Wednesday is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day

[The Purple Champ]

Fed Up With MySpace? Join the Club and Delete Your Account

By Jenna Wortham January 30, 2008 | 2:33:25 PMCategories: Behind the Scenes, Current Affairs, DIY, Events, Hack, Social Networking   
 MySpace users fed up with glitchy pages, annoying banner ads and an abundance of spam may finally have the motivation to take the plunge and delete their accounts.

Wednesday is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day, an online protest geared at uniting users eager to ditch the popular social networking site.

Tired of juggling both a Facebook and MySpace account, blogger Simon Owens instigated the movement Jan. 20, laying out 10 reasons to ditch the News Corp.-owned site.

"After months of only visiting my myspace (sic) profile in order to delete spam friend requests from half-nude women, I’ve reached the end of the line," wrote Owens in his original declaration.

Rather than delete his profile immediately, Owens decided to recruit as many participants as possible for his self-declared coup.

"I’d love to see a large number of people delete their accounts all at once in order to send MySpace a message: Your website sucks," he continued.

Owens' supporters have posted their votes of solidarity in the comments section of his blog.

One user, Rachael, elected to delete her account before the designated day, writing: "I jumped the gun and I already deleted mine.... SUCK IT, MYSPACE!"

Another user, Cope, offered simple thanks for the movement: "Great idea. Thanks for pushing me to get the monkey off my back."

Other fans of the silent protest eagerly hopped on the bandwagon, creating a Facebook group to spread the word. Nearly 1,800 group members have confirmed attendance, indicating their participation in deleting their MySpace accounts.

One Facebook user, Tom, based in London, posted a message indicating his support to the group board: "Mine's gone. Solong MySpace, you were shit."

Another user, Smelly Jen, posted her support of the movement, writing: "I did it! So refreshing! Like ripping off a band aid! It's gone forever!"

The online protest hasn't gone unnoticed by MySpace officials.

According to an article on News.com.au, Rebekah Horne, vice president of Fox Interactive Media and MySpace in Australia and New Zealand, bit back at the international event, saying: "This Delete-Your-MySpace day is just about being controversial. MySpace is still the biggest social networking site in the world."



http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/01/fed-up-with-mys.html

[Blu Lacez]

My space is good, for promoting your Music!
Anything else is kinda a 'grey area'

[Invincible]

Myspace had its day. Now Facebook has come along and soon something will takes its place too.

[Joseph Bonanno]

I will not be deleting any of my myspace accounts or facebook for that matter 

[ToOoOoN!!!]

i like facebook! who's on facebook?

[Narrator]

I've never had a MySpace account anyway.  I have a Facebook account, so I've never seen the need for a MySpace account.  Not to mention that Facebook lets you post music and videos and all kinds of other stuff now (thru the apps, of course), so what's the point?  Can anyone explain to me why you need one if you have the other?

[Joseph Bonanno]

I've never had a MySpace account anyway.  I have a Facebook account, so I've never seen the need for a MySpace account.  Not to mention that Facebook lets you post music and videos and all kinds of other stuff now (thru the apps, of course), so what's the point?  Can anyone explain to me why you need one if you have the other?

I am American, where myspace is more popular, I am currently studying in Canada where facebook has a larger demographic. I use myspace to keep up with my old friends from the neighborhood who aren't all necessarily in college, and my school people up north here in vancouver.

[Twentytwofifty]

Do any non-Americas have a MySpace?  I seriously don't know one person that is on MySpace but everyone and their mother is on Facebook.

[Joseph Bonanno]

Do any non-Americas have a MySpace?  I seriously don't know one person that is on MySpace but everyone and their mother is on Facebook.

trust me some of my friends slut moms have a myspace in the states.

[Narrator]

I am American, where myspace is more popular, I am currently studying in Canada where facebook has a larger demographic. I use myspace to keep up with my old friends from the neighborhood who aren't all necessarily in college, and my school people up north here in vancouver.

I'm not in college, but I'm on Facebook.

[Joseph Bonanno]

I am American, where myspace is more popular, I am currently studying in Canada where facebook has a larger demographic. I use myspace to keep up with my old friends from the neighborhood who aren't all necessarily in college, and my school people up north here in vancouver.

I'm not in college, but I'm on Facebook.

great, what do you want me to say? youre a nerd who's more left brained than the myspace crowd.

[ToOoOoN!!!]

Do any non-Americas have a MySpace?  I seriously don't know one person that is on MySpace but everyone and their mother is on Facebook.

nah my mom deleated her account   

[Narrator]

I am American, where myspace is more popular, I am currently studying in Canada where facebook has a larger demographic. I use myspace to keep up with my old friends from the neighborhood who aren't all necessarily in college, and my school people up north here in vancouver.

I'm not in college, but I'm on Facebook.

great, what do you want me to say? youre a nerd who's more left brained than the myspace crowd.

The point is, you don't have to be in college to be on Facebook anymore.  Since you said you use Myspace to keep up with people who aren't in college, I'm saying, what's the point?

[Joseph Bonanno]

I am American, where myspace is more popular, I am currently studying in Canada where facebook has a larger demographic. I use myspace to keep up with my old friends from the neighborhood who aren't all necessarily in college, and my school people up north here in vancouver.

I'm not in college, but I'm on Facebook.

great, what do you want me to say? youre a nerd who's more left brained than the myspace crowd.

The point is, you don't have to be in college to be on Facebook anymore.  Since you said you use Myspace to keep up with people who aren't in college, I'm saying, what's the point?

I'm not trying to change people's viewpoints on what social network they choose to use. I keep my friends close, and I don't wanna lose touch just so I can save 10 minutes online. If  iwanted to do that, I wouldn't use dubcc, feel me?

[Narrator]

I'm not trying to change people's viewpoints on what social network they choose to use. I keep my friends close, and I don't wanna lose touch just so I can save 10 minutes online. If  iwanted to do that, I wouldn't use dubcc, feel me?

Ah.  Well, too bad your friends won't go to Facebook despite its superiority, then.