One reason MySpace might be sorry is the mixed messages...wasn't MySpace just recently featured on like Dr. Phil, or America's Most Wanted, exposing child predators? Juxtapose that with the new rush of new pages from rising porn stars...and, well, it's a mess.
And now the advertisers are pulling out...blah blah blah.
We're chuckling about this in the report in HWT: " It all began with the discovery that dozens of the world's biggest porn stars are now using the site to promote themselves, much as bands do. These performers include Jenna Jameson, Tera Patrick and Nikki Benz. Even porn industry trade publication Adult Video News has a page. Many of these, like Patrick's, have links to the stars' official sites offering explicit imagery, videos and sex toys. All are popular with the kids who are MySpace's mainstay.
For example, MySpace does not divulge the number of "friends" each user has, but Jameson's 406,571 is surely far above average. Patrick has 56,688.
What's more, Jameson's page has postings from 16 and 17 year olds. Patrick's, 14 year olds.
One high school girl from Kentucky who calls herself "Pornstar" wrote on Jameson's page:
"...you have no f*cking clue how much i want to be a pornstar when i graduate.. ive only got 4 more days!! then i begin trying to start my career as a pornstar."
All of this poses myriad problems for MySpace and corporate overlord NewsCorp, which paid $580 million for the site recently. Many of the site's 75 million users are ages 14-17. Obviously parents, already concerned about the site's alleged pedophiles, won't be happy with this newest twist."
