Finally, the wave of brats who use MySpace has subsided in my fav hangout, the Statcounter forum. As a mod there I have had to spoon feed countless urchins who can’t follow instructions if they involve more than one 3-word step.
All of them wanted to satisfy their craving for voyeurism and exhibitionism all the same time. After having concocted some god-awful page and blog and whatnot on MySpace, with all manner of inane information, then they spend the rest of the time wanting to peep in and see who else from MySpace or elsewhere would be checking out their page. This alternating with wanting to block this one or that one as well.
Somehow they got wind that they could use Statcounter tracking code, despite MySpace’s policy against using scripting of that nature. It wasn’t long before somebody with a lot more knowledge about web stuff than your average MySpace user (who mostly all seem to be pre-teens or teens) discovered a way around that. So all these kids started flocking to Statcounter looking for the miracle method.
I must have explained a hundred times the same thing over and over again. I rushed a few whose attention span was shorter than my cat’s. Dammit, they should be doing their schoolwork instead of that garbage pastime.
A few days ago I sort of gave in and actually wrote a script to do all the work they somehow aren’t able to do since they are so incapable of following simple instructions.
Feeling very proud and satisfied to have finally solved the MySpace problem once and for all so I can have some peace, LOL, MySpace finally plugged the loophole that allowed that method. It must have happened the same day. The irony of it! I had been praying for a long time that it would happen and when it did I didn’t even know it in time to save myself all the trouble LOL!
And now I still have a few who come to ask about other possible ways to achieve the same thing. My goodness, don’t they get it? MySpace doesn’t allow it, which part of that don’t they get?
Anyway, I actually feel vindicated. This has been a real PITA for so long, and I’ve been biting my tongue so many times not to explode at all the brainless requests. About time, I say.
Kudos to MySpace for finally plugging that damn loophole. If only they could clean up the site as well it would go a long way towards it becoming a respectable community. As it is, I pity the few right minded, intelligent adults who use it for the actual intended purpose. They are in deplorable company, sorry to say. Better get out while you can is my advice to them.
I know kids need their playgrounds. But as kids they also need supervision and guidance to stimulate their brains with useful activities. So far MySpace doesn’t provide that. Instead of a healthy playground it is more of a dank back alley for all sorts of shady activities.
Bah, enough of this drivel.
