Limes with Orange

As I mentioned previously, I recently started a Film Blog over at MySpace. I don't know why exactly I felt the need to separate those posts from the rest of the stuff I write about, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

But, Oh... My... God! MySpace has to be the glitchiest website around. Not a day has gone by that I haven't received at least one error message. Today, it's taken me two hours (2!) to attempt to post my latest entry. Apparently it posted my first draft twice and hasn't posted my edited entry at all. I am currently attempting to remove one of the drafts so I can then edit the other... attempting. *sigh*

I'm also still waiting to hear back from their tech support (what a joke) about a problem with a link to this website that MySpace somehow arbitrarily changed to a non-existent URL and—this is the "best" part—it won't let me access it to edit it! And when I emailed them a very specific help request about this very specific problem, do you wanna know tech support's response?

Hello,

Adding color, graphics, and sound to your profile page is easy and requires only a basic knowledge of HTML (the programming language used to create web pages on the Internet).

Simply go to "Edit Profile" and enter the desired HTML coding where appropriate. If you do not know HTML, you can reach out and make a new friend by asking someone who has color, graphics, and/or sound on their Profile page how they did it.

People on MySpace are friendly and always willing to help, so just ask! This is a great way to meet new people!

If this does not answer your question, please click:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.contact

Thank you,
MySpace.com

So NOT helpful! I emailed them back:

I do know HTML. If you had bothered to read my question, you would know what my actual problem is:

(a) I entered the appropriate HTML code to create an active link to my website (http://www3.telus.net/weirdgrrl/) but somehow MySpace modified my link to something that doesn't exist (http://editprofile.myspace.com/www3.telus.net/weirdgrrl/); and

(b) I can no longer even get into the "Website" box of the Film Maker Details to edit it.

Please address the actual problems that I am encountering and don't just send me back to a very sparsely populated FAQ.

That was three weeks ago and not a peep from the folks at MySpace. Could someone please explain to me why that site is so fracking popular?

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