Don't Read This if You Love MySpace And the Spacerettes

"January 30th is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day"

I try to avoid being negative, but this blogger has a point. I've got a MySpace account myself, so a number of his reasons for dropping MySpace rang true:

"1. You rarely log in to Myspace except to delete spam friend requests from nude webcam girls." (how's "spacerettes" as a term to describe them?)

"6. You visit someone’s profile only to have your eyes bleed because of terrible page layout with non-matching designs and font colors."

"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."

"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."

"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."

And, although this doesn't apply to me, there's:

"3. You’re a girl who constantly gets marriage proposals from random men in the middle east."

What floors me, given my experience with that sleazy pickup bar of a 'social networking' service, is how successful it's been. I suppose it's those improbably hot-to-trot spacerettes.