Hide Myspace Friends?
"I added some code for hiding my friends list on Myspace, but my ex-friend somehow got the whole list and sent it to me as proof. How did she do this? Isn't that a security problem on Myspace?"
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Hiding Your Myspace Friends List?
NEWS FLASH! A "hidden" friends list is not really hidden. If you view the source of the page, everything you thought was hidden is right there in the HTML code for your page. Try it... right-click on any Myspace profile page, select the View Source option, and it will open in a new text window.
It may take a bit of poking around in what looks like a jumble of computerese, but all the friends and links to their profiles are there. You can get to the right spot by doing a search in the code for "Friend Space".
If you paste the HTML/CSS code as shown below in the About Me section of your profile, you can turn off the display of the Friends list on the profile page. That makes it invisible to humans viewing the page with a web browser, but it doesn't actually remove anything from the page.
td.text td.text table table table,
td.text td.text table br,
td.text td.text table .orangetext15,
td.text td.text .redlink,
td.text td.text span.btext {display:none;}
td.text td.text table {background-color:transparent;}
td.text td.text table td,
td.text td.text table {height:0;padding:0;border:0;}
td.text td.text table table td {padding:3;}
td.text td.text table table br {display:inline;}
</style>
The "hide friends list" hack demonstrated above is not sanctioned by Myspace, and there's no guarantee it will work next week, next month or next year. If Myspace changes the structure or layout of the HTML code in user profiles, it could stop working, or even make something else invisible. So this is not a Myspace security issue. It would be nice if Myspace provided an option in the profile editor to hide or show the Friends list, but until that happens you'll have to use an unofficial hack like the one above, and live with a partial solution.
This underscores another point that I think many Myspace users don't quite understand. Your Myspace page is a public forum which can be viewed by anyone in the world, unless you make the profile private. It's not a place for one-to-one personal communication. And even if your page is private, the comments you post on other profiles may be public. If you have something personal to say, and you don't want it published for the whole world to see, use email or instant messaging instead.
Do you have any Myspace layout tips to share? Post your comments below...
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Is there a way to hide your friends list but keep your friends count posted? |
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Thank u cause I got to boyfriends and I just don't want one to know that I am cheating and one ma frist friend''Thanks'' |
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One way to get to comments and friend lists that have been hidden is changing the section of the URL that says viewprofile to viewfriends or viewcomments. |
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The easiest way to see someone's hidden friends is to view someone else's friends, and change the friend id number to the desired person's friend id. |
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hi there. im sure you know of the mozilla firefox trick to get past all the hidden stuff on someones myspace. well i came across a myspace that even that wouldn't work, he still had his friends and such hidden. he told me to put this "" in the who id like to meet section. it actually didn't work for me, but have you heard about this trick??? and if you want the link to his myspace, please ask, so you can see it for yourself. EDITOR'S NOTE: See earlier comments for more on this. The code is <NOEMBED> (no space in the middle). |
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dude i wana hid mi friends but show da top 28. |
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How can i hide my new friends list on myspace? |
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I have someone on myspace that won leave me alone. Can I hide my page to make it look like I have closed it to people who are not on my friends list. Myspace wont help me. EDITOR'S NOTE: Have you made your page private? That should prevent non-friends from posting on your page. |
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It is VERY possible and very easy to read Someones Comments on myspace and veiw there friends ETC. When all of it is hidden. Its simple. If they rally want to read them. Then thers really no preventing it. There are Numourous ways to do so. EDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks for the helpful information! I'll be sure to let you know if I have any other questions. |
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If you are looking at someones page in the middle of the url adress it says viewprofile. Change it to viewfriends. EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, this will show you the list of friends, but it will not work for private profiles. |
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