad? If so - What do we do about it? I'd like to hear your thoughts and will share mine next week.
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