A lot of people came on D's site in a short space of time. I think they know what they're doing in choosing to delete some people. Every case has to be judged alone.

Yes, but those things are partially due to currently inflated and highly emotive issues and people involved someway in those things in the current moment - I can't see any reason for Darius's myspace site to have been targeted in that kind of way, or why anyone would join purely to make trouble.

 

There has been a huge problem on MySpace of peoples' accounts being phished/hijacked by chc.. to the extent that they've brought a lawsuit against one perpertrator recently. Often, previously genuine accounts have been phished and their comments and bulletins turn into spam designed to perpetuate the phishing. So, in effect, it's not the individual who created the account and is in your 'friends' that is the problem, they've just unfortunately had their account hijacked by chc..

 

It happened to me, but fortunately, I realised straight away that I'd fallen for a highjacking and removed the embedded codes/changed my password etc... before any comments or bulletin's had been sent out under my username. It has also happened to several people on my friends list too! - and some of those did have comments and bulletins posted in their name, that they didn't actually post themselves. So, I would advise not being hasty about deleting people for strange/unusual comments, particularly if they appear to be out of character for the individual - they may not even realise their account is being used inappropriately, so it's better to alert them to the fact that it looks like their account may have been hijacked, so they can take appropriate action themselves.

 

Sometimes it's possible to remedy the account and for it to be reinstated, so I would also recommend not being too hasty in deleting, what appear to be 'deleted accounts' - I believe this can sometimes be a temporary measure set by MySpace, whilst they are investigating accounts for reported phishing attacks and spam, sometimes such accounts are subsequently reinstated.

 

edit :lol: - it looks like there's a filter at work here that's trying to protecting this community from the very thing I'm talking about .... where you see the word "chc.." - I didn't type that! ... it's meant to read - s p a m m e r s .... without the spaces

 

I'm so glad you had the nous to know it had happened and do something about it. I would have been a sitting duck. Thank goodness for my procrastination. I never quite got round to setting up a myspace account of my own.

 

"chc.", eh - another reason for staying with buzzjack.

 

 

Dont know if its been posted but there is a new blog from Darius on my space.

yes, just read it - was hopng it would be something more solid

Read.

A lot of people came on D's site in a short space of time. I think they know what they're doing in choosing to delete some people. Every case has to be judged alone.

 

Do you know for a fact that Darius and/or they 'chose' to delete some people though Meg? - or are you just speculating?

 

I'm sure Darius and/or they do know what they're doing too, it's just that I'm not sure that anyone was chosen to be deleted as such, not in the sense of it having been in relation to anything untoward on the part of any individuals I mean. I don't watch the friend count tally, going up or down, but even if there was a sudden increase of a lot and a decrease of a lot around the same time, I still feel it could just have easily been a simple case of batch adding of new friends and a batch deleting of completely unrelated already deleted by myspace accounts - y'know, just general routine batch maintenance. I'm just speculating, based on my own experience and way of operating my own account though, I've never had any problems from individual friends on my myspace myself, so have no reason to think that Darius may have done either.

 

I'm so glad you had the nous to know it had happened and do something about it. I would have been a sitting duck. Thank goodness for my procrastination. I never quite got round to setting up a myspace account of my own.

 

"chc..", eh - another reason for staying with buzzjack.

 

I hope what I've written about the s p a m m e r s won't put you off joining and setting up a page for yourself on myspace if you really want to do though Baytree :( It's something that MySpace do deal with and there are help tips and safeguards, that if followed properly, do protect you from it. If you set up a separate email address to use just for MySpace and use a password that you only use for myspace too - then even if you did get caught out, I think the worst that can happen is that you'll end up with your myspace account being taken over and either the inconvenience of sorting it out, or deleting it and creating yourself a new one.

 

I can only speak for myself of course, but apart from just the Darius-related aspect, I've thoroughly enjoyed my myspace experiences, I've learnt lots of new skills, encountered many very interesting and lovely people, those things by far outweigh the inconvenience caused by technical faults and s p a m m e r s - given the vast number of members on there, any problems are relatively very few. I think it's a great invention

Darius' myspace has a grey background this morning. The first time it came up, I thought the page hadn't loaded proerly, I tried again, and it was still there and no errors noted, so maybe something is being done to it.

I :wub: the new look the colours go really well together :D

I think it is much clearer to look at now

I loved the combination or red/reddish brown. I don't think this is finished as some bits are missing.

More pics on the slide show now - including some of him smiling!!

I thought someone must be working on it. I looked in about 1 am and it looked normal except there was a tiny black and white Billy Flynn pic semi-covered in the best friends box.

 

I loved the original blue-green best but it's too cool for winter. I'll take a look at the new stuff later tonight or tomorrow.

 

Anyone else having problems putting in a new background in myspace? The pics seem to come out smaller than the same size did before. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

 

I'm a bit worried in case it's photobuckets non-premium service.

If anyone hasn't yet seen the tiny snippet of Darius at the Scottish Baftas just before Chicago, the reporter has added it to the comment section.

I can't get onto myspace at all today. I keep hoping his page will be redone - it now lacks a lot of things it had before. I know it's not likely as I can't get onto my page either.

I just came from there and went back to check. It looks pretty much the same as always to me, megham. I even refreshed the page to check.

Yes, I can get onto myspace now. It is the same. I'd have liked a couple of the songs changed and things like the profile view and last logged in back on.

I have just had to log in again in order to post here., I also am expecting a change of songs but think it will be when the last two reach round about the three thousands, it usually is around about that time. Hoping for tear run dry.

The videos have all gone and it says "Error" on every blank box

Yes it is the same for me baytree.

I have to say I don't like his red boxes.

 

I wish it was written from him, first person, and not about Darius Danesh.

 

I have errors on his videos on my page.....not sure whether to delete them.

Wonder if it is just an error or they have been removed.