Happy International Delete Your MySpace Account Day!
January 29, 2008
Note: I’m posting this “early” so International Readers can get a chance to celebrate, just like the rest of us. Nothing like learning you were invited to a party two hours after it’s over.
A big thanks to SMOOVE on the YMX Forums to bringing this hilarious issue to my attention!!!
It doesn’t quite roll off your tongue like “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Easter”, but it’s a holiday just the same. Well, sort of. Blogger Simon Owens decided that he had enough of MySpace, so instead of deleting his account silently and skulking off into the night; he decided to start a revolution by sending MySpace a message–by encouraging other user to delete their accounts on Jan. 30 (article here).
In a nutshell, this is what Owens is saying (paraphrased by me):
NO–we don’t want skanky girl bots hitting on us.
NO–we don’t want messages from Middle Eastern men who want to marry us.
NO–we don’t want friend requests from nekkid chicks.
NO–we don’t want all those silly error messages.
NO–we don’t want music blasting at us whenever we check out someone’s profile (actually, I like that part, but Owens doesn’t).
NO–we don’t want all those stupid ads popping up all over the place taking a stranglehold on our computer screen and we don’t like ‘em being obtrusive either.
NO–we don’t want posers, fakes, and wanna-bes meeting up with little girls and messing with their minds.
NO–Tom isn’t my friend, and why won’t the guy change his profile picture already? Does “Tom” even exist?
OK, so those are the reasons to delete your MySpace account. If you want to jump on the bandwagon, go right ahead. As for me and my computer, we’re keeping our MySpace account (even though half of my profile doesn’t fit on the page since the installation of the “Psych” widget, but hey, you can rock out to “Trust in Me Now” by CADIA) so we can befriend cool bands, make new friends, and fend off Middle Eastern suitors. Don’t you love how I just made my computer a live entity? It’s like my crime-fighting sidekick!
Delete your account; don’t delete your account–what do I care? Whatever you decide, have a happy International Delete Your MySpace Account Day!
And for your reading pleasure, past blog entries regarding these topics by me…
Amy Sondova is a writer specializing in media writing, including interviews and reviews, as well as blogging. Having interviewed over 30 of the top musicians, writers, and speakers in the Christian media, Amy has also written countless columns, reviews, and articles on various topics including mental illness, self-injury, working with teenagers, and Christianity. She lives with her best friend, Sarah, and has two dogs, a cockatiel, and a betta named General Tso.
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Yeah! Lets all delete our myspace accounts. Facebook sucks but there are better social networks out there.. myeeos.com is looking promising too.
ha i deleted mine a week ago.