MIX06 threw a nice party at the Venetian’s “V” bar last night.   I enjoyed meeting Abner Witcomb who is the myspace CTO and a very personable fellow as well.  They are planning a LOT of hires and he was asking folks to send along any good prospects to him or the recruiting team.

I did get a chance to ask about filtering and content issues but I want to digest his answer a bit more because I think this topic is very complex.  I was surprised to learn that EVERY submitted picture is reviewed by a human because the porn filters simply can’t catch everything, and they see this review as essential quality control, especially since advertisers do not want association with porn.

Here in Vegas there seems to be a rule on club and bar coolness that says you try to use no more than four letters in the name.  Top clubs are PURE (Caesar’s Palace) where Yahoo had a nice party back at November’s Webmasterworld  and TAO (Venetian) where Microsoft picked up the tab on Monday for food and drinks.  TAO actually bills itself as a “Religious” nightlife experience …. sheesh…only in Las Vegas.