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- diggapleaze, on 10/12/2007, -9/+184my #1 reason is that I can't stand people treating their "friends" like trading cards to collect. How does someone *actually* have 500+ friends? Gotta catch 'em all!
I'd rather ***** peel all my skin off and dive into a pool salt. - LucasVB, on 10/12/2007, -9/+119Who gives a *****?
- S0m3dud3, on 10/12/2007, -21/+78Thanks! This will save me typing out a bunch of stuff when someone tries to get me to signup.
*bookmarked & dugg* - BlackMagic2, on 10/12/2007, -9/+63Ahh, Even the maddox style page counter at the bottom of the article :/
- daines88, on 10/12/2007, -6/+59Funny how the guy says he hates "social networking" yet he ends up on a "social news networking" site.
- NICU, on 10/12/2007, -6/+57Another major reason - employers will search the internet for you before interviewing you. If your myspace page has pictures of your drinking, partying, or making any other unfavorable decisions that is the first impression your future employer will have of you. If your friends make references to drugs or anything like that, you will most likely not get the job. It happens all the time at a lot of companies. Keep it clean, or even better delete everything before you start your job search.
- VioletArrows, on 10/12/2007, -6/+55Next week: 10 Reasons I Had a MySpace Account and Quickly Deleted It....
- djhworld, on 10/12/2007, -8/+50I agree with most of the points but the article isn't that good really. "Nuff said" - it sounds like this guy is a teenager trying to stay out of the mainstream.
Also his point about "letting go of the past" is stupid. - cad455, on 10/12/2007, -10/+48"10 Ways To State the Obvious, Try To Be Witty With Profanity, Drive Google Ads"
Dugg down for wasting my time. - jd5alive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+45how about we all just use myspace as a resume and rant on about how you love hard work and team work etc.
then when your future employer googles you....
have you ever been late to work? nope
how many times have you gotten drunk in the past year? i don't drink..
etc...
heroes... john doe (my last boss), etc...
you get the idea - ropers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39Most folks who have MySpace pages can't think of anything either. :D
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+40Seriously, What the hell?
- TheSaladMan, on 10/12/2007, -9/+43I can think of a lot more than 10
- KaneElson, on 10/12/2007, -5/+32You can block add requests from bands in the options.
- damndj, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3311. Owned by NEWSCORP, the most evil corporation in the world, owned by the most evil, vile, disgusting human being in the world.
- ScottMaximus1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27Do you mean socializing?
Because Socialism and Socializing are a tad different. - TheRyanSinger, on 10/12/2007, -4/+28you know this and i know this. the only reason why to EVER join is to view pics.
and that gets old quick, thus i too deleted my account. - jefree, on 10/12/2007, -6/+29Myspace is what it is. It's not the end of the world. You can use it for "good" or "evil" or not use it at all. It' a way to stay in touch. Don't try telling me it's unsafe though. The user is what can make something unsafe. It's not the gun. It's the person with there ignorant finger on the trigger.
- childprey, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28coupled with the google reference and "too much *****" right out of his blogs article :]
- kutza, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25And just what is wrong with exhibitionism pray tell? ;)
It's naked time! - KaneElson, on 10/12/2007, -12/+32History
If I had a dollar for every time I had a person say to me, either in person or online, "Hey John, you should start a MySpace account--it would probably be really cool, LOL!" I would probably have about $57. When someone says that to me, I normally go on a spiel very similar to what I wrote below. Invariably though, when I go on such a spiel, I forget some very important reasons why I won't ever start a MySpace account. Thus, I will indulge you and give you ten reasons why I never created a MySpace account.
10. People got hurt as a direct or indirect result of the site.
This reason clocks in at number ten simply because it has never affected me personally. Of course, for some of the victim's families (say the parents of the girl depicted in this article), this would probably be the top reason.
9. Most of the ***** backgrounds users choose
A ***** background would not be such a problem in itself, except that it renders the ubiquitous guestbooks postings unreadable. This probably occurs so often because users feel they must update the background of their profiles in order to engage their site readers. I'm not saying this problem is present on every myspace profile, but you'd be hard-pressed not to find hard to read text in at least one out of ten profiles. To give you an example of exactly what I'm talking about, check out the photo below:
8. The phrase "Social Networking" makes me want to punch someone in the face.
The word networking in itself is annoying, because we all had to hear about how going to the job fair "to network" was such a great idea, as if people were just these mindless nodes that only became something when they were a part of some workforce gestalt. When you add the word social to modify this already annoying word, it's as if you're conceding that you're too much of a loser to make friends "the old-fashioned way" (yeah, that's right, actually initiating a conversation with someone before reading their profiles and chatting with them for a year). I could digress for quite a while about how much I hate this phrase, but I'll spare you.
7. ***** Music
Part of the beauty of most web pages lies in the fact that you can be listening to some of your own music while you consume them. This is not the case with MySpace profiles--no, you're the victim of whatever whims of ***** music the user has chosen for you. Sure, you can turn it off, but that's after the ten minute load time.
6. Too Much *****
For this reason, I think a picture is worth 1,000 words. Let's direct our attention to Figure 1 below:
Figure 1: Too Much ***** (Click on Figure to Expand)
Note that the figure above is only a fraction of a typical user's page. How many stupid things can you cram onto a single page? MySpace profiles are an ADD-afflicted person's dream. It's not just that there are so many distractions on each user's page, it's also that each one of them has no real content whatsoever. From mindless guestbooks posts to exhibitionist photos, the profiles are truly meaningless.
Here's something to consider: less is more. Let's take an example of one web page you might have heard of to illustrate my point:
Does this site look familiar? Do you hear any stupid music or get bombarded by slide shows when you go to this site? 'Nuff said.
5. I Don't Care What Johnny Football Star is Doing (or professing to be doing) Now
There's a reason why you don't talk to most of the people you went to high school with--you don't have anything in common anymore (not that you ever did except for the fact that you were corralled into a place where you were supposed to be learning something). Leave well enough alone, let it go!
The world would be much friendlier if people would forget about those they knew and move on to meet new people. In the words of the fake Kurt Vonnegut commencement speech: "Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on."
4. I'm Not Interested in Online Dating
I know MySpace is supposed to be about "social networking," as I mentioned earlier, but the reality is many people start profiles just to hook up with people. There are many other sites dedicated to this, but of course you have to pay for their services. I guess you can think of MySpace as a poor man's adultfriendfinder.com.
3. Each Page Takes Too Long to Load
I have a broadband connection that downloads up to about 5Mbps, which loads anything almost instantly, yet the typical MySpace profile takes minutes to load. I theorize this is because of reason number 6 presented earlier, but I could be wrong. If people wouldn't embed so much stupid ***** onto one web page, this wouldn't be a problem, but whatever.
2. Empty Communication
99% of guestbook posts consist of something like "OMG, I haven't talked to u in forever, LOL! How r u doin!"
And then nothing. No response from the creator or the person who initiated the great post. It's as if the creator is gloating that someone wanted to talk to them.
You might be asking yourself why I ranked this reason so high? It's just that the above is present on every MySpace profile and it seems to be the big result of such a pointless endeavor.
1. After Carefully Considering the Word "MySpace," and Thinking About What the Site Really Is and What It's Used For, It's Evident That It's Nothing More than an Unsafe Website that is Tailored for Self-Fulfillment, Exhibitionism, Opportunists, and People Who Can't Let Go of the Past
'Nuff said. - AeroZeppelin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21"'im just not into much 'virtual' and or 'socialism'"
LOL. - betona, on 10/12/2007, -7/+25I only needed one reason: For the life of me, I can't think of what the hell I'd put on a MySpace page.
- aliguana, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22I'm the opposite.. I only go there for the bands, and I get endless "will you beee my fwiend???". I wish there was a way to block NON-band requests.
- mc7winkie, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22This guy is such a poser. He did the whole "google is simple" thing and even used a writing style VERY similar to Maddox.. This is pitiful that he gets this much attention for completely ripping off another author.
- pipdip, on 10/12/2007, -16/+33MySpace has turned into a stalker paradise.
For social networking, Facebook is the way to go. Much more secure. - Walkboss, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20Heh, I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this..
(I wrote the following right before seeing the above comments and I figured I'd post it anyway.)
I agree with djhworld. It sounds like this guy read a couple of Maddox's (http://maddox.xmission.com ) rants and thought he would try his hand at being "alternative."
From references to face punching.
Right down to the Google reference.
(From the article)
Here's something to consider: less is more. Let's take an example of one web page you might have heard of to illustrate my point:
[pic of Google]
(From Maddox's FAQ @ http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=faq )
Mine isn't the only site on the internet that uses a simple layout, perhaps you've heard of this one?
[pic of Google] - GenoBaby, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19I have a different reason why I never started a MySpace account; Since it's so popular I thought that everyone will sign up and then MySpace will send a signal into everyone's computer causing them to turn into mindless blood thirsty zombies and since I'm the only one that has never signed up for an account, it's up to me to save the world... And Keanu Reeves will play me in the movie... which will also be interesting because I'm a black guy.
- resplence, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Why digg kaneelson down? I stopped reading the article when I saw he split a 10 points list in THREE PAGES for no reason.
- SweetMercury, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18I can't believe that no one else noticed what a Maddox rip-off this was. Who wrote this, Carlos Mencia?
- beermad, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17One single reason is enough to avoid MySpace.
It's owned by Rupert ***** Murdoch. - nixfu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14
My #1 reason......
EMPLOYERS WILL USE EVERY SINGLE ITEM YOU EVER PUT ON THE INTERNET TO EVALUATE YOU.... post some pics of you getting drunk at a frat party....your future employer will see it.
You have to have to be nuts to put ANYTHING anywhere on the internet that can be tied back to your real identity. - OriginalLucid1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Next up: Ten reasons why I don't stab myself in the eye with a fork.
- FutureisDubious, on 04/04/2008, -2/+12The google thing is very much something like I read in a Maddox article. This guy sucks.
- lolgamoff, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12@Kutza, i dugg you up for the potter puppet pals reference.
Myspace isn't that bad, but facebook is so much better. more pleasing and doesn't make everything look like a 5th grader's website. I only keep my myspace to keep in touch with friends at my old school.
Myspace is full of the teen girls who try to look *gHeTTo* - bmartin, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12The asshat who wrote this article should at least link to Maddox's site. Some form of attribution would be nice.
- belfastbiker, on 10/12/2007, -17/+25He doesn't like myspace, and had the balls to split that rant over THREE pages for no reason?
- Jiffylush, on 10/12/2007, -8/+16My reasons
1 - I am not a teenager
2 - I am married - no need to date or stalk teenagers (not that I would be stalking teenagers if I was single... moving on)
3 - I am not into spending my freetime trying to convince strangers that I am teh cool. Probably relates back to number 2.
I honestly feel sorry for people I went to highschool with who have myspace pages, makes me think their lives aren't going well. I realize that that is elitist, but, I can judge others if I want to! - Odjn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I don't have a MySpace either, but the blogger sounds like Maddox. Plus at the end there is that counter.
- lpcustom, on 10/12/2007, -4/+111.) It's lame.
....nuff said? - drpunkerz, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12lol, grammar
- usefuljenkins, on 10/12/2007, -12/+18I am in a band, and I run the myspace site. I must say that this is an amazingly powerful way to get heard for free. As far as "crappy" bands trying to add you so it looks like they're popular, It does get annoying, but don't generalize ALL bands into that category, cause as far as my band goes, we let people add us, we don't go inviting randoms. Just my $0.02.
- kd1s, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9The one and only reason I signed up for a myspace page was because one day as I was walking to my office I spotted a drivers license on the ground. Googled the persons name and sure enough, she had a myspace page. In order to email you had to have an account too so that's how mine got started.
She got her license back, and no I didn't make a digital image of it, or photocopy it. - sctechguy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Ted Stevens, is that you?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Dugg up for wasting my time
...I'm procrastinating most efficiently tonight - journeyman101, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Average age of MySpace user is 35
- Anrkist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Digg for the 90's Nada Surf reference.
- washcapsfan37, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10Sounds like, someone's been living in the past. You need to contemporize...... ... man.
[/hippy accent] - Codex77, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8You block stuff from your wife "especially"? "Strictly Prohibit"? I hope you meant to be tongue in cheek there. You just made my uterus pulse in anger.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Advertisements.
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