Bitterness, Anger And Betrayal At MySpace

Re:Bitterness, Anger And Betrayal At MySpace by nowarninglabel on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @08:24PM (#2094475)

Further proof of MySpace as a failed company is that one cannot delete one's profile from the site without jumping through an exhaustive series of hoops which culminates in adding the words "Delete my profile" to your profile.

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Re:Bitterness, Anger And Betrayal At MySpace by benologist on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @10:11PM (#2094755)

Yes they should do what Facebook does, where you just click the big red delete button on your profile and it's done!

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Re:Bitterness, Anger And Betrayal At MySpace by nowarninglabel on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @11:39PM (#2094981)

I know this is sarcasm, but the point is not so much the profile deletion itself. It's the user experience of the process. Normal user goes to remove their Facebook profile, heck even I go to delete my Facebook profile, and sure I haven't deleted it, but I'm left more or less neutral. Try deleting a MySpace profile and see how you feel after the process.

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Re:Bitterness, Anger And Betrayal At MySpace by getsat on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @11:19PM (#2094931)

That is rather obtuse, but some sites don't even let you delete your account/profile at all.

(Like the one we're currently on.)

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Re:Bitterness, Anger And Betrayal At MySpace by nowarninglabel on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @11:43PM (#2094998)

I'll reiterate what I stated below, it is not the fact that you cannot delete the profile, it is the user experience of trying to do so. Try it yourself, let me know what you think.

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Re:Bitterness, Anger And Betrayal At MySpace by getsat on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @06:26PM (#2098154)

I actually had a MySpace account back in the day, and I had completely forgotten about that deletion process. I agree that it's far from the best UX.

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Re:Bitterness, Anger And Betrayal At MySpace by daniel-cussen on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @10:12PM (#2094757)

I feel like those unwanted profiles will disappear soon enough.

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Re:Bitterness, Anger And Betrayal At MySpace by younata on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @02:07AM (#2095290)

That's changed. It used to be (as of summer 2008), much easier to delete a profile from myspace.

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Re:Bitterness, Anger And Betrayal At MySpace by nowarninglabel on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @05:08AM (#2095608)

Yep, and that is exactly why I made the statement in regards to it indicating a failing company. The user experience is falling apart fast.

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