29,000+ Sex Offenders on MySpace

I think that number is low. Has MySpace evolved into a cesspool of sex offenders and spammers?

 RALEIGH, N.C. - MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking Web site - more than four times the number cited by the company two months ago, North Carolina officials said Tuesday.

It was recently rated one of the 5 worst websites by Time.

things have taken an ugly turn, and we’re not just talking about poor page design. It seems the community has become infested with marketers and other opportunists who create false profiles and essentially spam other users, all under the guise of “making friends.” Of course, there have always been loads of MySpace profiles of fictional characters, created to help market a movie or promote some other brand. But it’s the bait-and-switch tactics from these leeches (Want to be my friend? Buy a ring tone! Fill out this survey!) that have taken things to a whole new—and sad—level.

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