Facebook No Longer The Second Largest Social Network. damn. now that’s scaling.

A Hoax Turned Fatal Draws Anger but No Charges - New York Times. unreal. i think i would have killed several people had I been the father involved.

Checkmate? MySpace To Join Google OpenSocial “Suddenly, within just the last couple of days, the entire social networking world has announced that they are ganging up to take on Facebook, and Google is their Quarterback in the big game.”

Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll — New York Magazine. this is probably the most interesting magazine article i’ve read in the last year. via 3rdparty.

CNN.com - MySpace organizes Sudan fundraiser. it’s sad that cnn only thinks darfur is newsworthy when a quirky website throws a fundraiser for it. via funkaoshi.

Analyzing 20,000 MySpace Passwords - CyberKnowledge Blog. it seems the word “poop” came up a lot.

ยป Napster founder commerce enables unprotected MP3s on MySpace | ZDNet.com. money + drm-free + myspace = tipping point? and the format has their album for sale this way.

hellodeo. record a webcam video, get a link to play it. nice and simple. i bet this explodes on myspace.

ugly myspace showdown - zefrank. oh this is awesome. this is the same zefrank of theshow.

Piczo Gets $4M - Mashable*. myspace/flickr-like site snags $4 million bucks in VC. Since 50% of it’s user are girls under 18 it’s (A) so ugly that geocities won’t even link to it and (B) heaven for pedophiles.

Radar.net is the Anti-Flickr - Mashable*. interesting implementation of private photo sharing amongst a group. stuff like this is bound to have growing demand as more and more people realize that photos on myspace of you drunk, naked, and passed out can also be viewed by the recruiters.

MySpace Dating Made Easy - Mashable*. myspace stalking services to find single people and those on the rebound.