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Sunday, September 10, 2006

I spent an hour

trying to sign onto My Space, since it's supposedly a good way to connect people. I thought it might be good for my family. After a lot of glitches and frustration, I still don't have an account, although it does recognise my e-mail as one in use. I just can't get beyond the sign up process, which breaks down when it asks you to invite friends. It just keeps giving an error, whether you skip the step or try to invite someone. It's not a known issue according to the Frequently Asked Questions, but it was also freezing up my browser so when I tried to e-mail them about it, it just would not work.

So, frankly, boo, hiss. I have better things to do than deal with buggy systems. I'll stick with separate services like Blogger and Flickr and leave the family networking to Yahoo!Groups. They don't seem to have trouble with functionality, and they're really good about addressing problems and announcing issues.

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