--- daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
I am currently reading the Terms of Service of Myspace. It is quite interesting. Remember, this is a social networking site, not an encyclopedia/dictionary/textbook/library/etc. As such, one would think that they would be a tad more lax than us. Not so. Note that I not suggesting that
Legally, that protects them. In reality, they are roughly comparable to Wikipedia's user talk pages - if you imagine the admins not banning people that used them to promote wealth scams, Web cams, any other kind of porn you can imagine, bands, etc. etc. etc.
these policies are followed or that the millions of Myspace users have actually read them.
As someone who actually uses and interacts with people on myspace, I can tell you that nothing is followed unless it is enforced, and little if anything is enforced.
Nevertheless, it is there in writing. People who sign up agree to this. Perhaps we can learn from them.
Definitely not, unless you're looking to protect yourself legally. E.g., from being sued for having a 60 year old pedophile use Wikipedia to meet, etc. a non-adult or from being sued for some investment or gambling con that used your site.
All the "commercial" stuff supposedly restricted is actively employed. Start here as just 1 example: http://www.myspace.com/gdiwealth
In summary, the terms of service alone have no impact, so don't expect them to fix any content issues. The best you can hope for is that some corporations and PR firms that have lawyers reading and taking terms seriously will ease up on the claims they make and eliminate any links that go directly to sale sites.
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