Previously, I remarked on a few things that annoy me about Facebook. This time around, I’m going at MySpace. MySpace was one of the first social networking sites launched, and was, for a period of time, the number 1 network (today it is number #2) When Facebook launched shortly after, many people made the switch and have never looked back. Here are some reasons why people are leaving MySpace for greener pastures (in no special order)
1). Pictures taken in front of a mirror
Why is it that people on MySpace decide to take their pictures in front of a mirror? Is there any other place you can take a picture? No one cares what you look like in the mirror. Half the time, the flash obstructs the picture anyway. Mirrors have reflections you know.
2.) Pictures with captions such as “I don’t like it” or “Ew”
Going along with number 1, If you really didn’t like the picture, you wouldn’t have posted. If you really think you are ew, why are you taking a picture of yourself to share the ew-ness with?
3.) Random music groups requesting to be your friend
I don’t want to listen to your music, end of story.
4.) Bulletins and surveys
We don’t care what the 5th letter of the 2nd word of the 3rd text in your phone says. We don’t care that last made you smile. We don’t care if you’re currently missing someone right now.
5.) Accounts with millions of friends
I don’t care who you are, whether you are the Queen of England, or President Obama, no one in this world has that many friends. Keep the list to just your real friends.
6.) MySpace copies Facebook (who in turn partly copies Twitter)
MySpace has added MySpace IM, an “activity stream” (another name for status updates), applications, photo tagging, and a People You May Know tool. If MySpace had these things from the beginning, then perhaps they would be in a stronger position than they are now.
7.) Sorry! An unexpected error has occurred. This been forwarded to MySpace’s technical group
This is the message you over half the time whenever you browse photos on the site. You would think that if this error has been “forwarded” so many times the technical group would have figured out how to fix it by now.
8.) Glittery/Retina burning profiles with bad coding
MySpace is notoriously known for their profiles that have awful themes. Glittery backgrounds, profiles that flash colors, multiple videos streaming at once along with a music player, hard to read font, boxes that overlap other boxes, ,profiles with everything on one side of the with nothing on the other and profiles that have pictures so large that they require a horizontal scrollbar are examples of this. Just stop it. Either make it a default theme or learn how to properly use basic HTML please.
9.) Slow loading profiles
Number 8 directly leads into number 9. With so much crap going on at the same time when you load a profile, the web browser sometimes crashes or freezes. If you are on a slower network, forget about seeing anything. Maybe it’s a sign that the person’s profile you are trying to see isn’t worth it.
10.) Tom
Tom is your first “friend” on MySpace. He is there to “show you the ropes” and to avoid you having a profile that has 0 friends. Leave me alone Tom. I don’t want to be one of your 265 million friends.
11.) Fake profiles
There is so much spam on MySpace- fake friend requests, pornographic profiles asking you to view their pictures, and comments offering a $500 Macy’s gift card. I don’t shop at Macy’s anyway.
