Making MySpace useful
Yes, bloggers. There is a use for myspace.
Aside from all the trojan-infested ringtones you can download, myspace is a great image host.
- Idiot proof interface with a shiny new bulk upload feature.
- Acceptable directory structure for filing and finding.
- Hotlinking enabled.
- Auto generated thumbnails.
- Unlimited space: I have a half gig on there now.
- Infinite bandwidth: Unlike some popular hosts
- Stability: While the website itself often fails, I’ve rarely seen a picture fail to load.
- Anonymity: As far as I know, it isn’t possible to hack the img url back to the profile. This is a pro or con, depending on your needs.
- Having images.myspacecdn.com as the photo url is only slightly more lame than shouting “free image hosting at photobucket”.
- You already have an account: Don’t lie. You know you do.
A bonus for the irony aficionados among us: The ads
-bagel
See also: How to be: A MySpace / Facebook Stalker
I usually get add’s for Superhero ringtones & Cheapo airsoft guns for some reason…
Superhero
2 Aug 07 at 1:40 pm
I know of one hack for private photos; I’ll have to see if it provides not only the photo but the url as well. I can’t recall ATM.
stepher
2 Aug 07 at 8:43 pm
Not true. I USED to have one but I soon grew tired of all the ghetto types leaving messages on my page.
Maybe I’ll have another one.
Stiletto
3 Aug 07 at 3:02 pm
Have you seen this? I’m in the process of writing about it, you write about it first, I kill you! lol
http://www.mydeathspace.com
Stiletto
3 Aug 07 at 3:03 pm
Hey, just think, if I killed you, you’d be on the site and I’d have something to submit. Hmm.
Stiletto
3 Aug 07 at 3:03 pm
I’ve seen it. It’s most excellent. Perhaps we should start myprisonspace.com for ppl like Russell Tavares?
Also, I love my myspace!
bagel of everything
3 Aug 07 at 3:12 pm
It’s addictive, isn’t it?
My prison space? FOR REAL?
Stiletto
3 Aug 07 at 3:21 pm
Great IDEA!
Stiletto
3 Aug 07 at 3:21 pm
Stiletto: Seriously, wanna start it with me? I’ll set up a page on here, you can help me with the research. You can mirror the page on your site as well, if you’d like. Sharing and stuff
bagel of everything
3 Aug 07 at 5:29 pm
Honestly, I’ve got so many projects going on that I’d hate to commit to something I can’t work on! Why don’t you start it and see where it goes from there?
However, I have another idea for a site that could possibly generate mad money!
BTW, how would myprisonspace.com work? These would be kids on myspace who went to prison, right?
Stiletto
3 Aug 07 at 6:07 pm
Looks like it’s already been done, damnit!
myprisonspace.com
bagel of everything
3 Aug 07 at 11:02 pm
Well then, how about mypedophiliaspace.com? Has that been done?
Stiletto
4 Aug 07 at 9:50 am
Too many sick minds out there damn it.
Stiletto
4 Aug 07 at 9:53 am
It may not use that URL, but I’m sure My Pedophilia Space exists somewhere.
Soylent Ape
4 Aug 07 at 1:08 pm
I’m sure it does and I’m not about to find it, not on my grandfather’s computer.
Stiletto
4 Aug 07 at 3:56 pm