Myspace profiles: public or private? Which do you prefer?

[bassmintpdx]

The title says it all. Obviously just about everyone is going to prefer that other people have public Myspace pages. That way you can check out the Myspace page of friends of friends, acquaintances, people you sort of know, strangers.

So what do you prefer for yourself, a public Myspace page or a private one?

[i_like_cake530]

God, there are all these stupid threads floating around, but finally a breath of fresh air. this is definitely gonna be a huge conversation starter.

[bassmintpdx]

Haha, thanks.

I'd like mine to be public, but lately with all the spam and phishing, not to mention an Ebay scam I got just now made me switch mine to private mode.

[menikmati]

there's starving kids in Africa

[hawkingvsreeve]

I think private profiles are retarded. It is a social networking site. Making a profile private defeats the purpose that the site was intended for. If you constantly find yourself the subject of unwanted suitors and therefore put your profile to private, perhaps it's time to get off of the internet.

[leo01g]

God, there are all these stupid threads floating around, but finally a breath of fresh air. this is definitely gonna be a huge conversation starter.

i like how you are trying to be sarcastic and the response below doesnt even notice. I hope you're trying to be sarcastic.

[bassmintpdx]

I think private profiles are retarded. It is a social networking site. Making a profile private defeats the purpose that the site was intended for. If you constantly find yourself the subject of unwanted suitors and therefore put your profile to private, perhaps it's time to get off of the internet.



I agree but how do you deal with spam, phishing, scams, and so forth then?




i like how you are trying to be sarcastic and the response below doesnt even notice. I hope you're trying to be sarcastic.


I didn't read it as sarcasm...


I was just curious so I started this poll...I could've gotten scammed out of $820 on Ebay just now on a computer that didn't look suspicious at all. Good thing I caught it at the last second. It made me think about online privacy...

[DeltaSigChi4]

Only idiots/imbeciles fall for phishing.

Seriously. How stupid are you?

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[bmack86]

I was just curious so I started this poll...I could've gotten scammed out of $820 on Ebay just now on a computer that didn't look suspicious at all. Good thing I caught it at the last second. It made me think about online privacy...

Tell us more...

[BlueDevil50]

i cant stand when people have it set on private! myspace is place for friends damnit...not to block people out! therefore, mine is public as can be

[djoz187]

Mine is public too. I just like to show my friends what I've been up to and see what's up with them when everyone is busy with their lives. People set theirs to private cuz they don't want people talking shit when really they're the ones going around talking all the shit, myspace is like high school on the internet

[tessalasset]

I agree but how do you deal with spam, phishing, scams, and so forth then?ive been on myspace for almost four years and ive never had a problem with spam, phishing, scams, or so forth. sure, every once in a while some retarded promotions thing will try to add me, but for the most part, it's clear sailing. and you know how? i don't even have 100 friends. i can count on my two hands the number of friends i have on there who i do not know in real life. my friends don't spam my shit. that's all there is to it. and i grew up on teh internets so i don't fall for the scams. altho i must say, myspace lately has been making me want to find the next best thing, thanks to all the retarded, in-your-face advertising. thanks, rupert murdoch. you ruined myspace.

[bballarl]

Tessa refuses to be friends with my band. She swears allegiance only to The Color Turning.

[hawkingvsreeve]

I defriended all bands. I don't need 'em. Hell, I don't even like 'em usually.

[bballarl]

That's what she said.

[Caitlin]

I hate private profiles. Don't these people know they're making it difficult for me to stalk them? jesus.

[bassmintpdx]

Only idiots/imbeciles fall for phishing.

Seriously. How stupid are you?

E

Well that's why I didn't fall for it. :P


Tell us more...

It was a Second Chance Offer, which is a common event on Ebay. If the highest bid doesn't work out, the next highest wins. I got one of these offers, but I had a hunch that it wasn't legit, and I was right.

That just got me thinking about online privacy in general, particularly on Myspace since everyone seems to use it. I'll probably switch it back to public, which it's always been. I just switched it to private tonight right after this Ebay nonsense...

[Archie Bunker]

Myspace was bought for $500 million, yet it's still as buggy and unreliable as it was when it ran out of Tom's garage.

My page actually stays in pretty good shape (despite being public), simply because I deny friend requests from spammers, bands, commercial products, or other assorted BS.

[full on idle]

I only have myspace because of people on this board. Most of my peers don't use myspace or friendster or liveblog or whatever else, I went on myspace because of my friends on this board and I make my profile private because I like to share my life with some people that I like and I trust that live all over but I'm not really trying to advertise it. That's my perspective. I have I think 30 friends or so.

[bmack86]

I've got 197 Myspace friends, and, of the ones that are peope and not bands, I've not met 4 of them. Three of those are Valarie, Hannah and Sonofhal. The other guy might be Delta, I'm not sure. And, about 50 of those are either bands or this fabulous one
Let's Paint, Exercise and Cook (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=42451816)

[full on idle]

Well if I don't meet you at os mutantes, you should probably boot me b/c it's been like over a year.

I think I have two people I've never met in real life.

[bassmintpdx]

But guys, don't you want to be Myspace friends with Jimmy Edgar? lol

[Boourns]

I hate private profiles. Don't these people know they're making it difficult for me to stalk them? jesus.

Exactly. Fuck private profiles.

[wisconsinboozer]

I've got 197 Myspace friends, and, of the ones that are peope and not bands, I've not met 4 of them. Three of those are Valarie, Hannah and Sonofhal. The other guy might be Delta, I'm not sure. And, about 50 of those are either bands or this fabulous one
Let's Paint, Exercise and Cook (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=42451816)

yea im the same way, 161 friends, 1 band (wont get rid of them either) and 3 random people that i talk to on here more than my real friends. i hate adding people and bands i dont know
btw im public

[alyssak]

Mine (http://myspace.com/freethinkingfemale)is private because my mother in law is a psycho, and I don't want her reading my friends' comments because they are pervs.

[thelastgreatman]

I had to set mine to private in a hurry when about two weeks into my current job I realized that the office hens were looking at my page. Luckily, I cut them off before they could get into reading the blogs, which would have meant the end of my employment.

[amyzzz]

Didn't you get fired?

[hangthedj112]

I think private profiles are retarded. It is a social networking site. Making a profile private defeats the purpose that the site was intended for. If you constantly find yourself the subject of unwanted suitors and therefore put your profile to private, perhaps it's time to get off of the internet.

That's not entirely true, a lot of people use myspace to communicate solely with people they know. Also, it's a lot different being harassed by "unwanted suitors" when you're per say an underage teenage girl, who are constantly harassed by myspace creeps, therefore I understand why they'd want to keep their profile's private.

[i_like_cake530]

i like how you are trying to be sarcastic and the response below doesnt even notice. I hope you're trying to be sarcastic.

i was, and i thought it was pretty clear, but w.e

[mountmccabe]

Oh whoah you can set stuff to private.

[kroqken]

15,000 plus "friends" and counting. http://www.myspace.com/kroqken I need to make my main page more exciting and add more background shots. I am horrible with computers.

[Hannahrain]

Mine is public. If I want things to stay private I don't put them on the internet.

[kroqken]

PArt of me wants to go private, but I always chicken out.

[Jenniehoo]

Mine (http://myspace.com/freethinkingfemale)is private because my mother in law is a psycho, and I don't want her reading my friends' comments because they are pervs.

Why'd you link us if it's private?

I'm going to make mine public.

[alyssak]

Because I would accept friend invites from some people here.

[kroqken]

Psychos are never fun.

[Beef Jerky]

I prefer private for myself to keep all the stalkers out but it irritates me when I try to look at people's profile and they are private.

[MusicIsMyBoyfriend]

Mine is currently set to private due to some issues I was having with a new girlfriend of a friend's ex who kept using my page/friends to try to get to my friend who's profile is set to private for the same reason. She's a total stalker and to date has made about 15 fake profiles to try to get me & my friend to add her, at first we just ignored her, then she started just sending really offensive messages to both of us, then the final straw was when she posted blogs on some of her fake profiles linking to my page and saying really uncalled for derogatory things about me. So at that point I felt it best to just deny her or anyone fooled by her access to my page. I hated to do it though as I do think it defeats the point of having a myspace, but hopefully she'll crawl back under whatever rock she came out of soon and I can go back to displaying myself for all the viewing internets public to see. One plus of the private profile though..... way less "Hey Baby!" messages from dodgy guys.

[RockStr4Life]

mine is private because I like to be in control

[tessalasset]

Mine is public. If I want things to stay private I don't put them on the internet.hear, hear.

[sonofhal]

I have a lot of bands on mine, but only because i get a lot of bulletins concerning presales for shows etc. It's always nice to have a heads up.

I mainly use facebook for keeping in touch with friends.

[full on idle]

hear, hear.
exhibitionists

[full on idle]

hot

[bballarl]

And I'm happy when it rains. And I'm happy when it rains.

[Hannahrain]

exhibitionists

It's worth mentioning that mine actually doesnt have any pictures of me on it. I mostly use it for posting interesting photos and videos I've taken and that aren't of me or people I know. There isn't much personal information on it. If it had a bunch of pictures of me and my friends, I would probably keep it on private.

[full on idle]

I'm just ashamed of my privateness.

[Boourns]

Spam is weird. Sometimes I'll go a week without getting any spam messages. And then I'll get 20 in five minutes. Nothing beats getting the same message from the same "person" ten times.

Back in the old days I used to pride myself in approving all requests, because I didn't want to be stuck-up and juvenile over who can be "my friend", but then someone kept posting comment spam. She was really good at it, too..would write long, detailed messages containing specific, personal details and questions, and then always close everything with a link image to some not-free gaming site. Damn strangers. Well, there's one stranger who friended me on myspace, and she's real cool, but that's the exception and not the rule.

And there's nothing more tactless and rude than just deleting people. I mean actual people you at least somewhat know, not so much bands and spammers. Gotta love signing on and then seeing your number of friends is one digit lower, and then you have to browse through your list to see who the asshole is.

[Hannahrain]

I've only ever been spammed once. It was a penile englargement ad from The Black Keys.

[TomAz]

how'd that work out for you?

[Hannahrain]

Swimmingly, Tom. My wang is almost as big as Courtney's.

[bassmintpdx]

Owned. Someone definitely just got owned.

[Courtney]

Swimmingly, Tom. My wang is almost as big as Courtney's.

Hannah darling, you know you'll never measure up to my manlihood.

I am like the perfect pair of natural breasts they show you in breast enhancement advertisements. The 20 year-old model they use for anti-wrinkle cream testimonials. The professional athlete they use for gatorade commercials. You might as well save your money and stop trying now.

[Hannahrain]

Didn't I see you in a training video the other day? No, it must have been someone else. But yes, Court, nice penis.



( ;) )

[Courtney]

Ahahhaa.

[kroqken]

I get too many comments from spammers. It is a pain in the ass to delete so many each day.

[CheersDarlin]

My account is public, but my pictures are set as friends only. I also have it so people can't see my comments or friends list. So it's pretty much pointless for people I don't know to look at my page.

[bassmintpdx]

So there it is. 1/3 of the voters that use Myspace use private mode, 2/3rds use public mode.

Probably about true for Myspace overall and not just people from this board who voted.

[thelastgreatman]

I heard Courtney be blowing backs out. She got the donkey kong, donkey donkey donkey...

I'll be fucking amazed if anyone knows that reference.

[Courtney]

I heard Courtney be blowing backs out. She got the donkey kong, donkey donkey donkey....

Can someone please translate this for me? I need to know whether to be amused or annoyed.

[kroqken]

I think more than 1/3 of the profiles are private.

[Archie Bunker]

Can someone please translate this for me? I need to know whether to be amused or annoyed.

I believe he is referring to an old Buckner & Garcia song called "Do the Donkey Kong".

Yes, I'm talking about the same Buckner & Garcia who did "Pacman Fever".

What? You don't know Buckner & Garcia? Where the hell were you in 1982?

Oh, never mind.

[nahuatldream]

I only use it to keep in touch with my friends and keep tabs on bands (tours and such). I'm not looking to meet anyone so there's no point to having it public. its the easiest and quickest way to keep in touch with all my friends back home.

[kroqken]

Pacman Fever was such a lame song.

[noisemachine]

I dont use myspace. right on.

[McAwesome]

Mine's public, but my pix and blogs are for friends only

[ficklecycle]

:nono