Comments on: Social Media: A Tool For Writers http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2007/10/07/social-media-a-tool-for-writers/ Tools and Trade Secrets for Aspiring Writers Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:37:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom Colvin http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2007/10/07/social-media-a-tool-for-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-4745 Tom Colvin Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:27:11 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2007/10/07/social-media-a-tool-for-writers/#comment-4745 That's a very interesting strategy, Jeremy. Personally, I'd just turned my back on MySpace. Your suggestion may take me back into the place. That’s a very interesting strategy, Jeremy. Personally, I’d just turned my back on MySpace. Your suggestion may take me back into the place.

]]> By: Jeremy Osborne http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2007/10/07/social-media-a-tool-for-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-4732 Jeremy Osborne Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:23:15 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2007/10/07/social-media-a-tool-for-writers/#comment-4732 Myspace has become the push-advertising of the century, bombarding users with constant, unasked for, and often disgusting advertising. But, there's a bit of sanity that can be regained when using Myspace. * Surf with Mozilla Firefox * Go to myspace.com * Anytime you see a pure piece of advertising, right click on it * In the context menu that pops up, mouse down the menu to "Block images from [insert domain here]" * After enough domain blocking, myspace becomes an almost peaceful place to visit. * CAVEAT: Be careful which domains you block. If you do happen to block something important, navigate your menus in this order: Tools -> Options -> Content -> Click the Exceptions button next to "Load Images Automatically" -> In the pop-up modular window, remove the domain you accidentally added. Viola, images return. Myspace has become the push-advertising of the century, bombarding users with constant, unasked for, and often disgusting advertising. But, there’s a bit of sanity that can be regained when using Myspace.

* Surf with Mozilla Firefox
* Go to myspace.com
* Anytime you see a pure piece of advertising, right click on it
* In the context menu that pops up, mouse down the menu to “Block images from [insert domain here]”
* After enough domain blocking, myspace becomes an almost peaceful place to visit.
* CAVEAT: Be careful which domains you block. If you do happen to block something important, navigate your menus in this order:

Tools -> Options -> Content -> Click the Exceptions button next to “Load Images Automatically” -> In the pop-up modular window, remove the domain you accidentally added. Viola, images return.

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