Myspace spokeswoman issues statement about International Delete Your Myspace Account Day
UPDATE: International Delete Your Myspace Account Day is finally here!
A few days ago, I declared January 30th International Delete Your Myspace Account Day.
Not long after it was posted, it got picked up and spread all the way from Digg to MSNBC’s website. Given this fact, I knew it was only a matter of time before Myspace took notice.
Today, in a news article on news.com titled “Myspace signs deal to screen BBC show,” Rebekah Horne, vice president of Fox Interactive Media and MySpace in Australia and New Zealand, had this to say about the event:
One blogger has declared January 30th “International Delete Your MySpace Account Day”.
But MySpace doubts that this will have a great impact on their network.
“This Delete-Your-MySpace day is just about being controversial,” Ms Horne said.
“MySpace is still the biggest social networking site in the world.”
In the words of BBC comedian Catherine Tate, MySpace does not look bothered.
In other news, a journalist for a news wire service interviewed me today about the event — news has continued to spread about IDYMAD.
What else could they say?
If they weren’t bothered why even bring it up?
Thanks to Ms. Horne there will now be a whole new level of awareness of International Delete Your Myspace Account Day – thank you Ms. Horne, good Job!
Myspace spokeswoman issues statement
And so the storey continues, Rebekah Horne, vice president of Fox Interactive Media and MySpace in Australia and New Zealand has picked up on Simon Owen’s campaign for International Delete Your Myspace Account Day. Still trying to stay in with th…
How dare you try and undermine “the world’s” largest social network and advertising platform? As punishment they will call you irrelevant! Muahahaha.
Little did they know that by doing this your blog traffic would increase and the spotlight in the blogosphere would shine on you, my friend. They’re just scared that us fickle young consumers will change our minds and they’ll have to spend years trying to find new ways to market to us online.
Screw those guys, I’m deleting my account in spite. First MySpace, then Facebook and the world! Long live the revolution!
Why not the 30th of every month?
Nice work, Simon. It’s finally prompted me to delete that f#@*&$ MySpace account I never used. I’ll post something on my own website about it in due course.
facebook is same crap as myspace. soon ull have International Delete Your Facebook Account Day. get back to real life folks!
“MySpace is still the biggest social networking site in the world.â€Â
That may be, but it’s also the most hated site in the world, too. By a vast majority.
Deleted, AND facebook deleted. I hate those damned program invites, almost 100 everytime I log in.
I have tried to delete my MySpace account 4 times. I never get the ‘confirmation email’ that I’m supposed to ‘follow the directions exactly as shown’… what the heck??
tired of it!
[...] The day has finally arrived. Last Sunday I declared January 30th to be International Delete Your Myspace Account Day. The idea quickly caught fire, being linked to on hundreds of websites spanning from Digg to Fark to MSNBC. Several journalists interviewed me about the day, including live radio and television interviews. I was also interviewed by a journalist at the Washington Post. A Myspace spokeswoman even responded to the event. [...]
Wow. Just goes to hsow the power of one person. You alone have made the entire world notice you. Amazing and inspirational. however i wont delete my account cos i only have friend who i know and i used a code to delete all the adds from MY own page so if everyone does it then there will be no adverts on your page! I wont give it out because that’d be plagerism
But facebook sucks, too. It sucks worse in some ways, like trying to find apps, how the pictures are set up, the messenger thing with ghost friends, and not being able to use html to make your page make sense.
if you want to delete your myspace, then do it. why so much talk about it? who cares if you aren’t going to be there anymore…the only people that i care about is MY friends on there, and even then i don’t care if they delete it. as for spam, it’s everywhere…get used to it. it’s in your emails as well. not to sound harsh at all, i don’t know any of you…but i just think that THIS much attention to people deleting their myspace is outrageous.
BUT, i do commend all of you for standing up for what you believe in. It’s very incredible.