At some point (I think recently) I updated my MyBlogLog profile which included updating several other services. Yes, this is basically the same thing you do at FriendFeed. And this is one of the common themes about social media that bothers me: updating your profile in a number of locations. I’ve discussed this in that past. The thing I find most bothersome about this though is that I forgot I did this, I did not recall that I updated some of my services such as Delicious and Twitter within MyBlogLog profile. My fault, of course, but bothersome nonetheless. Most bothersome is that I wouldn’t have remembered at all that my data was being collected over at MyBlogLog except for the fact that one of my Google alerts picked it up.
Now let’s get to why I am upset. There is no way to remove the services from MyBlogLog (and if there is I can’t seem to find it). There is only a way to update and add services to your account, and there is a way to stop data collection altogether. I now find that there is no method to have my data collecting stop for one particular service. That simply is not realistic in a world where there are so many social media services that one could have updated their profile with. Okay, end of vent but I find this quite problematic not to mention not user-centric.
Anyone know how to have MyBlogLog stop data collecting a particular service? If there is and I’m missing it, I’ll be happy to update this post with it.
UPDATE: There is a way to remove the service. Here are the instructions: Public updates are also available to third parties via an RSS feed of your profile as well as the MyBlogLog API. To prevent information from any particular online service(s) from being displayed, simply remove your screen name(s).
SIDE NOTE: Even though there is a method, see my comment below, I still find the removing the service unintuitive. You have to remove your screen name and then click in the window again for the change to take effect. Would rather they used standard profile management practice with a submit button.
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