Digital Humanities Now

Mar/10

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While Facebook & Twitter Sit on Sidelines, MySpace Jumps Into Bulk User Data Sales

MySpace has taken a bold step and put a large quantity of bulk user data up for sale on startup data marketplace InfoChimps. Data offered includes user playlists, mood updates, mobile updates, photos, vents, reviews, blog posts, names and zipcodes. Friend lists are not included. Remember, Facebook and Twitter may be the name of the game these days in tech circles, but MySpace still sees 1 billion user status updates posted every month. Those updates will now be available for bulk analysis. Th..   show all text
dmlComp: #OMG. RT @hastac: Speaking of privacy issues #danahboyd RT @aduckworth: MySpace begins bulk user data sales http://is.gd/ayOsB ^sg  14.03.2010 16.29
nowviskie: @joegilbert Bulk user data sales from MySpace: http://is.gd/aBdAQ Unsettling, but good for @yellowbuzz's SLab fellowship project...  14.03.2010 17.14
retius: Should I finally delete my account? RT @courosa: MySpace begins bulk user data sales http://is.gd/ayOsB  14.03.2010 08.27
hastac: Speaking of privacy issues #danahboyd #openingremarks RT @aduckworth: MySpace begins bulk user data sales http://is.gd/ayOsB -md  14.03.2010 08.54

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