MSN\/PC World has an article about the 25 worst websites<\/a>. MySpace<\/a> made it to Number 1.<\/p>\n Here’s the article – I think it mirrors my feelings about MySpace.<\/p>\n 1. MySpace.com But let’s put all that aside for a moment. Graphically, many MySpace pages look like a teenager’s bedroom after a tornado–a swirl of clashing backgrounds, boxes stacked inside other boxes, massive photos, and sonic disturbance. Try loading a few of those pages at once and watch what happens to your CPU. Watch out for spyware, too, since it turns out that MySpace has become a popular distribution vector for drive-by downloads and other exploits. And in a place where “U are soooooooo hot!!!” passes for wit, MySpace isn’t doing much to elevate the level of social discourse. <\/p>\n\n
Yes, we know. With more than 90 million users, MySpace<\/a> is now more popular than Elvis, “American Idol,” and ice cream. But the Web’s most visited destination is also its most poorly designed and counterproductive.The ease with which anyone of any age can create a page, upload photos, share deeply personal details of their lives, and make new “friends” quickly turned MySpace into a one-stop shopping mall for online predators. That in turn has made the site an easy target for politicians who pander for votes<\/a> by playing on parental fears. In an era when the basic tenets of the Net are under attack by both Ma Bell<\/a> and Uncle Sam<\/a>, MySpace is a headache we don’t need.<\/p>\n