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MySpace cleans up profile layouts (also, MySpace still exists)
Is this going to keep MySpace relevant in a market dominated by a company with a Hollywood movie, senators arguing over privacy settings and (perhaps most importantly) FarmVille? Probably not, but it's a good start. The trick isn't doing a good redesign, it's doing an entire rebranding of a place that's long been considered the domain of teens and lowlifes.
Perhaps the most promising part of the profile redesign is a new section for links to your other social networking profiles around the web. If MySpace can cement itself as a meaningful part of a larger web presence -- for someone other than bands, who still don't have a reason to switch over to Facebook -- it can survive to rebrand itself another day.
What's your take? Am I being too harsh? Is MySpace making an amazing comeback, or delaying an inevitable death?
[via TheNextWeb]
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Subscribe to commentsKarate TortoiseJul 17th 2010 8:35AM
Myspace is a long way from dying, but this keeps the final nail on the relevance coffin away for a little longer
stinlen56Jul 17th 2010 8:52AM
too harsh? Facebook is reaching saturation in demographics that aren't typically computer oriented or even literate. There's no way these kinds of people are going to sign up for another social network. For the more savvy, Facebook can prove too much to keep up with given the plethora of tags, notifications, and conversations. Another network simply won't fit into the remaining hours of the day. If anyone is to challenge facebook or even survive in the market, they are going to have to realize that slow and steady will not win this race. They need to be revolutionary.
Just my 2ยข
WilliamNighthawkJul 17th 2010 10:17AM
I never thought Facebook required much savv-i-bility; I figured those who are truly technically literate would choose something along the lines of Tumblr or actually set up a blog network, rather on their server or multiple servers.
When did being able to navigate tags, notifications, and conversations become something that qualifies someone as computer oriented. My 11 year old brother can tag a photo. [I know I am rephrasing you her] However, I don't agree that it can be to much. I would say that people more tech-literate should be able to handle it even better then those who aren't (normally we are multitaskers).
I agree that something needs to be fast, I'm a techie with ADD. I need things to move fast or else I'll get bored and drop them. I've already dropped every social network I've joined. I try to get back into them but I cannot.
stinlen56Jul 17th 2010 11:41AM
@WilliamNighthawk: I think you misunderstood some of what I said.
I didn't claim that facebook required you to be savvy, but only that those who were savvy on facebook easily found themselves inundated. Nor did I claim that navigating all those events in facebook made you savvy. That's your words alone. My claim is that the more facebook savvy people (this is relative, of course) can easily waste a lot of time.
WilliamNighthawkJul 18th 2010 9:07AM
I realized what you said halfway through so I put the "repeating what you said" thing.
stinlen56Jul 18th 2010 9:10AM
word.
sean percivalJul 17th 2010 1:14PM
Yes you're too harsh :)
JayJul 17th 2010 4:53PM
Facebook will be in the same boat as Myspace in 2-3 years. Something will come along that is better (and more secure with a CEO that is not a dousche).
LaurenJul 17th 2010 9:26PM
I will always have a soft spot in my nerd-heart for MySpace. I taught myself HTML with it when I was in middle school.
PonTelonJul 18th 2010 7:25AM
I still get asked if I have a MySpace when I meet people more often than I do Facebook...how sad is that?
PS: The Answer to both questions is: No. Get away from me scary person.
ElliotJul 18th 2010 1:45PM
I dunno, maybe 5 years ago this might have convinced me to stay on MySpace? Haven't touched my own account in 3 years.
incense_77Jul 19th 2010 5:16AM
Maybe it's just me, but I never thought of MySpace as a Facebook substitute and vice versa. I use the former for checking music (with Youtube's assistance as well) and the latter for all my social needs regarding friends/relatives/colleagues etc. If I were an artist/group I would still prefer MySpace (with a better layout/interface capability), but an individual like me who is interested in expressing more than their musical habits/preferences and is not a creative nature, Facebook would be my choice.
StacyJul 20th 2010 5:00PM
Myspace who? Nobody cares about Myspace anymore - everyone is waist deep to head high in Facebook and nothing, like a Myspace layout re-do, is going to make them want to come back. Myspace is done.