If I Don't Get Booted, I Will Feel Like Less Of A Man

And this is not the perfect way to start my day. Found on physorg.com (via the fantastic warrenellis.com):

MySpace.com removed 200,000 "objectionable" profiles from its network to address fears of Internet security, the Financial Times reported.

Acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corps last year, the site boasting some 65 million users and 250,000 news users each day, is hoping that this is one of many strategic steps in becoming more profitable to advertisers.

According to the FT, News Corp's strategy to attract more advertisers faces two challenges, keeping young users from switching to a new site and keeping advertisers confident that their reputations won't be tainted by "inappropriate content."

Which suits me just fine, because to quote the wunderkind Groucho Marx, "I would not join any club that would have someone like me for a member."

While I hate censorship on any level, especially the kind that revolves around the sucking of some corporate teat, I welcome the challenge. Let's see if I can get my ass thrown off.

In myspace's defense, it is their playground. You accept their terms and conditions in order to play in their sandbox. That's fine. If I get booted from blogging there, I still have the mack daddy here, wojr.com.

Wojr.com already is banned by several corporate IT departments - a point of pride for the worker drones here. Yeah, we're looking at you, Morgan Stanley!! (Then again, myspace.com is also blocked by Morgan Stanley. Go figure.)

My only wish is that they send out warning notices - sighting specifically what content they find risqué.

"In order to continue using MySpace, please refrain from alluding to the existence of 'nipple play' in the New Testament."

I'd frame that shit on my wall. Right next to the torn off cover of my mug on the Bible.

wojr  ¶ 12:07 PM