myspace

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:03 pm

i have beenhearing all about this website myspace. all my friends said i should try it, so i just made my own profile tonight. is there anybody on here that has a profile on there? i think it could be a good way to get to know eachother better. what do you think of it?

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:10 am

I have one. And I stole the URL you all wanted

http://www.myspace.com/feadog

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:01 am

I have to say MySpace bugs me to no end, from a recordings standpoint. So far I only have checked it out when someone is raving over the music posted on a site, and the format doesn't work for me. Instead of a download as I know them, it's always a choppy "eh.-eeh.-ah.-oo.-ee.-oo.-eh.-ah.-ih.", and replaying doesn't change that. Sometimes it freezes up altogether.

What's up with that?

thistledown · Post by **thistledown** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:21 am

I've got two of them.

www.myspace.com/guitarfreak217

and...

www.myspace.com/danalcantara

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:38 am

Nanohedron wrote: What's up with that?

It's a very poorly constructed site and breaks all the time.

Having said that I use myspace a lot for listening to new and local bands that are playing gigs I'm thinking of going to and it's excellent. Many of the local promoters here post the details of gigs online with links to each band's myspace site, meaning I can quickly have a listen to each band and decide if I want to spend my money going to see them.

On the downside every time I log in to the site I have a load of bulletins from the same people either telling me about their new haircut or posting the same announcement 5 times about whatever their annoying band are doing that day.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:42 am

chrisoff wrote:
Nanohedron wrote: What's up with that?
It's a very poorly constructed site and breaks all the time.

Having said that I use myspace a lot for listening to new and local bands that are playing gigs I'm thinking of going to and it's excellent. Many of the local promoters here post the details of gigs online with links to each band's myspace site, meaning I can quickly have a listen to each band and decide if I want to spend my money going to see them.

On the downside every time I log in to the site I have a load of bulletins from the same people either telling me about their new haircut or posting the same announcement 5 times about whatever their annoying band are doing that day.

What about how the clips load for me? Is it the fact that I'm on dialup yet, or would it be something else?

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:51 am

you are a talented dude...

you can be annoying, even on dialup,
if you put your mind to it.

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:54 am

Nanohedron wrote: What about how the clips load for me? Is it the fact that I'm on dialup yet, or would it be something else?

Dialup probably doesn't help, but the main reason is that myspace is a poor site that breaks all the time. I'm on a 6 meg broadband connection at home and on the UK academic JANET network at work (ridiculously fast) yet the songs still fail to play sometimes or I get stop start buffering all the way through.

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:02 pm

Denny wrote:you are a talented dude...

you can be annoying, even on dialup,
if you put your mind to it.

Yes, but he cannot annoy quite so many people quite so fast. His PAF (Personal Annoyance Factor) may be the same, but his weighted PAF, adjusted for breadth and depth of annoyance as distributed over time, is less than it could be. That's why he needs 12,000 posts. Those of us with faster connections can be just as annoying and can do it with far fewer posts.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:36 pm

gonzo914 wrote:
Denny wrote:you are a talented dude...

you can be annoying, even on dialup,
if you put your mind to it.
Yes, but he cannot annoy quite so many people quite so fast. His PAF (Personal Annoyance Factor) may be the same, but his weighted PAF, adjusted for breadth and depth of annoyance as distributed over time, is less than it could be. That's why he needs 12,000 posts. Those of us with faster connections can be just as annoying and can do it with far fewer posts.

aww Gonzo...

thanks!

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:08 pm

Denny wrote:
gonzo914 wrote:
Denny wrote:you are a talented dude...

you can be annoying, even on dialup,
if you put your mind to it.
Yes, but he cannot annoy quite so many people quite so fast. His PAF (Personal Annoyance Factor) may be the same, but his weighted PAF, adjusted for breadth and depth of annoyance as distributed over time, is less than it could be. That's why he needs 12,000 posts. Those of us with faster connections can be just as annoying and can do it with far fewer posts.
aww Gonzo...

thanks!

I would be that little raspberry seed in your cavity at any speed. Believe it.

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:41 pm

gonzo914 wrote:
Denny wrote:you are a talented dude...

you can be annoying, even on dialup,
if you put your mind to it.
Yes, but he cannot annoy quite so many people quite so fast. His PAF (Personal Annoyance Factor) may be the same, but his weighted PAF, adjusted for breadth and depth of annoyance as distributed over time, is less than it could be. That's why he needs 12,000 posts. Those of us with faster connections can be just as annoying and can do it with far fewer posts.

Gonzo, what we want are your insights re. how to monetise one's PAF. We all know that you must already have a revenue stream in place...

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:03 pm

gonzo914 wrote:Yes, but he cannot annoy quite so many people quite so fast. His PAF (Personal Annoyance Factor) may be the same, but his weighted PAF, adjusted for breadth and depth of annoyance as distributed over time, is less than it could be. That's why he needs 12,000 posts. Those of us with faster connections can be just as annoying and can do it with far fewer posts.

Piffle. I don't need 12,000 posts. They are my gift to you all, and I'm happy to be able to be so generous. You should be thanking me. Abjectly, preferably.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:00 pm

Golly, I am so far away from being annoying to anyone that I'm not even sure how to commiserate with you. I'm sure my PAF must be a negative number. Instead of thanking you abjectly, couldn't I just send money? Please? :blink-blink:

djm

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:04 pm

I'm not annoying, either.