posted May 04, 2007 11:02 AM         

I am so shutting my account down with myspace; Gosh I swear I get more spam from that place than ebay. Its just filled with attention mongering wankers (pardon the language) who have nothing better to do than send off totally random friend requests or simply go on an attention grabbing spree. There is a big difference between trying to actually know a person and trying to increase one's friend list.

I think I am gonna stick with Zorpia for the time being but even that service is quickly becomming a nuicence. Recently, the less popular (and as a result, more peaceful) Zorpia got removed off the Wiki page on grounds that the site is just a "spam magnet."

And you know what... IT REALLY FRIKIN HAS BECOME THAT! It was ment to be a place for 18+ people but you can tell that kids have fudged their ages to join in.

posted May 04, 2007 12:09 PM         

my latest friend request though is from someone whose profile is about promoting her website with photos that are unacceptable on myspace. bleh. i don't deny friend requests usually, but i won't accept this one. but that's all there is to it. i'll continue appreciating myspace for the finer stuff that is there, if that's what you seek -- it is there, and lots of it too.

posted May 04, 2007 01:07 PM         

Lol! Oh you. Why settle for Spam when you can have all the lean cuts you want? (Leo self-fulling humor there )

Naiad:

No doubt its a great social network, but don't you just hate it when the big bad world of internet anamosity comes banging right at your e-mail account? There have been incidents with that site that I am not even gonna mention here since this is a "family friendly" environment Lol! See, as part of the above 18 crowd I expect to lavish around in an environment that I know is restricted to adults only so as such I finally feel like I have the liberty to express myself without undue feelings of the fact that I maybe corrupting an innocent's mind Lol!

However, these days, I can't even be sure if a person's posted age is their actual age since their posts happen to sound childish beyond belief. So many good forums have taken a drop in mature members since they just lose the taste for posting and leave leaving the forum barren and a roaming ground for toddlers.

posted May 04, 2007 02:02 PM         

I get extremely annoyed by the different bands, survey sites, internet models and such that I get friend requests from on a daily basis, BUT I have also reconnected with several old friends that I hadn't seen or talked to in years. I often browse around in hopes of meeting other new, interesting people, and I have met a few.

posted May 04, 2007 02:19 PM         

Oh I defiantely know that I have to get used to with the bad inorder to appreciate the good. BUD from this forum for instance is on my myspace friend list . However, enough is enough; I can't take it anymore. Its just not worth the hastle going though a mountain full of requests everyday just to see if the person I actualy want on my list is there or not.

And well... you can always look me up here Lol!
http://www.zorpia.com/otherlands

Aleo:

posted May 04, 2007 10:56 PM         

Xodian---I have set mine to private and get less bullcrap---I am SO tired of people trying to tell how to earn $$ from my home, with fake pics of skanks!! !!!

Out of the 53 "friends" have, none are "real life" except for a precious 4 and 2 of those are my daughters...most are local and semi-local bands---I love to network music! Some are gurus and some sites for subjects that are near and dear to me---

posted May 04, 2007 11:15 PM         

Make your profile private and then make sure that in order for someone to be able to make a friend request they know your email address or last name.

posted May 05, 2007 01:07 AM         

They must think I am wealthy because they all want money.

I get so tired of cleaning out my email box everyday that I am thinking of changing my account.