Never Know When Your Profile Will Go Bigtime

Preached and preached about when you post on your profile, you never know how it may be used. Today, we know far more than we ever needed to know about Elliot Spitzer's friend -- all courtesy of the traditional media grazing over one Ashley Youmans' MySpace pages.

From the continuing and insatiable coverage of the New York media:

Sultry pictures of Dupre, referred to as "Kristen" in federal affidavits, were splashed across the front page of every paper in the city and broadcast around the globe, thanks to the girl's MySpace page, which remained accessible to the public far longer than anyone would have imagined.

In the space of 36 hours we went from Client #9's unknown lover to complete photo galleries, audio clips of Youman's singing (complete with snide commentary about the "tired" cultural references in her lyrics by, of all people, the New York Times), and her entire family tree.

Welcome to the blogosphere, Ashley.