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Public Service Message: Massive Changes At MySpace.

Discussion in 'Social Networks' started by gemini181, Nov 10, 2006.

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    Based on today's experiments:

    -This is a very bad time to invest time in trying to build up (and sell or use) MySpace profiles.

    IMO, friend adder bots have (had) some potenial value if you target your niche and use some imagination and creativity. The party is quickly ending:

    -Capcha images are being used on a very high % of new friend requests.
    -MySpace was already tacky, sleazy, and a waste of time. Now they are trying (too late?) to make massive changes.

    Has anyone else noticed obvious changes this week??
     
    gemini181, Nov 10, 2006 IP
  2. clenard

    clenard Active Member

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    #2
    Haven't paid attention to this but thanks for the info :)

    The parties won't end, though... they'll just get moved a little. :)
     
    clenard, Nov 10, 2006 IP
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    Dio Well-Known Member

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    There's something going on, but I think they're having maintenance issues. My robot account was showing as profile deleted the start of the week, now it's back as normal.

    The Captcha thing will hopefully be fixed before to long as far as the adder robots are concerned. As for it being sleazy - depends what you're doing. If it's traffic building it's great, if it's pushing people to adult sites, well yeah, have to agree... ;)
     
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  4. Glen

    Glen Peon

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    they have changed the images on the contact boxes ;)
     
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  5. gemini181

    gemini181 Well-Known Member

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    -Have you seen the featured add on MySpace with the big breasted chick who is touching herself? When I said MySpace strikes me as sleazy I ment the whole d^mn place. ;)

    -I agree with you pushing hard porn to the kiddies is much sicker than other things.

    -Not sure what will happen with the Capcha, but how could it be defeated by bots? The purpose is the defend against bots.
     
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    Dio Well-Known Member

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    Lol, well, up until a couple of days ago, ticking the button that says 'Bypass Captcha' did the trick... ;)
     
    Dio, Nov 10, 2006 IP
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    gemini181 Well-Known Member

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    ...but not any more, right?
     
    gemini181, Nov 10, 2006 IP
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    Dio Well-Known Member

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    Until the software peeps fix it. Just running now, and after 50 add requests it asked me to do the captcha manually. Now it's running like the wind again. ;)
     
    Dio, Nov 10, 2006 IP
  9. gemini181

    gemini181 Well-Known Member

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    I've noticed a clear limit of only 50 new requests :( before the Capcha kicks in. Are you saying yours is working well now? Good for you.
     
    gemini181, Nov 10, 2006 IP
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    Dio Well-Known Member

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    I spoke to soon - it's coming a bit more frequent now - after every 50, then every 20 or so. Not a biggy, it's running in the background - my aim is modest. :)
     
    Dio, Nov 10, 2006 IP
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    no it's fine with me... still getting around 500 to 1k day new friends with my train:) so it's not a problem...
     
    ericeric, Nov 10, 2006 IP
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    i have noticed that deleted appears on accounts with a lot's friends ...like 20K and above... i think they are checking profiles with big friends numbers abd delete them..:(
     
    ericeric, Nov 10, 2006 IP
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    gemini181 Well-Known Member

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    #13
    I just tested a brand new account:

    -10 friend requests to real people, on the forums, who were posting info I'm actually interested in.

    -38 bot-targeted to profiles with matching interests. Only 48 total (to keep it under 50)

    -On the 47th request the Capcha's appeared, and auto requests won't work.
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Oh well, "easy money rots the soul", off to plan something better!
     
    gemini181, Nov 11, 2006 IP
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    Dio Well-Known Member

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    Either that, or do it very slowly... :D
     
    Dio, Nov 11, 2006 IP