MySpace blocks Photobucket videos and slide shows

Social-networking giant MySpace.com on Wednesday blocked Photobucket videos and photo slides shows from being uploaded to its pages. This is a great update from MySpace.com. My only reason of not using MySpace.com was 'cause of the slow load-up time for the pages and videos that pop up constantly every time I load up the pages.

The Facebook.com has been a hit. It generally went for the college social network, and it had so much success getting so many fans into the networking website. One of the main reason why Facebook.com succeeded was that it was very simple and ad-free. There were no user-added photo slide shows on the pages, and especially videos that drag the load-up time of the pages.

Furthermore, MySpace.com will no longer let users post such content from Photobucket in their profiles, blogs or comments section. Even though MySpace.com blocked Photobucket for violating MySpace.com's terms by encouraging users to post advertisements, it was a good move towards getting more users to join the network, I believe. As in the post, the move was said to be something akin to Microsoft blocking third-party applications from Windows. Scores from companies offer software tools, commonly referred to as "widgets," that allow users to post photos, music, video and other contents to Web sites, and many have built their businesses specifically around MySpace.com's 90 million users.

It's true that Photobucket is the largest photo-sharing site on the Web with more than 17 million monthly users, and has recently branched into videos. And the fact that MySpace has blocked Photobucket is a huge news. According to this post, the social-networking site never alerted Photobucket before pulling the plug on slide shows and video.


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MySpace blocks Photobucket videos and slide shows
PUBLISHED: April 11, 2007
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