How to Make Your MySpace Profile Less Ugly

I've been on MySpace for the past two years and one of my biggest pet peeves about the website has nothing to do with the website itself, it has to do with the horrendous designing that 85% of the people on MySpace try to force us to digest.

Do you commit any of the following crimes?

background images that make any text practically unreadable

This should be common sense, but it is quite prevalent on MySpace these days. About half of the profiles I see either have some annoying background color or image that makes the text practically unreadable! What is the point? If you don't want people to read what's on your profile, then why even have text there at all? Well, in reality, half of the people on MySpace genuinely want to read your profile, so maybe you're not losing many fans. However, it is still one of the most annoying things on MySpace. Here's a rule to follow - if I have to highlight any of the text to read what it says, choose something different!

50 million annoying surveys that nobody cares about or even reads

Do you actually read those surveys on other profiles? Nobody cares what sexual position you are or what My Chemical Romance band member you are most likely to date. Other than being pretentious and self-serving, they take way too much time to scroll through. If I have to scroll for at least 10 seconds to add a comment to your annoying page, I won't. And, also, will probably not add you to begin with. This isn't junior high and you're not making an immature scrap book for some history project that you failed in the first place. If you feel it is absolutely important to know which sex toy you are, just leave it at that and don't post anymore. There's only so much meaningless drivel one person can take.

profile pictures that are cartoon characters or celebrities

If you're Angelina Jolie or Hello Kitty in real life, then this does not apply to you. Everyone else - please stop! I'd rather see no profile picture than some copyright violation that looks nothing like you to begin with. Apparently you didn't read the warning on the photo upload page that says that your account will be deleted if you do this. Obviously, they don't enforce this like they should, but it's still as annoying.

more than 4 videos on your profile

Again, annoying! In some cases they all start playing at the same time, too! Not only do they take up a lot of space, but they also make your design look ugly. If I want to see Family Guy or South Park cartoons, I will steal them off YouTube, just like everybody else. One is normal. Two is okay. Three is neurotic. Four is obsessive. Five is totally unacceptable.

anything that crashes my browser or take an hour to load

If you have to be warned against doing this, then you probably have a lot more problems than a friends list that refuses to click on your profile. If you want to keep your friends, remove the offending scripts and you will certainly have a better looking profile.Committing one of these crimes is forgivable, but if you do more than one of these on your profile, the chances that your friends think you're an idiot are pretty high. The good news for you is that there is an easy way to fix it - delete the problems. You probably don't care what I think, but you might care what your friends or future stalker thinks.

Delete the crap. Become a beautiful MySpace flower.