*Kiddie-Cracker Idiots!* *Your "Profile" -Is NoT- Your "Website"*

When the Internet first went public, lots of businesses were said to use their webpages as their "online business-cards." That usage holds true in websites' profile-listing features.

In other words, THINK "BUSINESS-CARD" WHEN WRITING YOUR PROFILE! I don't know about you, but I'm not going to copy my entire library onto business-cards I hand out!

I just write the location of (or link to) the content I provide. If people are interested in seeing/hearing/touching/smelling/tasting that content, they will go to (click on) the location given; if they're not interested in experiencing the content, they don't need to.

On MySpace, ASSUME THAT NO ONE WANTS TO "FULLY-EXPERIENCE" YOUR STUFF---at least not until AFTER they know what they're going to experience.

Let me explain that to you this way: I am not a fan of "kiddie-cracker nerds;" I don't save-up my server-space all day so I can visit one- or two-profiles on MySpace ... what I'm saying is, YOUR PROFILE IS NOT A STORAGE-CENTER FOR ALL YOUR MEDIA! IF I WANT TO SEE THE MEDIA YOU KEEP SOMEWHERE, I'LL CLICK THE LINK THAT LEADS TO IT! Don't be such a "kiddie-cracker!"

"Kiddie-Crackers" are the ones who 'bling-up' their profiles. Oh, don't get me wrong; we all have a little-bit of 'kiddie-cracker' inside--learning little pieces of code that the real hackers discover and putting the code-pieces into our webspaces so all the other non-hackers will think we must be more-"connected"--but REALLY most kiddie-crackers are barely even 'connected' enough to find the "on"-switch.

So, if your profile is blinged-up like a jewel-encrusted rock; I'm sure it's nice, but I'm not going to add it. (How many jewel-encrusted rocks do you put in your wallet?)

And sure; MySpace plays some videos and music, just like we'd see/hear in the background if we met you face-to-face. But--if I ever meet Lucas or Spielberg or Tarantino--I would be very turned-off to that super-genius film-maker's work if he saw me, opened his briefcase and started playing his latest blockbuster before he even said "Hi"!

"But," I'm sure you might protest, "Some of your friends have profiles that are way 'blinged-up!' Why are you friends with them and not other 'blinged up'-'add requesters'?

Well, add-requesting a MySpace-member like "befriending a king," except--in the king's case--you have to catch him in a good mood. A MySpacer's mood is generally-welcoming, but you have to mind the moods of their browser-programs!

For instance, my entire system is 19.9 gigabytes, and--while that may sound 'fast'--it's not fast enough to handle a history full of the memory-wasters 'media heavies' put in their profiles.

(The 'media heavies' I do have on my friend-list either met- and befriended-me without using their profiles, or added the heavy media after we met!)