HOLY MOTHER OF GOD

[you be betty]

It LOOKS like they deleted my Myspace.  I have no idea how this happened, or why.  But I am about to stab someone in the face right now...I have had that account for a year and a half, and had almost 600 friends (most of which i'll have a hell of a time tracking down again), and even ran a GROUP, with ACTUAL MESSAGE BOARDS where people posted about IMPORTANT THINGS, with like...almost 500 people.  
 
 AHHHHH!!!!

[you be betty]

Okay.  I JUST figured it out.  I got this e-mail, which reads exactly the following:
 
 Hello,
 
 Please note that you do not meet the required age limit as per MySpace.com's
 Terms of Service, or you have misrepresented your
 age on the MySpace.com system.
 We deleted your account because you have violated the Terms of Service.
 Do not create another account on MySpace.com until you reach the required age,
 or use the correct age on your profile if you are old enough to have an account.
 
 If you meet our required age limit, please sign up with your correct age.
 Thank you,
 MySpace
 
 
  ....I NEVER, EVER, THOUGHT THAT MY SARCASM IN FINDING IT HUMEROUS TO PUT MY AGE AS "92 YEARS OLD" WOULD ACTUALLY GET ME KICKED OFF A WEBSITE.  I am obviously NOT 92 years old, but it was CLEARLY a joke.  There are kids much younger than me on myspace, anyway.  I don't understand what the big deal is.  I also am curious as to why, all of a sudden, I got kicked off when there are thousands of people that do the same thing as me for their age.  It always makes me chuckle.  
 
 I hope my group at least lives on...gah.  We actually had a freakin' support system going on there.

[Joymonster]

Originally posted by you be betty:
  Okay.  I JUST figured it out.  I got this e-mail, which reads exactly the following:
 
 Hello,
 
 Please note that you do not meet the required age limit as per MySpace.com's
 Terms of Service, or you have misrepresented your
 age on the MySpace.com system.
 We deleted your account because you have violated the Terms of Service.
 Do not create another account on MySpace.com until you reach the required age,
 or use the correct age on your profile if you are old enough to have an account.
 
 If you meet our required age limit, please sign up with your correct age.
 Thank you,
 MySpace
 
 
  ....I NEVER, EVER, THOUGHT THAT MY SARCASM IN FINDING IT HUMEROUS TO PUT MY AGE AS "92 YEARS OLD" WOULD ACTUALLY GET ME KICKED OFF A WEBSITE.  I am obviously NOT 92 years old, but it was CLEARLY a joke.  There are kids much younger than me on myspace, anyway.  I don't understand what the big deal is.  I also am curious as to why, all of a sudden, I got kicked off when there are thousands of people that do the same thing as me for their age.  It always makes me chuckle.  
 
 I hope my group at least lives on...gah.  We actually had a freakin' support system going on there.

If you look like you're under 16 years of age and claim that you're significantly older than your looks, MySpace will delete your account eventually.

[chaz]

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[Frank Gallagher]

Isn't this a topic for the Balamory message board?

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
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Hahahahahaha... best response ever.

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  Isn't this a topic for the Balamory message board?

What's the story?
 
 
 Betty:  Maybe someone from the bboard narked on you to myspace admin?

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Hanover Fiste:
 Betty:  Maybe someone from the bboard narked on you to myspace admin?

(BadSushi)

[chaz]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by Hanover Fiste:
 Betty:  Maybe someone from the bboard narked on you to myspace admin?

(BadSushi) [/b]

You heartless bastard!

[kosmo vinyl]

post of the week

[MindCage]

Originally posted by Joymonster:
 If you look like you're under 16 years of age and claim that you're significantly older than your looks, MySpace will delete your account eventually.

What pervert gets that job to scan through profiles looking at underagers?
 
 MindCage
 Mindless Faith
 Deep6 Productions

[Arlette]

Here is what probably happened:  the other night MySpace was down and a message on the site said they were updating their database.  I bet that as part of that, they decided to get COPPA compliant (probably at the behest of their new owners).  
 
 COPPA is a law that states that any commercial website must verify the age of any member and if the member is under 13, they cannot register without parental permission.
 
 So, when a website asks for your birthdate, it's not just curiosity or demographics, it's the law.
 
 I bet MySpace ran a program showing them anyone under 13 or any nonsensical birth date (Betty's joke of 92) and then disabled the account, forcing them to re-register, in order to get compliant with COPPA.  Now that Viacom is involved and has deep pockets, I'm sure some corporate Viacom lawyer put the heat on MySpace so they don't get sued.  
 
 But, this is a just a guess. Maybe someone was just screwing around or MySpace just screwed something up.

[Jaguar]

Looks like you got snagged by a loophole within the MySpace rules:
 
 Q. Where do I report underage users?
   
 A. Users must be at least 14 to join. According to the TOS, if a user is under 18 and misrepresenting their age, the account may be deleted. If you have sighted a user under 14 years of age on MySpace.com, please contact us with the URL or friend ID number and we will remove it.
 
 Now, whether someone narced or if it was some lacky at MySpace, I haven't a clue. Haven't seen your group nor your profile but I would tend to think it was probably caught internally.
 
 It's a bitch for you, I fully understand, but I'm not going to get down on them soley because our legal system and freaked out sector of our society would often rather limit and censor everything to absurd proportions even for adults. It's just their way of trying to protect 'the children' so that we adults can play. Yes, I know you hate that term and idea. Believe me, I hate calling anyone past adolescence 'children' but that's the game that they are forced into playing if they want to stay online without getting even stricter for everyone. Plus, there are still a lot of sleazy people there and I do believe the site should do what they can within their means to restrict or make it very difficult for anyone under 18 to access. Call it a compromise if you wish.
 
 It's probably too late to revise your old account but what I would suggest, if you still want to play, open a new account but make sure you use your correct age.

[you be betty]

eh, yeah.  it just sucks.  
 
 you can be FOURTEEN to join myspace, and i'm almost sixteen.  typically, people who look at me think that i am anywhere between 18 and 22.  i think someone just either narced or they caught me, because i "misrepresented" my age by stating that i was 92 years old.  i was just trying to be cute.

[Jaguar]

Yeap, it does suck but here's the loophole.
 
 "...if a user is under 18 and misrepresenting their age, the account may be deleted."[/i]
 
 Quite simply, they were just covering their ass.
 
 There was probably something there that made your true age obvious be it honestly stated somewhere, current school or something else.
 
 I tend to doubt that anyone narced but could be wrong. I would like to know though how they scrutinize everyones profiles.