The Dangers of Web 2.0

I guess a good idea is always followed by people trying to abuse the system.

Kamkar was looking for a way to circumvent MySpace's content-posting
restrictions to jazz up his profile when he found a bug that essentially allowed
him to control the browser of anyone who visited his MySpace page. "A Chipotle
burrito and a few clicks" later, Kamkar says, he created the fastest-spreading
Web-based worm of all time.

Within 20 hours, the worm had spread to approximately 1 million
MySpace users, forcing them to select Kamkar as their "hero" in their profile
page. News Corporation, the site's owner, had to pull down MySpace to fix the
problem.

So this guy effectively bombed MySpace for 20 hours by accident. Now that sounds like a real bad deal waiting to happen. The problem I am having with MySpace now is that people keep bombing me with fake friend requests. I deny the request and it just causes it to send more. I guess they should start calling it "friend spam."