Internet Data Is Rotting

The data was valuable to MySpace; the users’ content less so. MySpace is a social networking media site where performers could upload music or other content for access and distribution to its user community. By 2008, MySpace was the leading social networking site, valued at one time at US$12 billion But it declined in popularity – thanks to an overprevalence of ads, concerns about exposure of minors to sexual content and other issues.

Source: theconversation.com