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laken1 · Hermes

myspace for dummies....

relrel · Marc Jacobs

laken1 wrote:

So do people just send out a message to hundreds of people & see what they get back?

Yep...I think some people truly view Myspace as a popularity contest to have the most "friends". I generally get about five random friend requests a week, I'll message back and ask why on earth (but in a nice way) he/she is asking to be my friend. I have never gotten a response back to that! That should tell you something. Just deny them or you can ask why. Myspace is creepy for that kind of stuff, there are a lot of scantily-clad women on there and somehow the impression is that any woman on there is fair game, ya know? Which totally sucks because I would be willing to bet that the majority of people are just there to look up old friends or to stay in contact in current friends.

On the same sorta wavelength...ya know what I really can't stand, pet-peevish, those comments that say something about how you are one of the top seven most beautiful women on so and so's friend list and then you have to then send it back out to your top seven...blah blah blah...like horrible nasty chain letters from 15 years ago but worse!

ETA: Laken..congrats on hitting five thousand. You get to be Hermes! And get the cool little gold star! Awesome!

-- Edited by relrel at 17:34, 2006-07-19

NCshopper · Hermes

I hate those things! I deny anyone that isn't from ST or that I don't know or haven't known in real life. I think relrel is right--those people just send friend requests out to a bunch of people to see who bites. I have no idea how they do that, or why really, but they do.

By the way, I noticed the Hermes level the other day. Very cool--I like the little gold coin thingy that comes with the distinction!

-- Edited by NCshopper at 18:51, 2006-07-19

laken1 · Hermes

I'm glad i'm not the only one creeped out by this. I thought I was just being super conservative or something but it seems so skeevy to me!

**Hermes - that is just sad....I guess I need to shut my mouth sometimes! I do like the gold thingy.

Aurora · Marc Jacobs

yeah i get those every now and then and when i first signed up I didn't think anything of it and "accepted" them as friends and thats when the creepiness began. So now I have a rule where if I don't know you then you are automatically rejected.

And congrats on 5000. How exciting. I finally made it back up to 1000 this week.

Irene · Dooney & Bourke

I get spam myspace invites at least once a week. I ignore them. I only have 5 friends on my list and refuse to add anyone who has over 50 friends. I like to talk to my friends all the time and the more people you have, the less likely that is going to happen. I also post to my blog at least every other day, but usually every day.

Misty · Dooney & Bourke

LOL laken, you are SO cute! i only have 7 friends and really don't plan to have more other than ST girls. will PM you my link so you can add me.

Cortney1982 · Chanel

I must be the only person to never have been to myspace! Why is it so important to some people to let others think they have a million friends?

ranchera20 · Marc Jacobs

I hate it when I get friend invites to people have have over 300 friends but no comments

I just deny if I dont know the person. I dont want to look for attention by sending them a message. I can honestly say I know all of my friends...except for the St girls...well I know ya'll but not know know ya'll!!

kenzie · Chanel

Irene wrote:

I get spam myspace invites at least once a week. I ignore them. I only have 5 friends on my list and refuse to add anyone who has over 50 friends. I like to talk to my friends all the time and the more people you have, the less likely that is going to happen. I also post to my blog at least every other day, but usually every day.

Really? Anyone who has over 50 friends? I have almost 100, but I either know them all in person or they are a fellow STer. One can actually know more than 50 people.

Kelly · Hermes

relrel wrote:

lI generally get about five random friend requests a week, I'll message back and ask why on earth (but in a nice way) he/she is asking to be my friend. I have never gotten a response back to that! That should tell you something.

I used to reply back and ask them why they were trying to be my friend if we weren't in real life, but then this really crazy guy kept messaging me and harassing me because I wouldn't be his friend. So now I just delete them. I'm only friends on there with people I actually know.

Beyond the skeezy people who are just trying to be friends with as many women as possible, I've gotten a few CRAZIES, like a guy whose whole myspace was devoted to his diaper fetish and then one whose page was devoted to his fantasy of having women walk on him in high heels. He sent me three messages telling me that he wanted me to walk on him in my spike heels before he finally gave up. I felt dirty, even though I always deleted his messages right away! And yes, I thought about how maybe the diaper fetish was just a joke. but he was friends with a bunch of people who apparently were also interested in this... it was completely insane.

Mandy · Kate Spade

diaper fetish? like he likes to wear them or likes the smell of used ones? either way, ewwww. i got a message from a guy once that said that he wanted to tie me up with purple duck tape (yes duck, not duct) and feed me fruit.