Comments on: Can MySpace be Beaten?

By: DJ Graham

DJ Graham — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:57:40 +0000

actually although myspace may seem unstoppable other super sites such as youtube ,neopets, and sketch have huge amounts of members although people may think that one website will eventually take myspace on my theory is that other super sites will be atracking the eye of millions myspace, i doubt, will ever go away

By: shane johns

shane johns — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:42:51 +0000

i dont think you understand my space cant be beating anyone who disagrees were be destroyed and determined to enjoy myspace why it is still available

By: blogger

blogger — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:53:23 +0000

My Space isn’t past the finish line yet..
if something similar comes that does not have log in problems and posting problems..
It will slowly replace MySpace.
So far I like the freedom there… tp personlaize my page and say what I like with privacy…
but it is not worth trading off reliability.
Some of my military firends were only contactable there recently and now their faith is ill repaired.. I cannot post the location for a reunion event in time for all to attend…

I can’t contact family (lucky we happen to have each other’s phone numbers)
and now to add injury.. my personal profile suddenly became full public!
My blog/journels was not for any but firends! lucky I don’t do anything too wild!

so for me?
MySpace sucks!

By: da king

da king — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:38:07 +0000

hey sign me up…

By: cupcake

cupcake — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:45:00 +0000

why is everyone tallking trash about myspace?!? wht is so bad about it?

By: Rammer

Rammer — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:26:39 +0000

The next generation of social networking is far beyond Myspace and Facebook. You will hear much more about this new generation of social networking in the near future, lead exclusively by Colonies.com.

By: Finn

Finn — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:39:01 +0000

we could just kill tom, i think myspace might get a bit bummed then

By: Chief

Chief — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:01:28 +0000

My Space does have some limitations. Flash animations ie. .swf files normally uploaded through code is not a supported function. No flash animations can appear in a My Space blog post, comment or user profile. Yet there are several Flash Groups in the My Space network where discussion and upload of flash .swf appear. The absence of Flash in profiles etc. is hotly discussed by disgruntled users in My Space Groups also. Blogs such as Blogger support flash .swf posts (and many others do too) but don't have the many other functions of My Space - mp3's, networking, messaging etc.

My Space has My Music, My Video, My Film but no My Animation or My WebToons for example. It is a glaring oversight that leaves the social networking market open to any one who can match My space functionalities combined with showcasing independant Flash works.

Ideal for Adobe/Macromedia to jump into social networking market?

By: arvind s grover

arvind s grover — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 06:04:19 +0000

Working with young people, MySpace is completely a social circle that many teens in my school choose to participate in. There are all kinds of power dynamics being played out with how many friends you have, who they are, who is in your top 8, who has left you comments (and how many), and how many people have commented on your photos (i.e. how much attention are they getting).

For now, like any fad (read: Uggs, iPods, Sidekicks, etc), MySpace is a must have for those teens. There is no doubt that another site/service will grab their attention soon.

It has never been about the tool, but about the behavior that occur as a result.

More thoughts at http://www.21apples.org

By: Dheeraj

Dheeraj — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:51:01 +0000

I think more specialized communities will spring up just like the specialized communities around message boards.

By: Robert Young

Robert Young — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:42:08 +0000

Thanks for the great comments. As much as I’d like to provide my perspective to each one, I’m going to hold off as I hope the second part of this post will answer most.

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:24:44 +0000

pwb, I agree with you but would take your statements a step further — time itself will beat MySpace. No one can stay on top forever. Why we have this idea of a perpetual corporation, I don’t know. It seems to me that every business, no matter how big, should have some sort of exit plan. You might last 100 days, you might last 100 years, but eventually you will be done.

By: pwb

pwb — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:21:45 +0000

I have no doubt that someone will eventually topple MySpace. Once the cool kids or your friends find the next, the better, the cooler or more likely, just the different service, you’ll move in an instant.

The viral strength is grossly over-stated.

However, it is *not* the players that set out to “beat MySpace” that will be successfull. It will be something out of left field, like YouTube.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:54:20 +0000

eric, you make a good point. i think as we grow older, i.e. move up in the fruit food chain, we tend to be set in our ways and less likely to flit-from one place to another.

i think one of the best social network i have seen is that of facebook, which is evolving in terms of the people it represents. it has barriers to entry, and has some sort of a “velvet rope” concept going for it, and should do well as their demographic ages, leaves college etc.

lets see how it all plans out.

By: wireless

wireless — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:37:55 +0000

According to ComScrore, for the month of January MySpace had 36m unique visitors. This is the leading independent ratings angency - not News Corp numbers. This makes it the 8th largest site in the U.S. Friendster, at its peak I think was about 1m unique visitors. To say that teens are fickle because Friendster burned out is absurd, its network was 1/36th the size. And I don’t know why people think News Corp has a heavy hand, their reputation is to give tremendous autonomy to their divisions.

By: Greg Yardley's Internet Blog

Greg Yardley's Internet Blog — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:49:00 +0000

Subway observation

Three teenage girls - white, affluent-looking, and I’m going to say 15 years old - jam their way onto the subway around 103rd St. Typical morning, except I was iPod-less. So I got to hear their conversation, which was also typical - catty popular-cl…