Today I cancelled my MySpace account
I’m not one for being rash and I am not particularly worried about privacy online. I used Friendster frequently for a couple of years and I remember when people’s accounts started mentioning “moving to MySpace because it’s better,” and frankly I can not remember for the life of me what the argument was. Nonetheless, I eventually created an account for myself and all of my musical identities, and I befriended some 50 or so people which were at least 50% musical entities.
I never really “got” MySpace. Not many of my friends use it regularly, except those who enjoy dating and of course those with bands. I’ve always been a bit embarrassed by the site design and the resulting profile pages that people create there. I still use it to promote my music and I see the value as a publishing tool and media hosting service. However, for the last year I have not logged in to MySpace under my own identity once, and I receive at least 10 spam friend invitations per month.
So today I cancelled my MySpace account.
Unlike so many web brands that I identify with (Flickr, Upcoming, del.icio.us, and Facebook, to name a few), I see no long term value for remaining a MySpace member. Here’s my reasoning:
- It’s not easy to do anything
- There aren’t any services provided that aren’t available elsewhere
- I don’t need to be a member to take advantage of their media
- There aren’t any members with whom I could not communicate otherwise
- I’m not looking to find people to date
Which leaves me with zero reasons to remain a member. So long MySpace, and thanks for all the free webcam girls.
