I Much Prefer Facebook and Friendster, but MySpace Won't Let Me Quit!

MySpace is Holding Me Hostage

A while back, I did what every person in my immediate social circle seemed to be doing and signed up with a MySpace account. It seemed fun, unique and a way to keep up with friends and perhaps find some friends that I had lost touch with. That was at the beginning. Before MySpace was sold to Rupert Murdoch, head of Fox and a number of other corporate conglomerates. That was before it was invaded by tons and tons of flashy ads that pop-up and accompany my profile screen, taking up bandwidth and making it difficult for me to run any other programs while on that page. Now when you sign on to MySpace, movie trailers begin to load and run without you clicking on them. Music plays without you being remotely interested in whatever new artist it is. And worst of all... if there are glitches with anything on your page or heaven forbid, you wish to change your email, account settings or delete your account - don't expect any help from MySpace. Their user support and help functions are utterly useless. How do I know this? Because I've written them email after email pleading with them to change my email address and finally to delete my account and no luck! For such a massively popular website, you would think they would have worked out some of these problems. Or maybe, once they get you to sign up, they just don't care. Here is what I have had to deal with: