Something about Nothing

AOL is looking to launch a MySpace killer. The news has been circulatin the internet and has been reported my many sites and blogs.

Here?s a better way of looking at it. The AIM Buddy List (which was introduced 10 years ago) was the orignial social network, and it has 43 million AIM and Buddy List users. We?re working on adding functionality to AIM that will really open it up ? allowing developers, partners, and users to take part. It?s going to be fun. Rather than thinking of it as a killer of anything, let alone MySpace, it will allow our millions of users to express themselves in new and interesting ways and become a catalyst for new communities to grow and flourish. We?ll have more to say about it soon.

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