I just spent the last 30-45 minutes going through my notifications on MyYearbook — I had 15 pages of notifications about “high-fives,” “gold stars,” “stickers,” cookie-cutter “flirts” and such there.

Rather than trying to respond to about 600 such messages, I simply decided to delete anything from a “VIP Club” member.

Doing that, I cut it down from 15 pages to two pages.

I just don’t get the “VIP” thing there, and I don’t see myself whipping out the plastic to join up. If that’s what it’s all about — loading up your “Friends’” inboxes with messages — well . . . . I’m there to meet real people. The online flirting gig only works for a little bit — I need and want the real thing — face-to-face, in-person contact.

Here’s the basics of the “VIP Club” and here are the details.

So basically, what MyYearbook’s VIP Club offers are more opportunities to fill up the inboxes of your “Friends” across the country with “flirts,” “gold stars,” etc., usually with a “HIT ME BACK,” “RTF PLZ” message attached. Thanks but no thanks to that plan.

And here I was thinking that at least 98 percent of the “Battles” there (where you can put your picture against someone else’s, and others vote on which one is better ^[1]) were inane . . .

Due to this, I’m considering dumping anyone with the little “VIP” icon under their picture link from my “Friends” list.

If that doesn’t work, what’s my reason to stay on MyYearbook?

I probably won’t delete my profile there. I’ll just go inactive for the most part, checking in maybe once a month if that — like I do with Myspace at present.

NOTES

1. Apparently, there’s a whole sort of ethics and such about who to vote for or against in the “Battles” there, concerning loyalties, favors granted and requested, etc., etc. More on that in a separate blog post.