Comments on: The Slow Death of a Social Network

By: mrfixit

mrfixit — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:13:49 +0000

Facebook and Myspace exists because there is no more AOL in 2010. Idiots need a place to go.

By: mrfixit

mrfixit — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:10:10 +0000

social networks have been around since day 1 of the Web. They are nothing new. why is there so much media brainwashing over this? so theres a new way to social network thanks to Ryze. big deal? most people dont even know Ryze started this latest wave many years ago. geocities was a social network, tripod was a social network, blackplanet was a social network. so was aol hometown, so was xanga, then came ryze, then friendster. then myspace. nothing has changed. everyone migrates from network to network. no aol? go to friendster. friendster is too slow? go to myspace. this is all just BS. facebook will be dead in a few years like the rest and something new will replace it because people move around to the next cool thing. this is how it's been since day 1 but it is evolving.

By: param

param — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:58:34 +0000

difficult for myspace to catchup unless they do something revolutionary. there is also the 'internet fatigue' issue here. if I am spending X number of hours on site A, then I am too fatigued to try out site B, UNLESS there is something substantial in site B.

maybe MySpace should offer share of revenues generated from advertising on MY page. I work hard to maintain my page/profile, upload pictures, post interesting tidbits, comments etc, and FB/MySpace makes all the money? its like a producer taking all the money and not paying the film crew. that could change the social media networks compete. share revenues with users.

By: Molly Harper

Molly Harper — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:14:16 +0000

I love being able to listen to the music on Myspace, but I have completely given up trying to connect with my friends there. The mechanism is just too unwieldy.

Another problem with Myspace is the user interface is trashed by allowing each person to apply a template to their site, and upload tons of images, videos, etc..to the point where it is unmanageable. The Facebook interface, for the most part, is clean and loads quickly.

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:13:30 +0000

My real world anecdotal evidence for 25-35 year old demo is that myspace is so unpopular you are made fun of if you mention it--Similar to having an @aol email address. No one has a problem with Twitter, FB, and LinkedIn.

I can't name a single friend that still uses myspace, but almost EVERYONE I know uses FB. A few use Twitter, and a few use LinkedIn. I'm on LI, even though I consider it to be mostly useless and only log in about once every 3 months.

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:10:00 +0000

LinkedIn is not a daily stop for anyone I know that isn't in Marketing or HR. It's just not useful or fun. Classmates.com is a well-known scam site, so it shouldn't even be mentioned in this conversation.

Twitter is most useful for people with smartphones (it was born for mobile use after all), and they aren't mainstream yet, so I wouldn't expect it to compare to a regular web-based social network.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:06:05 +0000

@Bavaruab,

I don't disagree with your assertions, except MySpace hasn't met their demise. Plus MySpace is much bigger than LinkedIn, Classmates.com, and Twitter. So my point on MySpace's maturity stands.

By: David

David — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:23:47 +0000

With regards to some earlier comments re: FB, I've noticed fewer friends using it over the past year or so. I'm not certain of the reason, and am aware that it's anecdotal evidence but I'd be curious to see the numbers.

On a slightly different tangent, I know some people who've setup multiple accounts so they can play Farmville and other games more effectively.

By: Phil Simon

Phil Simon — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:43:06 +0000

Well, Om, I've never seen you act, but you're probably right.

Do you think that MySpace management just got complacent? What, if anything, can MySpace do to resurrect its magic?

By: Troy

Troy — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:57:03 +0000

"fundamental underlying technologies"...C'mon. Get off the horse!