I Canceled My MySpace Page

I canceled my MySpace account today. Why? No value added.

I don't "work" MySpace to further my goals, photography or otherwise. Never have. I don't particularly give a crap about its social networking qualities. When I network socially, I usually do it live and in person. Plus, there's other social networking web applications that suit me better, Twitter being the top of my list for doing that.

Twitter, in my mind, is more about business networking than social networking. I guess it depends on how one uses it. Certainly, plenty of people social network on Twitter. That ain't why I subscribe.

I use Twitter to gather information and to discover links that others provide. The vast majority of my Twitter contacts, i.e., those whom I follow or those who follow me, are photography related. That wasn't the case with MySpace.

MySpace is filled with SPAM. I'm not saying SPAM doesn't exist on Twitter, it does, but to a lesser extent. Plus, on Twitter, SPAMMERS only have 140 characters (or less) to attempt to cram their SPAM down your throats.

Often, MySpace seems like a bunch of people masturbating their egos. My MySpace page probably did the same thing. I haven't done anything with FaceBook. I have an account there but have never done anything with it. FaceBook just seems like another MySpace. Maybe I'm wrong about that but that's my general attitude towards it.

So, if you suddenly find me missing as your MySpace friend, don't take it personal. I'm just trying to clear out some of the clutter in my life.

The gratuitous pretty girl at the top is Charmane from some time back.