mySpace chapter 2 - the evacuation

I keep getting msgs from Tom and now one from Christina who was so taken with my profile she just had to write. I tried to block her but somehow mySpace sent me to her profile -- she likes long walks on the beach, candle-light dinners and bondage -- and it still says she's in my circle (or whatever you call it). This is not a community that interested me in the first place and the very rapid intrusion of unwanted solicitations and the poor mechanisms for managing them pushed me over the edge. I've canceled my account. There is just too much crap in the world already to indulge in something that leads to more.

p.s. Another participant called MySpace "seedy" and said you felt "sticky when logging in." I quite agree. I think this was poorly thought out. MySpace is too wide-open, too much of a dating (hitting on) scene, and too open to abuse to serve as a useful platform. I understand that it is an important part of Web 2.0 but so are bars, strip clubs and casinos a significant part of the social environment in the real world. 'nuf said.