Report: 'MySpace Tom' lied about his age. Yawn.
(Credit:
Valleywag)
Following rumors that MySpace co-founder and "everybody's friend" Tom Anderson was lying about his age on his profile, Newsweek did a little digging. According to "professional license information, voter registration and utility and telephone service applications," Anderson is actually 36, not 32.
Which means that he was 31, not 27, when he co-founded MySpace, and apparently he was either self-conscious or sketched out (or both) about being in his 30s when he founded a youth-oriented social network.
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington expressed concern, saying that "the fact that MySpace and News Corp. had knowledge of the lie, and did nothing to fix it, makes it worse." But Valleywag comments, "(it) would hardly make Anderson the first person to lie about his age on MySpace." (Yeah, a lot of those "99-year-olds" aren't telling the truth.)
In other news, "Tom" is known to be so insecure about his popularity that he adds every single MySpace user as a friend the moment that they sign up for the News Corp.-owned social-networking site, and he also seems to be too lazy to change his dorky profile photo.
Can we get some real news now, please?
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline. 
In fact, the first report is such a non-report that reporting on the non report is more stupid. Man, I'm starting to sound like MoJo Jo Jo!
- How Ironic is this appearing on news.com?
- by Don Key October 29, 2007 2:19 PM PDT
- Isn't this ironic that you are complaining about it not being a real news story but felt compelled to post about it?
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(3 Comments)If it wasn't news worthy, then it wouldn't be on news.com