# I finally canceled my MySpace account ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2007, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464 "2007-06-02T08:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/1 "2007-06-02T08:36:11Z")
Of course, I should have canceled my MySpace account five minutes after I signed up a couple years ago, but I stuck with it. I figured it would be amusing, at the very least. Since it turned out more annoying than anything else, I went ahead and axed it. They gave me the opportunity to make some “Cancelation comments”, so I obliged them. Here’s what I had to say: > [@](#): > > Sigh. > > I’m tired of “hot chicks” that allegedly want to be my friend. Tired of clicking Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny … > > I’m tired of the Mac-unfriendliness. I wouldn’t think that a cross-platform text box would be so difficult to implement. > > I’m tired of the frequency with which this site requires me to log in with my password. Good grief, not even a “stay logged in” option? I suppose this “feature” is targeted at high school and college students who may be accessing MySpace from public computers, but I’m an adult (41!) and I’m the only person who touches my computer. I prefer Web sites that recognize me when I visit. And when I receive an e-mail alerting me about friend requests, blog posts, comments, etc., I’d like to be able to click the link in the e-mail without being shouted at. “What do you mean?” you ask me. The first thing I see every single time I click a link in an e-mail from MySpace is big white letters on a bright red background shouting at me, “You must be logged in to do that!” Surely you can come up with a more polite message? For example, “Please log in to continue.” > > The page customization “features” are a Web designer’s nightmare. I know XHTML and CSS, and yet I’m so baffled trying to customize my pages that I resorted to using one of those pre-made layouts from a third-party site. It’s no wonder that most of the pages on MySpace look like ass. Takes me back to the old GeoCities days. Anybody else? ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/2 "2007-06-02T10:13:07Z")
I tried to create a Myspace account once for shits and giggle. It glitched somehow so I don’t actually have an account but if I try to make one it won’t let me because it thinks I have one. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/3 "2007-06-02T10:47:06Z")
I recently had to adapt a MySpace to look like something within the realm of acceptability, but I too had to “cheat” and use someone else’s hard work to wrangle it into submission. I fail to comprehend how something so monumentally awful gets to be so unfeasibly popular so quickly. Teenagers make no sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/4 "2007-06-02T13:58:35Z")
The only reason I have MySpace is to keep up with what’s going on in my 16 and 14 year old nieces’ lives. When they stop using it, so will I. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/5 "2007-06-02T14:48:49Z")
It’s a pretty damning indictment of your service when people start wishing for the return of GeoCities. But then, at least GeoCities used ordinary HTML. Of course, leave the average teenager to design anything designed to draw attention to themselves and it’s probably going to look like just as much ass as the average MySpace page, so the teens probably love it. I actually joined MySpace once, because there was a Nine Inch Nails remix contest I wanted to join and one was required to submit it on a MySpace page. (This was in the early days of MySpace.) I joined, but I ended up not submitting a remix _because_ MySpace was such a steaming pile. I’ll stick to AcidPlanet. It’s even less customizable, but it turns out that’s a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/6 "2007-06-02T15:24:21Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] I’ll stick to AcidPlanet. It’s even less customizable, but it turns out that’s a good thing. [/QUOTE] I’m actually over on FaceBook now. Never heard of AcidPlanet! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/7 "2007-06-02T15:28:54Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] I’m actually over on FaceBook now. Never heard of AcidPlanet! [/QUOTE] It’s aimed at users of Sony’s (formerly Sonic Foundry’s) Acid music composition program. You don’t have to be an Acid user though (I’m not – as you know I’m a Fruity (heh) guy). Mainly I like it because they hold regular remix competitions, often from well-established bands. It’s not a blog, though, nor really much of a social networking site, but there are provisions to write comments/reviews on other people’s songs and stuff, and there is a message board. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/8 "2007-06-02T15:47:52Z")
I have been on the web since 1994 almost every day. In the last few years, I had heard rumblings about MySpace over and over. It sounded really powerul and great like Google or Amazon. About a year ago, I made a point to see what it actually was. :eek: 😕 :mad: :rolleyes: ☹ That POS reeks of 1996 combined with the worst of popular tech culture today. I was shocked that it is so bad and very disappointed in our youth. ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/9 "2007-06-02T16:52:40Z")
I know people who use it but I hate even looking at their pages. It takes so freaking looooooong to load! And on top of that they permit the page-owner to add on video and music clips to make it even longer. How does that make sense??? I’ll stick with my livejournal or make my own pages. Harrumph. ---
**Author:** ![ShiefferSaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@ShiefferSaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShiefferSaw)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/10 "2007-06-02T20:02:43Z")
Have any of you heard of that Allison Stokke story about her being stalked and then having all those pictures put up on the net about her? She ended up getting several thousand messages on myspace from creeps in about 24 hours. I’m on facebook, but not on myspace. I never thought too much about it, but it’s pretty scary how these sick people can use these social networks. > **[Technobezz - Tech Made Simple](https://www.technobezz.com)** > > Technobezz, your go-to destination for all things tech. We're here to keep you updated on the latest tech news, provide helpful guides, and offer solutions to make technology work for you. Explore our website for the latest in the world of tech. (there are plenty of articles out there) I know myspace has a safety page, and there are sites out there like [NetSmartz411.org](http://NetSmartz411.org) which teach parents how to monitor their kids on social networking sites like this, but I still don’t understand how things like this happen. Can you imagine this happening to your kid? ---
**Author:** ![Aioua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Aioua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aioua)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/11 "2007-06-02T20:12:26Z")
heheh, reminds me of my own “screw you myspace, I’m going home” post I put on my LJ. [linky](http://aioua.livejournal.com/1883.html) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/12 "2007-06-02T20:26:19Z")
I was going to start a MySpace page but then I realized I was 34 and NOT a pedophile ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/13 "2007-06-02T20:58:50Z")
I’m happy enough with LiveJournal. MySpace irritates me–LiveJournal isn’t that user-friendly, but MySpace makes it look like a snap. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/14 "2007-06-02T22:14:17Z")
I canceled mine as well. I had a joke account that sat there. I made the mistake of accepting every friend request that came my way, just to tell the people that I knew that were on MySpace for years that I had a bigger friend list than they did. Of course, they were all whores…so what?? Anyways, after you accept one, you get deluges of them. MySpace is good at tracking people down, though. If only they could make it not as annoying and much harder to spam/to evil through it. ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/15 "2007-06-02T22:32:38Z")
I have a page, err, my dog technically has one as I made it as a joke. All of myspace reminds me of back in the mid to late 90s when everyone had their Geocities sites, guestbooks, and they were connected via Webrings. Similar concept to myspace, but the myspace pages are so awful. So much bullshit with videos, and audio blaring that you can’t seem to find to stop. Then the backgrounds. It’s madness. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/16 "2007-06-02T22:55:05Z")
I signed up so that I could follow a link a friend sent me to a high school classmate’s page. It was worth it, simply to see how stunningly idiotic this girl had continued to be (her “goal for the year”? Get a job at Hooters.) Then I spent about five minutes trying to make my own page. I realized why 99% of MySpace pages look like ass: everything about that site’s interface is utter crap. So I gave up and closed the account. Then I found out that they are owned by Rupert Murdoch, and I felt even better about my decision. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/17 "2007-06-02T23:26:39Z")
Just last week, I set up a MySpace page, because I stumbled across a MySpace page of an old childhood friend and wanted to e-mail her. My page has absolutely NOTHING on it – no photo, no profile, nothing. And I’ve already gotten two requests from people who want to be my friend. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/18 "2007-06-03T07:14:42Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Just last week, I set up a MySpace page…My page has absolutely NOTHING on it – no photo, no profile, nothing. And I’ve already gotten two requests from people who want to be my friend. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Ditto. I set up one just to few the pictures in Something Awful’s Morons of MySpace thread. (Yes, I know I’m evil and petty.) I also joined Facebook to look at my boss’s profile. She’s young, attractive and single, and I was curious, frankly, about her life. I have some of the most sparse profiles, along with the fewest “friends”, of anyone on those sites, I think! …and I’m too old to care. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-canceled-my-myspace-account/406464/19 "2007-06-03T19:25:33Z")
[QUOTE=NinjaChick] Then I found out that they are owned by Rupert Murdoch, and I felt even better about my decision. [/QUOTE] To be fair to Murdoch, MySpace already sucked ass _before_ he bought it 😃 > [@freckafree](#): > > ust last week, I set up a MySpace page, because I stumbled across a MySpace page of an old childhood friend and wanted to e-mail her. My page has absolutely NOTHING on it – no photo, no profile, nothing. And I’ve already gotten two requests from people who want to be my friend. On Facebook, I’ve gotten a couple friend requests from dudes who have no information whatsoever on _their_ profiles beyond their names. Hey, I’ve got no problem with making a new “friend” who shares common interests with me, but come on - put something there to show me what the common interests are! Otherwise you just look like “friend whore”. Still, Facebook is better than MySpace. On MySpace, though, I discovered how easy it is to identify the webcam spam friend requests: just look for the words “I don’t want kids”. Of course you don’t. You want me to pay good money to watch you on a webcam 😉