Wither MySpace
Posted: January 30, 2008 | Author: Monica Tan | Filed under: TECH, WORKS | Tags: feature, myspace, new matilda, social networks, the internet | Comments OffNew Matilda

Today, thousands of people around the globe have pledged to delete their MySpace profiles. Could this mark the beginning of the end for the social networking behemoth?
When media blogger Simon Owens of Bloggasm.com wrote a post titled ‘January 30th is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day’ just ten days ago, he couldn’t have predicted the entry would garner the sort of attention it did. But such are the forces of the web, and his little rant quickly spread like a rash through the blogosphere and mainstream media.

