The MySpace and Xanga meme’s have gotten prolific enough that I’ve been asked about them by clients concerned about their children’s online activity. I think any publishing and expression is a great thing, even if it’s just another popularity contest like MySpace seems to be.
It used to be that someone like myself had to snag a geocities account, talk to n3.net about dns forwarding, wysiwyg a page design, and edit it manually. Individuals and bands now have a much easier way to attract pedophiles and stalkers, scare their parents, post nude pictures of themselves, and discover other people like themselves with fetishes for dressing up like a chipmunk in a fur suit with a cape and zoro mask.
Netiquette though… RFC 1855 predates the specification for E-SMTP. The churn of new users hasn’t been manageable since September of '93, some say. Some react a bit harsher.
- Sat Sep 4505 08:45:30 EST 1993