i have to admit that myspace's habit of arbitrarily blocking sites without any explanation or warning often makes me nervous.
Sandy
· 2 years ago
"often makes me nervous?" ..really?
lil T
· 2 years ago
I have a different out look...I think myspace should block ALL and only the Tracking sites/trackers!...So many people are un aware of the possible viruses, hacks, and scams with these so called tracker codes put into your profile. They work for a short time then usually start getting wacky and do not work. Myspace is a PUBLIC site! Of course you are going to get be that are browsing and look at your profile....I'am sure you have done the same. If you don't want random veiws or even frequent veiws then put your profile on PRIVATE!!! and RESPECT PEOPLE'S CHOICES to be PRIVATE!!! They'll get bored if it remains on private and stop looking!....IMAGINE THAT!
Who cares who looks anyway? what is up with all these paranoid obsessed people who want to know!?
If it was anybody worth anything, don't you think they would have the balls to leave you a message?....
If they don't who cares!!!!! Even if it is your ex!!
Jon
· 1 year ago
As a matter of fact, I can easily identify any myspace user who comes to my page, visits my bulletins, or that I send mail. Instead of wasting 100s of dollars, like thousands of others, to find out that you have been scammed, send me an email for the real thing. Cost is $50US. jc1engineer@gmail.com
Indimingle
· 2 years ago
I don't know about it making me nervous but I do think that they are no preventing an open eco-system that encourages their site for use as a platform. Or maybe they just don't like companies piggy-backing off of them as a "distribution channel".
Michael
· 2 years ago
Myspace is now going the Friendster way . Friendster did exactly the same thing when it deleted some accounts of some people whom they thought were fakesters. Everyone knows what happened to Friendsters traffic after that. The objective of social networking sites is the freedom and the integration of various add on which we call the long tail . I wonder how long with MySpace allow such kind of double standards. What next ..? banning Myspace widgets like MySpace Comments and glitter Graphics ? MySpace is losing touch with the very reasons responsible for its Meteoric Rise.
Quiet E.
· 2 years ago
I'd rather they'd block something than delete my account though.
David
· 2 years ago
For the love of Christ Pete...don't scare me like this :) I certainly appreciate the coverage, but when I do my morning web site rounds and I see that my own has been blocked...not good.
For the record, you are correct in that "trakzor.com" was blocked by MySpace. However, that occurred many, many months ago. Ever since, we have been using alternate URL aliases and MySpace has more-less been okay with our existence. In fact, they actually unblocked "trakzor" in messages and perhaps even bulletins a while back. Hopefully they realize Trakzor does in fact serve a legitimate purpose and provides an additional layer of security for MySpacers. If so, we plan to be around for a while.
Top notch blog, but please...no more scares.
Susan
· 2 years ago
I am unable to log on to the trakzor.com website for about a week. Are you still there? It still seems to be tracking on my myspace page as the logo is still there. But the search says it's a "bad request" and to check my internet connection. What am i doing wrong?
Vic
· 1 year ago
I've been using Trakzor successfully for several months, however it stopped working a couple of days ago. Now when I copy my trakzor profile code in to MySpace I see it there, but when I save it it automatically changes to a completely different code (msplinks code). Is there any way to fix this or is this MySpace's way of blocking it?
Pete Cashmore
· 2 years ago
David,
Hehe. I think Kelvin at Mashable Labs noticed the disappearance of the Trakzor.com URLs in the monthly report. I'll let him know that you're just using different URL aliases.
Rick Burns
· 2 years ago
David,
What's the best way to get in contact with you? Couldn't find advertisment information on your website.
ClustrMaps Team
· 2 years ago
Also, note that ClustrMaps is NOT 'permanently banned'... it's just that we use a dynamic PHP-style address for our widget (i.e. ... .php?url=X) which we believe is deemed by MySpace to serve up potentially 'uknown' or 'dynamic' content. In fact, we don't entirely blame them for being cautious, so when we switch to a static JPG image (stay tuned) we aim to be 'back in their good books'!!
By the way, Mashable totally rocks... excellent, timely, and informative stuff!
-CJ
Pete Cashmore
· 2 years ago
ClustrMaps,
OK, we'll hold these reports from Mashable Labs in future until we have all the details in.
will do. I often lose messages in the shuffle, but I'll make a note to look for yours.
bunnyhero
· 2 years ago
when i say it makes me nervous, i mean as a widget developer. i don't think that was clear in my original comment :)
as for dynamic php-style addresses in embedded content (be it image or otherwise), i've had to get around that kind of thing using url rewriting on the server side (so something like /widget/parm-parm-parm.png gets converted internally to /widget.php?parm&parm&parm). it's not just myspace that does this, i think, but i honestly don't remember where else i ran into this...
bunnyhero
· 2 years ago
riiiiiight...
LEILA
· 2 years ago
HEY HOE
leila,
· 2 years ago
Greeting, baby, why, be offended, .My, favorite, you, .
kimberly
· 2 years ago
hey
Lary
· 2 years ago
Do you know if they blocked out stalkertrack.com I heard it is the only myspace tracker that tracks even people that aren't members of its service.
Mikey
· 2 years ago
He's SUING MySpace because he can't use his... whatever. What judge wouldn't toss this one?
Complete dumb-ass.
MySpace can do whatever the hell it wants to and if anybody doesn't like it, they aren't forced at gunpoint to join.
NJM
· 2 years ago
Myspace is now requiring people to change their password and is warning Trakzor my be Phishing.
hey! i used myspace stalker track for a few days until the shut it down.. They said to totally delete it out of my space to prevent errors etc...to delete my "network" stuff which the codes were hidden in... but my space wont let me edit or add that section any more!!! wat do i do??? coz im getting errors.. thanx
alma
· 2 years ago
i signed up for trakzor via myspace and within minutes my account had been "phished" since then, i've read a heck of a hot of shady things about trakzor and a lot of people think this is what happens: you sign up and then it asks you to sign back into myspace by displaying a log in screen. the log in screen is FAKE though and it's only there to get your login info. now trakzor has it and they can start spamming all of your friends. not only that, but since most dummies use the same password for their email, sometimes they can log into your hotmail or gmail or whatever and start sending emails from "you" to retrieve passwords and log in as you to sites like ebay, paypal, etc... and STEAL your account info. i was so mad i fell for it. luckily i realized it soon enough to change everything. dave blames myspace for "becoming like friendster" when in fact it is not myspace or friensters fault at ALL, but rather all of the pathetic scam artists with nothing better to do with their time than try to steal from other people. BAD karma!
my space my account was blocked last thurday. someone used emule program to do or this one. i want them punished its evil. tom from myspace i hope they serve time in prison.
melissa
· 2 years ago
punished hackers. my account was blocked
Ryan
· 2 years ago
Someone left me a comment that like put all of my other comments in a little white box. All the comments after that one can be seen, but the one's before can't. Oh and it won't let me delete it.
Justin
· 2 years ago
Myspace is fucking stupid, stop blocking stuff, also unblock thiscrush.com I mean seriously I have a myspace, and they block a lot of stuff for NO REASON, fuck of myspace
Lisa
· 2 years ago
I am having the same problem. What is goin on? Does anyone know of another program that does the same thing as Trakzor. Maybe I'll use that instead and delete Trakzor.
bria
· 1 year ago
what the fuck are you people talking about..this is bullshit..how the fuck do you get on myspace at school????????DDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMIITTTTTTTTTT
doubtfire
· 1 year ago
I read your comment about certain things being blocked by myspace and other sites. Sorry but I don't agree with you. I have every right to know who comes to my page. It is MY profile and if I choose to have some kind of tracking device on it it, that is my choice. Myspace has no right to decide what is right and what isn't for MY profile. As long as it isn't pornographic, obscene, or offensive what is it to myspace? I think they need to worry more about those that wish to have filth on their pages and not about whether I have a tracking device on it.
sunshine
· 1 year ago
hell yes i agree
Vic
· 1 year ago
I just posted a question about Trakzor being blocked but I think I posted it in the wrong place. Is anyone else having a problem with your trakzor code automatically being changed when you save it in MySpace?
All Comments
Myspace is a PUBLIC site! Of course you are going to get be that are browsing and look at your profile....I'am sure you have done the same. If you don't want random veiws or even frequent veiws then put your profile on PRIVATE!!! and RESPECT PEOPLE'S CHOICES to be PRIVATE!!!
They'll get bored if it remains on private and stop looking!....IMAGINE THAT!
Who cares who looks anyway? what is up with all these paranoid obsessed people who want to know!?
If it was anybody worth anything, don't you think they would have the balls to leave you a message?....
If they don't who cares!!!!! Even if it is your ex!!
For the record, you are correct in that "trakzor.com" was blocked by MySpace. However, that occurred many, many months ago. Ever since, we have been using alternate URL aliases and MySpace has more-less been okay with our existence. In fact, they actually unblocked "trakzor" in messages and perhaps even bulletins a while back. Hopefully they realize Trakzor does in fact serve a legitimate purpose and provides an additional layer of security for MySpacers. If so, we plan to be around for a while.
Top notch blog, but please...no more scares.
Hehe. I think Kelvin at Mashable Labs noticed the disappearance of the Trakzor.com URLs in the monthly report. I'll let him know that you're just using different URL aliases.
What's the best way to get in contact with you? Couldn't find advertisment information on your website.
By the way, Mashable totally rocks... excellent, timely, and informative stuff!
-CJ
OK, we'll hold these reports from Mashable Labs in future until we have all the details in.
Go ahead and send me a message on my myspace, if possible. It's http://www.myspace.com/flikzor.
If this doesn't work for you, an email to
t r i n t i u m - a ---- t - g m a i l dot c o m
will do. I often lose messages in the shuffle, but I'll make a note to look for yours.
as for dynamic php-style addresses in embedded content (be it image or otherwise), i've had to get around that kind of thing using url rewriting on the server side (so something like /widget/parm-parm-parm.png gets converted internally to /widget.php?parm&parm&parm). it's not just myspace that does this, i think, but i honestly don't remember where else i ran into this...
Complete dumb-ass.
MySpace can do whatever the hell it wants to and if anybody doesn't like it, they aren't forced at gunpoint to join.
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www.myspacetracker.blogspot.com
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I mean seriously I have a myspace, and they block a lot of stuff for NO REASON, fuck of myspace