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I've been hoodwinked!!!!

So true to my word I emailed Tom over at MySpace and surprisingly he wrote me back.

 
Here's the transcripts:

Hi Tom,
I'm extremely disappointed by the message that you left on The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza's page yesterday. How many black people do you think actually listen to hardcore metal music? If you're being honest you know the number is not that many. Not only am I black but every member of the band is a personal friend of mine. Not a MySpace friend, a real friend. We've hung out together and I've even crashed on their couches on occasion. These guys are just a young up and coming band trying to make it, I thought that was the point of MySpace. I had never even heard of you guys until last year when one of the band members asked me to join so he could add me to their friends list.

I hear that your will has been appeased. The band spent a few hours sifting through MySpace profiles searching for black people to add to their friends which you and I both know is meaningless PC crap. Of the near 12,000 friends they have over two thirds were added by fans requesting to be added and not them going around looking for white people to add to their list. Why? Because the guys love MySpace and I've sat there at shows and listened to them tell people to join them on MySpace. And when I went to those shows guess what? I was one of the only black people in the audience and most times the only one so of course their friends list is going to be mostly white.

To be fair I think your heart was in the right place but you really screwed the pooch with that one. I was kind of offended that you singled out blacks. Why no Hispanics and Asians? I actually admire what you've done here but I really feel that you owe the band an apology and maybe a few beers. I'm not trying to be a jerk here, I'm just sticking up for my bros.

Antonio D Brice

Tom wrote me back and here's what he said:

From: Tom
Date: Mar 7, 2006 10:15 PM

heya - sounds like someone is posting fake comments from me - send me the link to the page so i can take a look - thx!

And me again after I talked to Brad:

http://www.myspace.com/tonydanzatapdanceextravaganza

Here's the message which is still up.

Through extensive screening, we at Myspace have noticed that you are not encouraging diversity within your Friends. In an effort to express this, please add at least 5 more black people to your Friends List within 72 hours, or your account will be deleted. Please post this as a bulletin to spread the word. Thank you for your time,

Tom

I just got off the phone with a member of the band. I'm really glad if this is just a hoax but how did they make a post under your name? It even links to your page.
I really am sorry if I came off as a jerk but those guys are some of my best friends. Thanks for looking into it!

After removing the fake post Tom then wrote me back and explained an exploit that was found in the current MySpace posting script which would allow a user to not only post as him but anyone else on MySpace. He apparently has been catching shit from all sides because a couple of idiots can't control themselves. What is worse they also did it to another band. The bands fans were pissed and have been writing all kinds of foul stuff about Tom on MySpace which is a shame because he really seems like a nice guy. Well look at it this way Tom, you took a website that beat out both Friendster and LiveJournal to become the top networking site online and sold it for 580 million dollars. It sure sucks to be you!