Hey Tammy,
I'm gathering you may have reconsidered your decision to delete the MySpace account, though I can't seem to confirm for myself since I'm unable to locate your MySpace addy here in this thread.

Good 4 U if that's the case.

When a problem arises, it's usually best to try to tweak the system rather than throw the baby out with the bathwater. Fortunately, MySpace is offering up some tools to help us with our tweakness. wink

I was phished several months ago & ended up with a bunch of contacts receiving that Macys coupon on my behalf. Kind of embarrassing, however everyone knows what's happening. Changing the password is a good quick fix.

I recently added the Captcha filter to my Comments section, which is a great little tool. That's the one where the 'commenter' has to enter the displayed 'crazy letters' to help stop spammers & phishers on MySpace.

I also am watching rather closely who is requesting my friendship. If a page shows up with a bikini-clad babe requesting my friendship, I'm pretty sure she doesn't need this married, middle-aged home-bo(d)y as her friend. Usually, after clicking on her site, I can see that it is the same template offered up by one of those scammers anyway.

As for the numbers game, just yesterday someone bought my latest cd on iTunes after sending 2 beautifully worded messages to me on MySpace. I don't know how they found me, other than I am networked on over 2500 MySpace pages.

I have also been able to send out targeted bulletins in the past to 'friends' who live in a given location in relation to where I might be playing live & had people turn up as a result. What a cool feature!

Nothing is perfect on the web. For all the bad that occasionally turns up, there is plenty of good as well. As with anything else, there is always a naysayer to tell how awful something is. I see plenty of reasons to stay. To be listed right alongside major, signed artists isn't a bad thing either.

Good luck & blessings.

Jeff

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