DeWolfe’s specialty only to wind up connected to MySpace himself, linked to a prostitute who had a page on the site. And without that loophole it never would have become a smash hit with teenage girls.Īmong others who have been seduced by MySpace: Rupert Murdoch, whose successful maneuvers to acquire the site are the most dizzying part of this book creeps, whom MySpace has never tried hard to discourage and Eliot Spitzer, who cracked down on the spyware tricks that were Mr. It’s just that when the Web site switched from one programming language to another, shoddy engineering created a huge loophole allowing users to upload their own computer code. For instance: MySpace did not intend to let users strew hearts, glitter and smiley faces all over its home pages. It’s the glitches that have made MySpace interesting, and they work well for this book too. The story of how ResponseBase, while affiliated with eUniverse, started a social site that it nearly named YoPeeps or Comingle has many twists and turns, what with the huge array of dot-com bottom-feeders that are part of the action. ResponseBase had ties to, and indirectly, even the good old television infomercial star, the Veg-O-Matic. After the United States invaded Iraq and the military created a deck of playing cards featuring the faces of deposed Iraqi leaders, for instance, ResponseBase sold counterfeits and boasted that their “authentic replication” of the cards had a laminated finish. Obnoxious spam and spyware were among its specialties. When they were laid off from Xdrive in 2001, they started ResponseBase, notable for its schlocky tastes and total lack of scruples. Anderson met while working for Xdrive, an outfit specializing in computer storage. And the Fakesters, as those imposters dubbed themselves, had been angry enough to post a “Fakester Manifesto” that had a rallying cry: “Every day is Halloween.” MySpace modeled itself on the earlier site Friendster, while noting that Friendster had angered users by not allowing fakes or imposters onto its site. Like every other aspect of the winning MySpace formula, this feature evolved by chance and then unexpectedly struck a nerve. Theirs is the site that anyone can trawl with anonymity. What the founders of MySpace do know and have so successfully exploited is the value of voyeurism. Angwin says, MySpace qualifies as “a Hollywood-style media company one where crazy creative people run the show, and nobody really knows what makes a hit or a flop.” With its Santa Monica corporate ambience and utter lack of scruples, Ms. Instead it’s about rogue marketers cobbling together half-baked plans, trying reckless gambits, relying on a “get it out fast, fix it later” philosophy and never bothering to worry about the consequences. This isn’t a tale of shy computer geeks making billions by creating perfect algorithms. There are many books about how tech stars struck it rich in Silicon Valley. Overall, you needn’t know a portal from a platform to follow this sprawling, rollicking Internet history. Angwin’s book about this, “Stealing MySpace,” is accessible to anyone, except during its most intensive dissections of deal-making. Now Julia Angwin, a technology and media reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has done prodigious digging into the shady business practices, trailer-park aesthetics, lucky accidents and borderline personality types that have allowed MySpace to tap into the American psyche. That story is the chaotic, action-packed history of MySpace itself. Being on Nick’s arm puts a target on Rachel’s back, with jealous socialites and, worse, Nick’s own disapproving mother (Michelle Yeoh) taking aim.ĭefining Moment: As the first modern love story with an all-Asian cast and an Asian-American lead in TWENTY-FIVE ENTIRE YEARS, it features a wealth of talent from Gemma Chan ( Humans) to Ocean 8’s hilarious Awkwafina.There’s at least one story that has never been told on the no-holds-barred social networking Web site MySpace. Not only is he the scion of one of the country’s wealthiest families, but also one of its most sought-after bachelors. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick’s family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has neglected to mention a few key details about his life. The story follows New Yorker Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) as she accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry Golding), to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. What: Based on the best-selling novel Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan shows, the only thing crazier than love is family. Who: Gemma Chan, Constance Wu, Henry Golding
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