I had to point out the irony of the latest Myspace newsletter announcing the all-new Myspace profile editor. Back in the early days, people quickly figured that a bug in the Myspace templates allowed one to change fonts colors and layouts easily, which led to the riotous visual and aural assault one has come to expect from the venerable social networking giant. Many websites exist that will customize your profile with whatever eye candy you want, from illicit rap lyrics to porn starlets to an iPod.
I was not impressed with the before and after views of Tom’s profile, only the background colors of the page have changed.
But wait, there are theme, or skins, to choose from. The featured theme is of course a tie-into a movie, the Fantastic Four. The other one is for Die Hard. That’s it? The profile editor is officially in beta, a known excuse to roll out a feature or functionality before it’s ready. Hopefully Myspace will add more themes soon, otherwise you’re just giving free promotion to a movie you haven’t even seen yet.
The Myspace profile support page is full of tutorials to further customize your crazy-cool personalized profile.
