Why doesn’t myspace want me to block spammers?
- I get an email from a new “friend” and have to click the link.
- I have to log in manually, because myspace is too stupid to provide me with a link in the email that will log me in and/or keep me logged in from last time. The link already has “id=901C2C3E- C4C7- 4B01- 8C3A- B8E67467D47F” in it, and it still couldn’t log me on.
- I’m shown the invitation and have to click through to the profile.
- I click “block user”.
- Java script pops up a confirmation panel and I have to click “OK”. Yes I really want to block this user. If I did it accidentally, I could always go unblock them.
- Another page reloads to re-confirm that yes, I really want to block this user. I click “block this user”.
- Back on the invite page, I take one more click to “mark as spam”.
There could easily have been a “mark as spam and block user” button there, and with auto-login, it could have taken me two steps. Why doesn’t myspace do this? Because they’re stupid? Yes, that’s true. But I think the reason they don’t is they like spam users. It drives up their “usage” stats, and makes them look somehow still relevant.It’s January 1 – and I have one spam friend invite. Come December 31 2007, I’d wager I’ve had 200 more. And hopefully, the slow to the party print media will have pronounced “MySpace is Dead”!
Be careful, sometimes those messages actually take you to a site that LOOKS like the Myspace login page and just collects your password.
Re-reading this post, I seem to have missed the point.
I agree, it would be great if the login process was more qutomated. It would also be nice if they mailed you a link to the profile of the person sending the friends request or the new message.
Jan 1: Katherine
Jan 2: Hailey, Evelyn
Jan 3: Katelyn
Jan 4: Samantha
Jan 5: Autumn
Jan 6: Jordan, Jessica
(do none of these “people” have last names?)
(changed settings to require “CAPCHA” for friends requests)