Anyone else think MySpace should be renamed MyPorn?

I agree myspace is horrible. I had a page, I thought it would be a good way to keep in contact with my family, as they all had one too. But I recently deleted it, because of all the crap going on there. People use it for bad, but then again what do you expect in these days and times. I hated getting that crap, and worse, people get on there and play games, I know of two relationships ruined by myspace.

I personally love myspace because you CAN find quality people. If you don't want so much activity, set your page to only friends. You won't get so much of that. I get my share of crappy add mes, but I state on my page that if you aren't talking, you are deleted. I have found about 41 great friends that way. Wouldn't trade it for the world! :)

Isn't it a less for all of us. When people are given the freedom to express who they are and what they are thinking about on the internet, look what comes out. It's not wholesome, it's not beautiful or helpful - it's just plain sinful.

My partner still has his page on MySpace as he is a professional musician and he has a lot of contacts through MySpace. He is sick and tired of the amount of garbage he is being sent now, and fed up with the amount of time it takes to delete it all.

MySpace does seem to suffer from what tends to happen to sites that become the "500lb gorilla" in their categories. Everybody and their cousin wants to get on there to promote, scam, sell, and push people into whatever latest fad they can. I often liken web communities to cities, and their growth as the movement from a "village" to a "big city." Many moons ago, I used AOL as my Internet service provider, and it was this cool little "community" which wasn't any larger than you peridically would run into the same group of people in chat, or on different message boards. Then it became 20+ million people... and everything became assorted scams, spam email, password frauds, and goddness knows what else. Same with eBay-- used to be a cool site for collectors, and many buyers and sellers "knew" each other, in that "online way" we can. Same thing with MySpace... once a cool social network, now a "big city" with all the attendant "big city crime." I do have a MySpace profile-- originally started at the encouragement of friends, and to keep up with some "non-mainstream" bands I like. In fact, I just logged in this morning... and found no less than 10 friend requests (since last weekend) NINE of which had been cancelled due to "account closed." And frankly, I don't CARE about some college co-ed's web cam. I'm not quite ready to close my own account yet, but I can't say that I feel encouraged to "hang out" there. Should we call it MyPorn? Maybe that's a bit TOO far... but MySleaze might be appropriate... :-D

Well I don't really care for MySpace either anymore. I remember when it wasn't a bad thing at all. You could actually mean nice and cool people to chat with. Now it's just nothing but spam or idiots acting desperate and stupid. I just don't get it. Well it's places like MySpace that contribute to people meeting, then either getting raped or killed. It's really just too sad people have to be that way. I hope this place stays a great place for a long while :)

Yeah that is true. Young children shouldn't even be allowed to create pages and should be closely monitored by parents to prevent them on going on sites like that.

I have to disagree, I really enjoy myspace, I have gotten the chance to reconnect with people from high school and I even reconnect with a friend that had moved away when I was 10 years old!! We had always wanted to reconnect but had no way of doing so, and if it weren't for myspace we maybe never would have. I enjoy being able to talk to people from years ago and see how their lives have changed and see their children. I hope myspace is never taken down. There are ways to not be annoyed by the bad people out there just change your privacy settings. Unforunately in todays society there's going to be bad people everywhere you go.

I used to have a MySpace page too, but I deleted it like a month after I started it. I hated that people kept asking me to add them when I had NO clue who they were or where they'd come from. I started one because my friend had one and it was a good way to keep in touch with her - but I ended up regretting it. Now I stick to my personal blog and thats it. I think Myspace has and is going downhill fast, they're being slapped with lawsuits left right and centre, and I don't know if they'll be able to bounce back from it. I honestly think the sooner they close the entire site, the better.

Well, just like any other community site, you will have your share of bad seeds. I get those stupid friend requests too, and I just delete them! I like MySpace to keep up with all my old friends and high school friends and I've met a lot of really nice people there... You just gotta take the bad with the good.

OMG! yes, there are total strangers who message me and tells me that he'll visit our country soon and he needs company, and it will be all expense paid. well, i know that Filipinos are well known for our hospitality but there's a limit of being hospitable. I also hate "POSERS". those who use pictures of other users and post it to their page.

I've had a MySpace profile for a few years now. Sure, I see people posting filthy pics and asking random questions, but I usually ignore them (if they put it in a bulletin). If they personally message me/comment me about it, I just delete that comment, and delete them from my friends list. I never let those things go too deep into my head. I just delete, and move on.

I used to have a Myspace, then I deleted it.... Now I have finally gotten one back... I'm not struck on it as I find it to be quite boring. So you put a profile up, throw up a few pics.... fill in a bit of info about yourself... then what? ZZZzzzzzzzz I tried to add my 2 cents to the forums and had a bunch of PUNKS! start insulting my posts. Not really giving any valid points (because I do appreciate criticizm when its valid) but mostly just being stupid and insulting. So I stopped posting in the MySpace. Also, what really bothers me is all of these bands that add you for no apparent reason. If these bands had've looked at my profile they would know that i wasn't at all interested in their type of music so why would I want to be "friends" with them. Or these random people taht add you because they want a higher friend count and not a friend. The only thing that I truly find appalling about MySpace is the "wh*re trains", I mean seriously, what self respecting guy or gal would sign up to tell the world that they were a "wh*re"???

Honestly, I don't believe so. I can say that I have found several friends through myspace, that I would not have found otherwise. At least there is a filter that allows you to delete these spammers without them posting directly to your page. I feel that myspace has allowed me to communicate with friends and family and is a good resource.

I can understand your annoyance but that doesnot call for such a strong attitude. I get that you are, if not a victim, but had a chronic filthy experience with myspace. I am sorry for that. I have been in myspace for a while now and haven’t had any true bad experience whatsoever. In that way, all places are good or bad in its own right, we have to be wise in dealing with it. I donot know about your profile page, have you had any allures on it or it could be you are too good to resist!! LOL… I can’t comment without having a look at your profile. But, I think we should be more cautious and careful and before actually getting judgemental we should try and rectify ourselves, if atall we need to. (nothing personally meant). And as for these rotten ppl, they are sick and as you have said, insecure and desperate, they need help!! However, having said this, what you have said is correct, but we can ignore them and the irritation is there in every sphere. just wear a smile and think it as “yet another fun’ and trash it right away. Infact, I think that it’s very easy to customize and search and get hold of someone through myspace, if someone has an intention that bad. So, dear let’s be brave and prioritize our values. Thanx for your nice thread.

Haha the title of your discussion made me laugh. Yeah, I agree though, it is really ridiculous!! I will sometimes go for a really long time without any problems, and then all of a sudden I'll get tons of messages from random women out of nowhere! It's so disgusting and annoying! Sometimes I feel like screaming. :P I have also really seriously considered just closing out my account, but then I always end up keeping it only because my husband has myspace and I sort of like being able to leave him little messages and everything while he's overseas, and I also have some friends from high school on there that I'd hate to lose touch with. It is really tempting though to just get rid of it cause things on there can be really bad sometimes. They need some kind of spam filter or something!

Some of the stuff I've seen on there makes me agree with you. It is terribly adult oriented and to think there are alot of kids on there. I signed up and had a profile for about 20 minutes and I deleted it. It's just not for me. I'll stick with MyLot and be happy with it. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

that's terrible. is that really what's happening to myspace now? i'm glad i dont have an account there, i wont have to delete it :)

Actually, I'd more likely call it MyRazor. The place is Emo Central on the web! It's people like them that are reason enough for us to just give the razors away. 'Shady

Myspace should be changed to MyPorn because anyways noone's gonna leave after the name change, everyone in MySpace thinks MySpace is a hook up site, mine i have only used it to chat with my friends specially those who ahev graduated and i don't talk to much.