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January 30th is International Delete Your MySpace Day

mashable.com — PLease no more myspace. . . . We were just recently alerted here at Mashable that January 30th, just a few scant days away, is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day. Cory Geller sent us to a blog post by Simon Owens describing his growing disgust with the constant friend requests from the fembots

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  • BlindingDawn, on 01/22/2008, -27/+619The toilet of the internet will be flushed that day.
    • sockpuppets, on 01/22/2008, -15/+5It will just get Recyld.
      • DarkSamus, on 01/23/2008, -1/+13too late, facebook is the continuation of that pos
        • Killwize, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1lol
        • TheTaoOfBill, on 01/23/2008, -0/+3Nothing wrong with facebook to me.
          • dandonia, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1The main thing wrong with face book is all the posts people send you about things like Jamie Bulger and other horrible things that just upset you when you read it. Lets face it, nothing good has come from me reliving the memory of that poor baby but it sure as hell made me feel sick inside.
            The other issue is all the stupid invites like "you have been bitten you are now a vampire", I had that invite maybe 15 times - why do people enjoy spam crap
    • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -18/+11That would be GREAT! Kevin is going to delete the Digg userbase and start over?
      • maexus, on 01/23/2008, -5/+21That includes you dumbass.
        • djbon2112, on 01/23/2008, -0/+7Trolls normally don't care about their accounts. It's the honest people who pay :(
        • Lythium, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1We can only hope.
    • norman619, on 01/22/2008, -9/+89Why do people care so much about someone else's myspace account?
      • SKick, on 01/22/2008, -9/+67Because everybody wants to feel superior. And thanks to the internet, even the most pathetic, oxygen-wasting excuses for life can find something to be elitist about. In some cases, it can be choice of video game console, computing platform, and even (sadly) social networking site.
      • NinjaPirateDude, on 01/23/2008, -1/+3its not someone elses as much as it is yours........
    • orangefly, on 01/22/2008, -19/+13be fair....foxnews.com is the toilet of the internet....myspace is annoying now though....
      • monospaced, on 01/23/2008, -3/+19who do you think owns myspace?
      • RSterkenburg, on 01/23/2008, -0/+13Haha way to try to get lots of diggs based on the average Digg user's hate of Fox. Somehow, though, you STILL managed to fail. Good job.
      • iamtheguyy, on 01/23/2008, -3/+2You will also get to flush a piece of Newscorp and Rupurt Murdoch...."Foxnews" for the regular people
    • slvrbullet87, on 01/22/2008, -7/+11There isnt a big enough toliet in the world to flush that piece of crap, and i have taken a dump at soldier field
    • thedo0od, on 01/22/2008, -8/+3If by flushing, you mean just closing the lid, then yes. I seriously doubt they will delete your record from the database just because you cancel your account.
      Oh look! Another shiny website where I can sign up and give my personal details!
    • trivialmaggot, on 01/23/2008, -0/+19it's delete myspace day, not delete the contents of 4chan day
    • rawness, on 01/23/2008, -2/+8We'll need a giant plunger for the tubez
    • Vektuz, on 01/23/2008, -2/+11Myspace does need to die. Its huge, its slow, its ugly, and its not cool at all.
    • xqb4dpx, on 01/23/2008, -4/+3are you talking about 4Chan ? man i love that place
    • Icyfenix, on 01/23/2008, -0/+5It's bad. It's ugly. When it comes up on your browser you get a creepy crawling up your skin. But for a few years now it's been the blinding light in companies eyes that finally says to them "THE INTERNET IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL" and got them looking at people who do more than e-mail as not a small percentage of the population, but a overwhelming majority. It needs to die and I hate it, but if need be, I'll be it's speaker for the dead.
    • Phillipmustache, on 01/23/2008, -0/+6Myspace is nothing compared to WoW. now that i quit WoW i feel like a diffrent person, better grades, more friends. i use myspace to talk with friends or meet new people and it is far more social and "real life" friendly
    • xquizit, on 01/23/2008, -2/+3yeah, get rid of ALL the *****
    • raloeldorado, on 01/23/2008, -3/+2Buried and dug down.

      Anyway, I'm going to create a new myspace account on January 30th...who else is with me?
    • vrta, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1OBEY
  • KingGoonie, on 01/22/2008, -121/+317Ah, so this is similar to the "DON'T BUY GAS TODAY" day.

    How idiotic.
    • simonowens, on 01/22/2008, -6/+133Not really, since there was no viable alternative to gas fuel, the boycotting it for a day was futile. Myspace is propped up by a social pyramid. If theory of The Tipping Point is correct, then it would only take a number of "influencers" to harshly diminish its social network.
      • KingGoonie, on 01/22/2008, -17/+7No, the idea that enough people will do this is idiotic. The idea that the guy just simply won't just delete his account if he doesn't like it is idiotic.
      • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -5/+30Except that no one is going to do it.
        • Fordi, on 01/23/2008, -1/+2You're right. Seeing this article made me realize what a useless piece of ***** MySpace is - something 've known for a while, but I just kinda left my account to rot.

          So I jumped the gun. If anyone wants 'Fordi' as a myspace name, it should be available in a few days.
      • AMD64MM, on 01/23/2008, -2/+3Hmm, I hear a random crackpot theory! Count me in! Oh wait, you have to have a myspace account to join in...? *makes one and deletes it* ^_^
    • hijinks, on 01/22/2008, -9/+46no sir you are the idiot.. it would be like blow up your car day if there was one.
      • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -10/+4Except that NO ONE IS GOING TO DO IT!
        • Fordi, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1I sure as ***** will. Haven't used that useless piece of ***** of a 'social network' since I got it.
      • AzureRise, on 01/23/2008, -1/+2February 1st, blow up your car day.
        • RubberBinder, on 01/23/2008, -0/+8You're gonna feel bad when there is a car bombing on February 1st that kills a bunch of people.
    • dafragsta, on 01/22/2008, -7/+54DON'T CONFORM TO THEIR WAYS! CONFORM TO OURS!
      • shazbotben, on 01/23/2008, -1/+2Yes because the only reason why everyone got a Myspace was to "fit in", right?
        • Gizza, on 01/23/2008, -0/+9I don't see any other reason.
        • Nebberz, on 01/23/2008, -0/+3I second Gizza's motion
        • W0lfcake, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Indeed sir.
        • KingGoonie, on 01/23/2008, -1/+1I got it because I wanted to have my own webpage that was simple to do... I keept it because I already was reunited with 2 people I havent seen in years because of it, and who knows how many more I will as time goes on...
        • Lythium, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1It's sure as hell not to keep in touch with long-lost friends.... I gave up on "social networking" way back during the livejournal (!) days, when I realized that 90% of people who read and _commented on_ my entries were people I neither knew nor cared to know. That sort of creeped me out, and I've been assiduously avoiding the whole scene ever since - but second-hand accounts indicate that it's only gotten worse.
    • norman619, on 01/22/2008, -8/+4Or the ever popular "DON'T READ A BLOG" day.
    • DMDekoth, on 01/22/2008, -3/+46Reminds me of "Turn off your TV week"

      I watched EXTRA tv!
      • pyro789x, on 01/23/2008, -1/+10Are you saying you're going to make a second or perhaps third myspace account?
      • thedragon4453, on 01/23/2008, -0/+7Well, all that extra TV laying around, cant let it go to waste.
      • Lythium, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1I switched to PC gaming. That counts, right?
        • AdamFromMyspace, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Hah, I did too. I did "Turn Off Your TV Week" and realized how much time I waste watching TV.. that could be spent playing videogames!
    • TheNik, on 01/23/2008, -1/+9Okay, now where will I go to network with friends that don't have accounts (nor will get them) anywhere else?
    • br0ken1128, on 01/23/2008, -0/+4He's right.. if anyone does delete their account on that day it's not gonna matter much because it won't be in mass .. if you don't like myspace, don't use it .. if you do .. use it .. quit whining .. seriously!
    • Ymeg, on 01/23/2008, -1/+39/11 skip day?
    • haloevo, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Similar to "Turn off your lights" hour.

      But that's for a good cause, you must admit. =)
    • falafelkiosken, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1...which only mean you'll have to buy twice as much tomorrow...
      • KingGoonie, on 01/23/2008, -1/+1That was always my reply to those stupid chainmails lol.
  • doshindude, on 01/22/2008, -19/+272Why is this under gaming news????
    still dugg, myspace sucks.
    • btgoss, on 01/22/2008, -0/+38gaming the system... sticking it to the man... uh... crap, that is all I have...

      Legit question tho'
    • bubbles19518, on 01/22/2008, -1/+14Because catching predators is a game?
      • norman619, on 01/22/2008, -2/+4Ah yes all myspace users are either Chesters or victims. Right.....
    • norman619, on 01/22/2008, -10/+2Dugg down because you care WAY too much about what social networking site people go to.
      • DarkSamus, on 01/23/2008, -1/+2well when real people you know start emailing you myspace invites, it's ***** up
    • NinjaPirateDude, on 01/23/2008, -0/+4because myspace is the crappest level of the internets.
  • intekra, on 01/22/2008, -16/+283Simple solution: Change ***** privacy settings to require captcha for friend requests.

    i haven't gotten a hoebot friend request since, and I used to get 5-10 a day.
    • 1legend, on 01/22/2008, -2/+14Agreed. You can also set it to ask for you last name or email address which you can post on your MySpace. Obviously bots aren't smart enough to extract that information and input it into the question box. This combined with the captcha should make it bot-proof.

      I don't use MySpace much, just use it because others use it and like to stay in touch with some. Also MySpace is improving quite a bit with their different selection of layouts you can use.
      • tomj88, on 01/22/2008, -5/+2I wouldn't post your email address on your page, the bot is probably just as capable at scanning for your email address and signing you up for spam.
    • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -11/+50Stop being logical! This is Digg. they don't want to hear that if you use MySpace intelligently, you can get just as good an experience as using Facebook. They just want to whine like little bitches.
      • candafilm, on 01/23/2008, -0/+3Exactly. In fact, I hate using Facebook, I get a thousand and one invites to stupid ***** games, or quizzes, or whatever.
        • dylanwalker, on 01/23/2008, -0/+2Yeah, those whiny bitches. God, I hate those whiny, god damn... oh. *****.
    • MScrip, on 01/22/2008, -1/+8Thanks! I never knew about the captcha thing!
    • KloroFormd, on 01/23/2008, -7/+4Yes, setting captcha will fix the "You must be logged in to do that!" errors when logging in, the database errors, the annoying advertisements...
      • TheNik, on 01/23/2008, -4/+5I haven't gotten an error on MySpace in a few months. They are really trying to turn it around, but people like you aren't letting them.
      • matrixbandit, on 01/23/2008, -0/+3If those things are really upsetting you then you shouldn't need a special day set aside to delete your account, just do it now already. Or does it make you feel better knowing you are part of a social collective all doing the same thing at the same time like sheep. Oh wait, isn't that what this whole thing is really speaking out against? I'm getting confused about the point of all this.
        • KloroFormd, on 01/23/2008, -1/+0I got rid of my account long ago.
    • snareguy17, on 01/23/2008, -3/+9You said hoebot.

      har har.
    • br0ken1128, on 01/23/2008, -1/+2Exactly .. I've not had a single request like that since I enabled Captcha.. I used to get flooded with it but not anymore.
    • eschompthis, on 01/23/2008, -1/+4this is a prime example of people having too much time in their hands. If you dont like myspace then DONT ***** GO TO MYSPACE. The fact that people have to wait for a date to delete accounts is just childish
    • Archer007, on 01/23/2008, -2/+3Hoebot. Hehe.
    • justaboutdead, on 01/23/2008, -0/+5but those are the only reason i have myspace...
    • whoamarcos, on 01/23/2008, -0/+2whoa whoa whoa, wait a second...

      you mean they don't really want to be my friends?
    • jonjhunter, on 01/23/2008, -1/+1It's spam settings not privacy settings, you ***** idiot!
  • stackered, on 01/22/2008, -43/+30yeah did that months ago
    facebook > myspace
    • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -17/+9Like anyone cares which one YOU think is better?
    • bemyokono, on 01/22/2008, -7/+29facebook went to *****
      social networking sites just suck altogether.
      • bubbles19518, on 01/22/2008, -13/+2I disagree
        • bemyokono, on 01/23/2008, -0/+4then we shall agree to disagree.

          dont you wish all political problems could be solved that way?
          • moskaudancer, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1No, because of a little thing called the "Thunderdome". Settles disputes *and* provides entertainment to the masses.
      • chronichyjinx, on 01/23/2008, -0/+4I agree
    • iamthejeff, on 01/22/2008, -4/+23*awaits 'delete your facebook' day*

      facebook is getting just as bad
      • Negyxo, on 01/22/2008, -0/+3Why can't they just keep facebook simple? It used to feel exactly like a address book with pictures and the occasional comment here and there. Now it's more of a game and less of a useful site.
      • Syphon8, on 01/23/2008, -0/+4Facebook will never be as bad, unless they give your html editing over profiles.
      • APer3Caper, on 01/23/2008, -0/+2I agree that Facebook is getting just as bad as MySpace. On MySpace you got friend requests from bots and now on Facebook you get bombarded with invitations to applications like "Pirates vs. Ninjas," "Secret Crush," and "Zombie Fight Fest" or whatever it's called.
      • stackered, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Yeah you can disable all that stuff. Spend five minutes and you won't get that spam anymore. Facebook will never become like Myspace is - my psychic 8 ball told me so
    • JimbobtheSalesm, on 01/22/2008, -5/+4MySpace is pretty bad, but Facebook is far, far worse. Got 40 requests for the "what kind of poop are you application recently?" Or there's the colors application, or the hugs application, or the " WTF is with all the applications" application.
      • chillmandan, on 01/23/2008, -0/+5its not their fault your friends are stupid enough to use applications religiously. elevate your social group.
      • MattBD, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1I really hate the chain wall posts - send this on to 14 other people or you'll die. The other day, though, I got this:

        Hello, my name is Medwin and I suffer from guilt for not forwarding 50 billion ***** chain letters sent to me by people who actually believe, if you send them on, a poor six-year-old girl in Scotland with a breast on her forehead will be able to raise enough money to have it removed before her redneck parents sell her to a travelling freak show.

        And, do you honestly believe that Bill Gates is going to give $1000 to you, and everyone to whom you send 'his' email?

        How stupid are we?

        Ooooh, looky here! If I scroll down this page and make a wish, I'll get laid by a model I just happen to run into the next day!

        What a bunch of *****.

        Maybe the evil chain letter leprechauns will come into my house and sodomise me in my sleep for not continuing a chain letter that was started by St Peter in 5AD and brought to this country by midget pilgrim stowaways on the Endeavour.

        ***** 'em!!

        If you're going to forward something, at least send me something mildly amusing.

        I've seen all the 'send this to 10 of your closest friends, and this poor, wretched excuse for a human being will somehow receive a nickel from some omniscient being' forwards about 90 times. I don't ***** care.

        Show a little intelligence and think about what you're actually contributing to by sending out these forwards. Chances are, it's our own unpopularity.

        The point being?

        If you get some chain letter that's threatening to leave you shagless or luckless for the rest of your life, delete it.

        If it's funny, send it on.

        Don't piss people off by making them feel guilty about a leper in Botswana with no teeth who has been tied to the arse of a dead elephant for 27 years and whose only salvation is the 5 cents per letter he'll receive if you forward this email.

        Now forward this to everyone you know. Otherwise, tomorrow morning your underwear will turn carnivorous and will consume your genitals.

        Have a nice day.

        Ps Send me £20.00 then ***** off

        Made my day!
    • wigren, on 01/23/2008, -3/+3facebook = myspace
    • Ipwnyou, on 01/23/2008, -1/+1They both need to be shut down...
  • Crath, on 01/22/2008, -8/+143I'd rather do it now...
  • ehalasey, on 01/22/2008, -16/+50Myspace is the very bottom of the barrel. Try deleting today. Or not joining at all.
  • simonowens, on 01/22/2008, -7/+26The original blog post that launched International Delete Your Myspace Account Day is over here:

    http://bloggasm.com/january-30th-is-international- ...

    -
  • espempire, on 01/22/2008, -25/+2facespace ftw!
    • DevinOlsen, on 01/22/2008, -5/+2wtf is facespace?
      • espempire, on 01/22/2008, -2/+2i figure they both should just combine forces.

        why doesnt google start up aomething along these lines, they make everything waay better anyway?
        • kansoki, on 01/23/2008, -1/+0they did, it's called orkut... and it kinda sucked
        • Orkahm52, on 01/23/2008, -0/+4Google doesn't start stuff anymore. It just buys it.
  • leetleo, on 01/22/2008, -13/+7This is stupid. Why is it necessary to designate a day to delete your myspace account? Why not just delete the account immediately?
    Besides, anybody inclined to delete their account probably doesn't care enough to log in and execute the process anyway.
  • Waskonator, on 01/22/2008, -14/+74Real friends>xPeeps>facebook>myspace>poop on a stick
    • HunterSeeker42, on 01/22/2008, -3/+63Buried for underrating poop on a stick. That ***** its cool, man.
      • stoanhart, on 01/23/2008, -2/+1Cool ***** on a stick?! Is that like a ***** popsicle?
    • salvadorwii, on 01/22/2008, -9/+2no, no
      Real friends>xPeeps>facebook>poop on a stick
    • Dokument, on 01/22/2008, -3/+118oh my god i just tried to go to RealFriends.com : ( then i realized.. yeah
    • MrTito, on 01/23/2008, -1/+28Xpeeps is popular because it is free and allows users to post nude pictures of themselves and others. 60% of the "hott" girls you meet on Xpeeps are actually guys, 25% are actually ugly girls posing as attractive ladies, 10% are pornstars, and the remaining 5% are nymphos who live to far from you to do any good. Xpeeps is a pretty disgusting place that runs rampant with fake user profiles, adult banners, graphic comments, and pictures of guys ejaculating on pictures of girls.

      Guy 1: "Dude, wouldn't that be awesome if they had a site like myspace but with naked pictures"
      Guy 2: "They do, its called Xpeeps. But its overrun by perverts, freaks, and fakes."

      Courtesy of urban dictionary.
    • virtualball, on 01/23/2008, -0/+18Buried for assuming I have real friends
    • carleethian, on 01/23/2008, -0/+2holy *****.
      xPeeps... wow
    • tonaros, on 01/23/2008, -1/+1i blew snot out my nose
  • manicallday, on 01/22/2008, -17/+5I actually don't mind my Myspace page because I drastically changed the format.

    http://mashable.com/2007/06/06/best-myspace-layout ...
    • sockpuppets, on 01/22/2008, -2/+30Even if you paint a crackhouse there's still crackheads inside.
  • Xerces, on 01/22/2008, -36/+3i expect to get buried. ready... GO! www.myspace.com/itsyoni
    • djbon2112, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Ok, seriously, "experimental" is not a genre. And that was weird.
  • toxictonic, on 01/22/2008, -24/+12http://www.myspace.com/wetfetish
  • Christbait, on 01/22/2008, -13/+4It's really difficult, if not impossible to delete your Myspace account without having to pester them, it would take absolutely ages, I cancelled my account several times last year and still haven't received the e-mail that lets me remove it, even when I switched my account e-mail from GMail to Hotmail, if you cancel your account, they never send the confirmation. At least for me and a lot of other people anyway.

    I guess sites like MS/Facebook don't like losing users for the sake of statistics and exposing as many people as possible to a faceful of advertisements. So best of luck, I think you might need it.
    • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -1/+6I removed an old one immediately. They make it MUCH easier than Facebook.
      • Christbait, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Lucky you, I've been trying over and over for months but still no joy.
    • JimbobtheSalesm, on 01/22/2008, -1/+5Wait, I'm confused. Did you just say you switched from GMail to Hotmail? That's WTF worthy.
      • Christbait, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Okay for the sake of character limits I couldn't go in to depth but I'll do it here instead: I have a Hotmail account for Messenger and XBL which I've had since a youngster, and a formal GMail account for work and work-related correspondence.

        At first the MS account was linked to my Gmail and I thought that was the reason why I wasn't getting my cancellation mail- as I was told that Gmail sometimes has problems receiving inbound messages.

        So instead I linked the account instead to Hotmail, strangely enough, I received the confirmation e-mail that confirms the e-mail switchover just fine, but no cancellation mail after trying again? That is what's WTF-worthy here.
  • bingobongony, on 01/22/2008, -32/+72It is EXTREMELY sad that people care about what others use on the internet.
    • bullcutter, on 01/22/2008, -1/+16you mean kind of like this guy?

      http://www.trollhunters.org/content/bingobongony-t ...
    • punkcat, on 01/22/2008, -4/+22the irony of your post is even sadder.
    • atticus8, on 01/23/2008, -0/+3One look at your profile and comment history shows that you must be one EXTREMELY sad person.

      "they don't want to hear that if you use MySpace intelligently, you can get just as good an experience as using Facebook. They just want to whine like little bitches." - bingobongony
      "1 ridiculous example of idiots imitating comedians = Doubleviking" - bingobongony
      "Ask 1000 music fans on the street about it and 999 will not give a *****. You think that you are everyone? You are not. Peopel don't give a ***** aboutTrent Reznor for ANYTHING. Most never did." - bingobongony
      "Are you telling me that you are so sad that you use FTW and don't even realize what pathetic game show that the phrase COMES FROM?" - bingobongony
      "Surely you can see that you are wasting your life. You have dugg over 125 stories EVERY DAY since you joined this site. I realize that you have no job or lovelife to take away from your figging, but you still need to sleep" - bingobongony

      Average amount of comments per day by bingobongony since he joined 4 months ago: 54
      Think about how long it takes to post 54 comments a day compared to 125 diggs of stories per day. You are the most incredible hypocritical *****, dude, and your output is all the more impressive for its consistency.
      • Lythium, on 01/23/2008, -0/+2Those are really benign by bingo's standards, actually.... You must have really gone out of your way to be nice =P
  • thosemoose, on 04/17/2008, -3/+19I've got to start using the word scant more often.
  • kogsubchristian, on 01/22/2008, -11/+9haha... deleted my account that just a week ago...
    • braudio, on 01/23/2008, -1/+4Well create a new one, and delete it on the 30th...or else!!
  • NightVortez, on 01/22/2008, -5/+74Every day should be an international delete your myspace day.
    • whatsupimphil, on 01/23/2008, -1/+1Too late for that. Every day is already 9/11. Which is it, you can't have it both ways.
  • mortigon, on 01/22/2008, -6/+35But I like the friend requests from the hot models in bikinis

    they make me feel special
    • HydrogenOxide, on 01/22/2008, -3/+16and then they pull off their panties...



      ...and you see their penis
    • Archer007, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Hobots ROFL.
  • ChinezePanda, on 01/22/2008, -16/+97To call this the "sewer of the internet" would be an understatement.

    And damnit Facebook... where do I begin.. Everyone from Myspace migrated over to Facebook... It's the same ***** now.

    Facebook and Myspace... The putrid, smelly, re-pungent BOWELS of the internet.

    They need to go away.

    I once liked facebook very much.. till I realized it was "Myspace 2.0" Please.... make them go away.
    • diggdallas, on 01/22/2008, -5/+14Make them go away? How about you just don't go to the sites you don't like? If their existence alone bothers you, then you need psychiatric help.
      • ChinezePanda, on 01/23/2008, -4/+1Then lock me up in a padded cell. Cause the mere existance of both makes me want to vote for Jeb Bush. You know.. if he ever ran...
    • tyywebb, on 01/23/2008, -6/+8Facebook should never have let non-college people in.
      • Ipwnyou, on 01/23/2008, -3/+1Yea anything younger and they're too obnoxious and anything much older is just creepy.
      • AwsmGy, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1What they really shouldn't of done is allow for all the stupid apps to be added.
        • shavenlunatic, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1yep, apps killed facebook for me.. was great finding old school friends.. but then after a few months I just hated them all and only logged on to facebook, clicked on the "10,000 new notification", saw they are all "ThisPerson wants you to add this pointless app!! do it and invite everyone on your list to make them hate you too!"

          so I stopped going on
    • gl77, on 03/31/2008, -2/+4you liked facebook? all it took was for me to read about facebook and i said to myself "oh....so its just like myspace....."and never ***** understood why the hell it was remotely popular in the first place among diggers....people who rabidly hate myspace. its the same ***** thing, always was....always will be.
    • mcnic, on 01/23/2008, -1/+0.
    • MrFisty, on 01/23/2008, -0/+3But if Facebook goes away, how will I know my relative hotness rating in comparison to people I haven't spoken to since first grade?
  • mark076h, on 01/22/2008, -14/+8as far as i am concerned myspace went down the drain when they let people put their profiles on private, it defeats the purpose of social networking.
    • Evocati, on 01/22/2008, -4/+6Dugg for truthiness.
    • carpespasm, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1it went down the drain from the beginning when it was constantly flakey and easily exploited. Then it was bought by newscorp.
    • djbon2112, on 01/23/2008, -0/+2I frankly agree. I've never seen the point of joining a social networking site (note the words there, kids, SOCIAL. NETWORKING. That means meeting new people over a network) just to put your profile to hidden.
  • Adam420, on 01/22/2008, -8/+13awww i already did. ***** myspace!
  • chaos7, on 01/22/2008, -13/+7thx for the tip, but i'm gonna keep my account and keep meeting new chicks with it. buried.
  • benburned, on 01/22/2008, -7/+6I'm in. I never used my account anyway though..
  • jayuu22, on 01/22/2008, -6/+18That day you couldn't access Myspace...myspace will be down on Jan 30..they are watching digg...
    • likwidfuzion, on 01/23/2008, -1/+1Fox lose more money by doing that...so win-win situation!
  • JordanM85, on 01/22/2008, -11/+84How about delete your digg account day if a story like this can make it to the front page.....
    • p0tent1al, on 01/23/2008, -0/+10not too far away
    • raloeldorado, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1I agree, a story like this that's about deleting a myspace account is just stupid.
    • uziko, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1good point, deleted
  • masfenix, on 01/22/2008, -8/+3not gonna lie, its also my birthday and its gonna be an amazing one.
    • diggdallas, on 01/22/2008, -1/+5why amazing? because of the myspace thing? You are truly a pathetic soul.
  • Genshinx, on 01/22/2008, -3/+15I need to remake my myspace for this day.
  • dofkex, on 01/22/2008, -31/+4dig this comment down if you hate *****
    • iRoy, on 01/22/2008, -4/+26Get bent, *****.
    • wigren, on 01/23/2008, -3/+5Reported.
    • Heymann, on 01/23/2008, -4/+3You are the Biggest Racist BASTARD I Have Ever Seen In My Whole Life!
      Its the People Like You That Make This World Unpeaceful and Chaotic!.
    • djbon2112, on 01/23/2008, -2/+3Dugg down (no, I don't hate black people thank you very much), reported and blocked.
    • dofkex, on 01/23/2008, -1/+2you all have been reported and blocked
  • DonJohnTom, on 01/22/2008, -19/+12January 31st is international create a facebook account day
  • volvinator, on 01/22/2008, -9/+4I'll do it. There is nothing of value from MySpace anymore since Facebook has taken the cake in terms of usability, spam, and networking. I'll hold off until the 30th to remove my account just to be part of the shockwave! :-)
  • salvadorwii, on 01/22/2008, -7/+42im gong to create a myspace account today and i'n going to delete it jan 30
    • k1down, on 01/23/2008, -2/+3I'm going to create my first myspace account on january 30th in protest of this protest.
    • raloeldorado, on 01/23/2008, -2/+2I'm creating a myspace on January 30 to counter the myspace haters
      • NeoTEKK, on 01/23/2008, -0/+2Sorry. :( k1down beat you to it. Ah, what the heck, one for you to! +1
  • GravityExNihilo, on 01/22/2008, -4/+4No need, myspace has deleted my profile three times already (and it wasn't for anything bad, I spoke out against myspace's neglect of glitches).
  • Homerr, on 01/22/2008, -10/+9Makes me want to create an account just to delete it on the 30th.
  • greenriver572, on 01/22/2008, -6/+19myspace is stupid, but it's done loads for my band, i'm able to book out of town bands as well, trade shows, etc. but i can't imagine having a personal myspace, most people do but not me. and facebook is just as gay if not gayer than myspace.
    • uziko, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1if it's good for your band, how is it stupid?
  • kermithefrogand, on 01/22/2008, -5/+18who the hell makes the ***** up?
    • SilverStandard, on 01/23/2008, -0/+2MySpace perhaps. There is no such thing as bad publicity. If this international delete your myspace day gets around enough, there will be a nice big spike in its traffic.
    • raloeldorado, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Myspace probably invented this crock of ***** so it can easily get rid of idiots who will voluntarily do it themselves on January 30th and save Myspace the trouble of doing this
  • siouxmoux, on 01/22/2008, -8/+2I have delete, myspace over a year ago. To take part in the excitement. I am going to create another one than Delete it Again to join in the fun!!
  • modafroman, on 01/22/2008, -5/+6I would delete mine, except you go where your friends are, and for me, and the vast majority of australians my age, its myspace. :S
    • diggdallas, on 01/22/2008, -1/+2You're assuming that most of these dorks actually have friends. The myspace/facebook haters don't get as rich of an experience because of their lack of real-life friends.
      • Snuff99, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Maybe your right because I don't mind myspace that much. I've refreshed relationships with a bunch of ***** from my past and it's cool. In high school people have there cliques and ***** but once you hit the real world those walls come down pretty quick. So myspace help me enhance friendships with people who I wouldn't have been able to hang with in highschool. Where's the evil in that?
  • timlopez, on 01/22/2008, -18/+80 1. You rarely log in to Myspace except to delete spam friend requests from nude webcam girls.
    **You may as well delete your e-mail accounts too**
    2. You spend five minutes writing a wall post only to hit an error message when you try to post it because of all the website glitches.
    **Use the "back" button in your browser- I don't avoid leaving my house because the LA traffic is bad.**
    3. You’re a girl who constantly gets marriage proposals from random men in the middle east.
    **Who else am I going to be purpose to!?**
    4. You visit someone’s Myspace profile only to suddenly have music start blasting out of your speakers. Bonus points if it happens to you while you’re at work.
    **You can disable music automatically playing on your settings. But hell, deleting your myspace page won't take away the fact that you have stupid friends**
    5. You have to make redundant clicks to perform simple tasks because Myspace keeps taking you to advertisement pages where you have to click on “return to myspace profile” in order to continue what you’re doing.
    **This doesn't happen**
    6. You visit someone’s profile only to have your eyes bleed because of terrible page layout with non-matching designs and font colors.
    **Once again, your fault for having stupid friends**
    7. Your experience is hindered because of intrusive banner ads that either talk to you or try to reach out and block your view of what you’re trying to look at.
    **Much like digg.com, or any advert based website**
    8. You read yet another news account about how some child predator using Myspace has abducted a little girl or that some hoax myspace account has caused a teenager to commit suicide.
    **Deleting myspace won't delete perverts. They'll find other ways.**
    9. You’re frustrated with the fact that Myspace doesn’t allow you to post your contact info, meaning to contact someone you can only use Myspace’s glitchy Instant Messenger, message/email system, or wall commenting.
    **not true. there's nothing against posting contact info**
    10. You’re tired of seeing Tom stare out at you from millions of friends lists and just wish he would change his ***** profile picture.
    **delete him - no one likes him anyway**

    Just my two cents. I have Myspace. I know it's stupid. I use it as an easy way to keep in "somewhat" contact with friends from back home. I just like to play devil's advocate- especially when someone is telling me HOW I should think about something.
    • ShadowLady, on 01/22/2008, -19/+2Woow, someone is being way to defensive today, its myspace they insulted, not your mom. How can you defend something like that (not that its a very strong defense) and afterwards go "I have Myspace. I know it's stupid." you just totally destroyed your entire post. gg
    • crazzy88ss, on 01/22/2008, -1/+15Well done.

      I don't hate myspace, but I don't love it. I just use it, like you said, to keep in touch with my friends/coworkers.
    • sougly, on 01/23/2008, -1/+4I don't have Myspace and you make damn good points.
    • brian1625, on 01/23/2008, -1/+1My thoughts exactly. My only gripe about Myspace is that it attracts idiots, much like AOL in it's heyday and YouTube today. But like YouTube, I use Myspace for what I want and then get out. I come to digg for social networking.
    • uziko, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1You just just wrote 10 facts about how it isn't stupid all of which were accurate then you say it's stupid? Why? What makes it "stupid".
  • Wakuko, on 01/22/2008, -7/+1Well, well, facebook guys, very clever, we know you are behind this.
    With some little help from your new friends from M$
  • greenriver572, on 01/22/2008, -7/+2thank you toxictonic, i'm on mescaline and that totally tripped me out. THANK YOU THANK YOU

    www.myspace.com/wetfetish
  • samfishercell, on 01/22/2008, -9/+5If you delete MySpace, (that is, unless you simply adore being put into seizures by crappy, flashing ads) don't stand up and thump your chest and give each other high-fives for moving over to Facebook - the new 'apps' have esentially turned it into MySpace with a tighter grid structure.

    Instead - migrate to Virb. Designed by the PureVolume guys, sports a "remove customization" button on profiles (not that you even really need it there...yet), Flickr integration, and other tasty treats. Even the default profiles wipe the floor with MySpace.

    Check out this sampling of 50 great profile designs:
    http://colbowdesign.com/blog2/50_virb_designs.html

  • warlokaz2004, on 01/22/2008, -6/+4I had a Myspace account a few years ago (like 04) then deleted it in disgust...all the ho-bots and spam and band pages and folk with loud ass hip hop songs blaring from their pages. I recently made a 'new' page up as I had some co workers 'so into myspace' they wanted to send me hello's, so I reluctantly made a new page -- only to again, not ever use it. I don't want to spam people with music, I don't need Ho-bots automated friend requests, and I don't have a desire to post pics of my self, 'blog' about my feelings, or spam other people with messages. I seriously think I might do the deletion on the 30th
  • nblsavage, on 01/22/2008, -3/+17Meh, I only use MySpace to keep up with bands I'm interested in. I don't get much spam.
    • JimbobtheSalesm, on 01/22/2008, -1/+2That's the only redeeming quality of MySpace. It connects you to your favorite bands in a way no other site can...even the band's own website.
  • EEPS, on 01/22/2008, -3/+6hmm... why wait? I think I will do it right now. I kept meaning to do it anyway.
    • Waterrat, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1 I'm ahead of everyone here...I don't even have a My Space account!
      Mwhahahahah!
  • Brettus, on 01/22/2008, -4/+11I decided to do it a little bit early. I read this article and decided to cancel now - MySpace blows and I blame my friends, what a bunch of jack off assholes.
  • bullcutter, on 01/22/2008, -4/+14though humorous and righteous in its symbolism, your movement will easily be offset by the 100,000+ people who join myspace that day.
    • RunawayElf, on 01/23/2008, -3/+3Correction: the 100,000+ spambots that join myspace that day.
      And while my comment may be funny, I shall now say that I love myspace, as it's a great way to keep in touch with my friends overseas. Digg me down now plx!
  • arbouler, on 01/22/2008, -2/+26i dunno. i can block spam on myspace, but on facebook my friends actually send me spam on purpose...
    • feelfree82, on 01/23/2008, -0/+3Thats True. These apps on facebook are driving me mad.. n since i get requests to add these apps from my own friend, theres nothing much i can do other than blocking a friend.Wish there was a way to block app requests from a particular friend on facebook.
  • Misinformant, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1Raise your hands if you're not a tool or a stalker and have NEVER had a myspace.

    *raise*
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