#1 Worst Web Site

[flashfreak]

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Quoted from Dan Tynan of PC World
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From unforgettable flame-outs to some of the most popular destinations around, no one is safe from our look at the world's dumbest dot-coms and silliest sites.
Dan Tynan, PC World
Friday, September 15, 2006 05:00 AM PDT


Worst Sites #1

1. MySpace.com


Yes, we know. With more than 90 million users, MySpace is now more popular than Elvis, "American Idol," and ice cream. But the Web's most visited destination is also its most poorly designed and counterproductive.

The ease with which anyone of any age can create a page, upload photos, share deeply personal details of their lives, and make new "friends" quickly turned MySpace into a one-stop shopping mall for online predators. That in turn has made the site an easy target for politicians who pander for votes by playing on parental fears. In an era when the basic tenets of the Net are under attack by both Ma Bell and Uncle Sam, MySpace is a headache we don't need.

But let's put all that aside for a moment. Graphically, many MySpace pages look like a teenager's bedroom after a tornado--a swirl of clashing backgrounds, boxes stacked inside other boxes, massive photos, and sonic disturbance. Try loading a few of those pages at once and watch what happens to your CPU. Watch out for spyware, too, since it turns out that MySpace has become a popular distribution vector for drive-by downloads and other exploits. And in a place where "U are soooooooo hot!!!" passes for wit, MySpace isn't doing much to elevate the level of social discourse.

In response to a public backlash and some well-publicized lawsuits, MySpace has begun modifying its policies--for example, limiting adults' ability to contact minors. That's hardly enough. Requiring some kind of authentication from MySpacers--or their parents--to validate their ages and identities would go a long way toward scaring off the creeps and making the site a kinder, gentler social network.
Is MySpace totally bad? Not at all. Are we old farts? Yeah, probably. But the Web's most popular site needs a serious security reboot. And probably a makeover. Until then, MySpace won't ever be OurSpace.

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[ares623]

hahaha. IKissYou.org...

[tingkagol]

But let's put all that aside for a moment. Graphically, many MySpace pages look like a teenager's bedroom after a tornado--a swirl of clashing backgrounds, boxes stacked inside other boxes, massive photos, and sonic disturbance. Try loading a few of those pages at once and watch what happens to your CPU. Watch out for spyware, too, since it turns out that MySpace has become a popular distribution vector for drive-by downloads and other exploits. And in a place where "U are soooooooo hot!!!" passes for wit, MySpace isn't doing much to elevate the level of social discourse.

haha. that my friend, is the core to myspace's popularity. That's why tons of people like to visit the site and create accounts basically because they can do almost anything to it. it's always your freedom to visit these messed-up pages, you'd just have to stay away from people who have no eye for great design. hehe.

oh, and i think friendster is even worse than myspace- this is just clearly a case of popularity + jealousy.

[flashfreak]

hehe, hey i just reposted that review ^___^ so its not my impression of myspace. hehehe but thank god im no myspacer. its utterly bullcrap for me. heck i admit i have friendster, but atleast my profile page isn't that annoying. and besides, my wife wants me to put up one. grrrrrr... talk about peer. LOL

[sanction214]

all porn sites are worst!

[MisterSuave]

worst kay kanang naay spywares.

[tingkagol]

friendster pisses me off all the time... but i can't do anything because all my friends are on there. if only they'd transfer to myspace. it's got better load times and the links, features, and the EDIT button actually work.

friendster:

• photos are degraded
• converts gif images
• profile updates do not instantly work
• numerous backtracks or backlogs or recalls or whatever (returning to a certain point in the past- erasing your profile edits)
• uploaded photos take about an hour or two before they show up
• stupid implementation of features- they once implemented a GROUPS feature and a couple of days later, they removed it. the group i created vanished as well.
• and of course: SLOOOOOOOOOOOW LOADING TIMES

i'm whining like a retard.

[flashfreak]

^ lol

[sinus_]

philippine government websites

[celtic_predator]

@sinus

I agree.