My good Myspace buddy Tom just posted a global message to bands assuring us that our players would recommence automatic playing asap once a bug has been ironed out. Great, I thought, my chance to share some thoughts on the mattter:

hi tom its good that the player doesn't play automatically as this can be irritating. i normally stop it immediately on most pages it may not sit well with people who just want to increase their plays counter. but i think real people prefer to choose whether they listen to the music, why not leave the choice with the user? hope this feedback helps cheers rich

I get fed up hearing really bad music again and again on myspace, even 3 or 4 seconds of it as I scramble to stop the player. If someone has recommended I listen, of course I'll hear 'em out, but if i'm there for another reason then I'd like to choose when I listen. Anyway, dear old buddy old friend Tom aint interested in my feedback... I can't comment him, or send him a message as he's disabled these functions on his profile. I guess when you have 207617155 and counting friends it all becomes a wee bit overwhelming.