Comments on: Is this the beginning of the end for Myspace? http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace Daily Inspiration For Bloggers Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:12:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: Zardonic http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-22079 Zardonic Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:20:18 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-22079 Well I'm not sure of that. What is annoying about MySpace is the fact it's full of spammers, but in all honesty as a musician, all I wanted was a site that allowed me to get a page up quick and easy, and MySpace just did that, so can't complain. I'm still hoping MySpace will endure because it's the best alternative I've had so far. Never had so many visits on any website ever since I registered on MySpace. Well I’m not sure of that. What is annoying about MySpace is the fact it’s full of spammers, but in all honesty as a musician, all I wanted was a site that allowed me to get a page up quick and easy, and MySpace just did that, so can’t complain.

I’m still hoping MySpace will endure because it’s the best alternative I’ve had so far. Never had so many visits on any website ever since I registered on MySpace.

]]> By: JamminJustin http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-18117 JamminJustin Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:22:04 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-18117 Myspaces Demise for me anyways has come at the end of the Spring of 2009. Just because nobody logs on any longer and for that matter talks. To me, there is no need to keep logging into a site every day to see no status updates at all! So for me Myspace has been cut back from every day to every week and soon even more than that due to the lack of anything going on at the site. For me i can understand why Facebook would be following down the same path as Myspace. Adding ridiculous things such as apps and opinion polls that clog up ones news feed really starts to annoy some of the users and sends them packing as well. I don't have a Twitter and see no need for it. I have no time to be reading about how Sally's Lunch was great today. to me i find that ridiculous and a complete waste of my own time. therefore i don't have a Twitter and still refuse to join this ridiculous trend. What i would like to see out of a social network is a few core principles. -The Ability to see Feeds about people that I Really care about and not about people i have added just because i know them. -The ability to let your friends know what your doing that is meaningful and easy for them to see. -The ability to comment them and talk to them almost like e-mail. -The option to opt out of apps completely! Thats what i want in a social network site. Not this ridiculousness that seems to have engulfed Myspace a year ago and What seems to be the same disease eating away at Facebook. Myspaces Demise for me anyways has come at the end of the Spring of 2009. Just because nobody logs on any longer and for that matter talks. To me, there is no need to keep logging into a site every day to see no status updates at all! So for me Myspace has been cut back from every day to every week and soon even more than that due to the lack of anything going on at the site.

For me i can understand why Facebook would be following down the same path as Myspace. Adding ridiculous things such as apps and opinion polls that clog up ones news feed really starts to annoy some of the users and sends them packing as well.

I don’t have a Twitter and see no need for it. I have no time to be reading about how Sally’s Lunch was great today. to me i find that ridiculous and a complete waste of my own time. therefore i don’t have a Twitter and still refuse to join this ridiculous trend.

What i would like to see out of a social network is a few core principles.
-The Ability to see Feeds about people that I Really care about and not about people i have added just because i know them.
-The ability to let your friends know what your doing that is meaningful and easy for them to see.
-The ability to comment them and talk to them almost like e-mail.
-The option to opt out of apps completely!

Thats what i want in a social network site. Not this ridiculousness that seems to have engulfed Myspace a year ago and What seems to be the same disease eating away at Facebook.

]]> By: Busted Keys http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-18068 Busted Keys Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:40:06 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-18068 although MySpace should have learned to evolve, their inception wasn't ever really about monetization and therefore their hiring practices were reflected just as poorly. still i have to give them credit for creating an experiment going into the turn of this internet age. until they rise up from their identity crisis however, MySpace is a misnomer. it should be called AdSpace. although MySpace should have learned to evolve, their inception wasn’t ever really about monetization and therefore their hiring practices were reflected just as poorly. still i have to give them credit for creating an experiment going into the turn of this internet age. until they rise up from their identity crisis however, MySpace is a misnomer. it should be called AdSpace.

]]> By: Tarryn http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-18024 Tarryn Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:07:32 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-18024 PS. You are the inspiration behind my new blog http://hamiltonsappetite.com if I had not read your blog I would have never thought a blog would be worth my time. It was a day later after reading your blog that I was thinking to myself (sitting in a restaurant I love wishing I could tell people how great their food is) what could I write about.. what could my blog be about? .. and then it hit me! I could tell people about all the great restaurants I love! So Thank you! You made me a startup blogger! Please let me know if there is something I should/shouldn't be doing with my blog. Your faithful reader Tarryn Thornton AKA Hamilton's Appetite PS. You are the inspiration behind my new blog http://hamiltonsappetite.com if I had not read your blog I would have never thought a blog would be worth my time. It was a day later after reading your blog that I was thinking to myself (sitting in a restaurant I love wishing I could tell people how great their food is) what could I write about.. what could my blog be about? .. and then it hit me! I could tell people about all the great restaurants I love!

So Thank you! You made me a startup blogger! Please let me know if there is something I should/shouldn’t be doing with my blog.

Your faithful reader
Tarryn Thornton AKA Hamilton’s Appetite

]]> By: Tarryn http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-18023 Tarryn Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:02:16 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-18023 I've been telling everyone for forever that myspace was over.. it's definitly news to me that Facebook is traveling close behind though... a sad thought for me. I’ve been telling everyone for forever that myspace was over.. it’s definitly news to me that Facebook is traveling close behind though… a sad thought for me.

]]> By: Ashley Cooper http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-17877 Ashley Cooper Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:08:44 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-17877 Despite making no real profit, sites like Twitter tend to get acquired by the big names eventually e.g Google. YouTube, as far as I know, still makes no profit, at least not a significant one. Yet it continues to grow and grow. Interesting really. Despite making no real profit, sites like Twitter tend to get acquired by the big names eventually e.g Google. YouTube, as far as I know, still makes no profit, at least not a significant one. Yet it continues to grow and grow. Interesting really.

]]> By: ex-underdogblogger http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-17868 ex-underdogblogger Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:11:13 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-17868 so what do you think myspace management should have done to keep their employees? so what do you think myspace management should have done to keep their employees?

]]> By: Kristoffer Nolgren http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-17867 Kristoffer Nolgren Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:47:25 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-17867 Something we "web-people" often forget is that there is a big difference between a good website and a good company. Users are an important thing in a web company, absolutely crucial, but if you can't figure out how to convert theese users, there isn't much point of them returning. Not twitter, nor facebook or any other company since the cellphone-industry, has figured out how to make money of of other peoples conversations, and the cellphone-model does not work on the internet. Before twitter can figure out how to make money, i wouldn't bet on their survival, nor facebooks. Something we “web-people” often forget is that there is a big difference between a good website and a good company. Users are an important thing in a web company, absolutely crucial, but if you can’t figure out how to convert theese users, there isn’t much point of them returning. Not twitter, nor facebook or any other company since the cellphone-industry, has figured out how to make money of of other peoples conversations, and the cellphone-model does not work on the internet.

Before twitter can figure out how to make money, i wouldn’t bet on their survival, nor facebooks.

]]> By: Upstarty http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-17866 Upstarty Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:01:44 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-myspace#comment-17866 Ashley, your observations are harsh, sobering, and spot on. You nailed why social networking as a whole is failing. It's incredibly confusing as to why these 'new' entrepreneurs continue to sink into oblivion. I mean, the history has already been written...Excite, AOL, Yahoo. While each, except Excite, are continuing to desperately hold onto some users, their numbers have staggeringly dropped. They have all devolved, as you said, into "click farms". Obviously, social networking is something that people want. But, every popular platform seems to devolve into a cess pool of spammers, grammatically challenged morons, and those that simply get tired of the latter two and leave. The golden crown still awaits a king of social networks. I believe that we've only seen the court jesters so far. Ashley, your observations are harsh, sobering, and spot on.

You nailed why social networking as a whole is failing. It’s incredibly confusing as to why these ‘new’ entrepreneurs continue to sink into oblivion. I mean, the history has already been written…Excite, AOL, Yahoo. While each, except Excite, are continuing to desperately hold onto some users, their numbers have staggeringly dropped. They have all devolved, as you said, into “click farms”.

Obviously, social networking is something that people want. But, every popular platform seems to devolve into a cess pool of spammers, grammatically challenged morons, and those that simply get tired of the latter two and leave.

The golden crown still awaits a king of social networks. I believe that we’ve only seen the court jesters so far.

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