Block Me, I Dare Ya!

There have been a few things that I've been investigating about our little Myspazz world. When I went looking through my list of blocked profiles (239 and counting!) I started to wonder just how limited a blocked person's access would become. So I blocked - gasp! - Midget and went to figure it out. (Don't worry... I've since unblocked her.)

Attempts to send e-mails went undelivered. Attempts to leave blog comments went unposted. But I could access all of the blogs. I could click on and view the list of friends. I could read all of the comments and see all of the pictures. The stalker aspect was still available to me.

If you want someone out of your MyLife for good, you'll need to set your profile to private. Most people do that by setting the age at under 16. You're then given the option of allowing only the people on your friends list the ability to see your information or you can make it accessible to anyone under the age of 16. The latter is dangerous considering that anyone can set their profile to a minor's age. For those of you who have your profile age set to 14 or 15, I suggest checking to see what your status is on that. It can be found in the account options. There is a way to set your profile to private without making the age younger, but I've forgotten where I'd seen that. (Here it is, Thanks so much Karina Lynn!)

I don't want to set my profile to 14. I like being the silly attention-seeking whore that I am. I like that my blogs are accessible by people I don't know since I'm seeking opinions on my writing by people who feel no obligation to be kind to me. (Granted, those that choose to attack me as a person rather than the writing itself are derranged lunatics in my opinion.)

Knowing this information that I now do, I got a huge kick out of blocking some of the people that I have. People that I know would be DYING to leave comments on my blogs. Loudmouths like myself who enjoy nothing more than seeing their words in print. Knowing that they can still read my stuff but not have the ability to leave feedback on it?

PRICELESS.

So remember this before you hover over the block button. Clicking on it isn't going to do much unless your sole purpose is to keep a certain profile from constantly spamming you. (An instance where the block button is mighty handy.) I reccomend blocking those that you know will be tearing their hair out at not being able to have their say.

Or as my foil Joseph is always telling me: "MySpace sucks! Stop feeding the monster that is Rupert Murdoch and get off the damn computer!!"

But what the fuck does he know? He doesn't even have a "MySpace."


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