i was wondering why theres been a influx of boobiegrab flix and group "post your favorite..." threads lately. maybe theyre talking about music and records on myspace now or something.
A lot of the pages make my browser crash. It seems like there are only two types of people on there: musicians trying to promote themselves and girls with various emotional issues who piss and moan about 'horrible' their lives are on their blogs. I had a very basic page with just my brother, some friends of his I was casual acquaintences with in high school, some people here and other music related stuff. One guy I hung out with in elementary school emailed me once to catch up, so that was cool. Once I broke up with my ex last year who, along with her friends in that obsessed second category, started stalking me, I closed up shop.
a) you were on myspace early but cancelled your account b) you were on myspace early, still have an acount, but never check it c) you were on myspace early, check it all the time, but claim that "its over." d) you were on myspace early, have 10,000 friends and check it every day e) you just signed up for myspace f) you've never heard of it and want to talk about records
I got a myspace account to check out music. I still use it. I find great music on myspace a lot. Also, I have no access to my email accounts at work, but people can message me on there to get a hold of me. Its not a good site, but its great to find new music, period.
and its like... facebook!?? why? yo check out my face guys....
Who is still on Friendster? I just cancelled that mess the other day.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking! THAT'S where the backlash done happened, not Myspace! I look at all my friends' Friendster accounts and notice that the most recent comments are always from three years ago!
Who is still on Friendster? I just cancelled that mess the other day.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking! THAT'S where the backlash done happened, not Myspace! I look at all my friends' Friendster accounts and notice that the most recent comments are always from three years ago!
Friendster is sinking, fast. Before I could finally cancel my account, the site required me to fill out a few questions about why I was leaving.
I selected the option that my friends have left/are leaving Friendster for other networking websites like "Derka-Derka". Yeah...that'll keep the marketing team guessing...ha.
Friendster Will Lose Friends with New Patents[/b] Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:35PM EST
Friendster, a social networking web site founded in 2002, was one of the early pioneers of social networking on the web, but it lost some momentum when newer sites with more facile features appeared on the market.
But Friendster is back with a vengeance. I caught up with Kent Lindstrom, now president of Friendster, at CES 2007; he outlined a three-pronged approach to re-invigorating the former giant.
Patent Wars:
The biggest one-two punch will come from two patents granted to Friendster this past year. These patents could spell trouble for other social-networking sites. Patent Number 7,069,308 is titled, "A System, Method, and Apparatus for Connecting Users in an Online Computer System Based on Their Relationships Within Social Networks." Basically, it's a patent on the way that social relationships are defined, calculated, and acted upon. The second patent, granted this fall, covers how content about friends gets uploaded into a social network. (U.S. Patent No. 7,117,254).
With two patents in the can, Friendster can move to close down the competition or it can demand a royalty on its patents. Lindstrom says he's still evaluating the options, but you can only imagine that the MySpaces and Facebooks of the world would not be too happy paying a royalty to another site. If Friendster tries to enforce this seemingly broad patent it seems that the other social-network sites could challenge.
Targeting an Older Crowd:
In addition to the patents, Friendster is repositioning itself as the social network for young adults. It seeks to attract a grown-up, post-college crowd rather than trying to compete for MySpace's teenage audience or Facebook's college-age users. Lindstrom says that adults in their 20s and 30s are the biggest users of the site today.
Recognizing the Wide, Wide World:
Finally, Lindstrom has a bone to pick with the U.S.-centric vision of a social network. If you look at worldwide users, he says, sites such as Orkut way outsize MySpace in terms of members. Friendster's growth may have slowed in this country, but there's a big, wide world out there.
I visited Friendster today and dusted off my old profile. The site is faster and has more features than the last time I used it, but neither patents nor a marketing message is likely to impress consumers. To retake its rightful place in the top 10 social networks Friendster is going to have to convince friends that it's not a blast from the past.
I've traded/sent shit loads of music over myspace, and found lots of artists that I wouldn't have heard otherwise. It's put me in direct contact with artists and DJs that I admire and respect, how can you hate on that? It also allows me to promote my music/gigs to people that I know are interested. Sure myspace is 98% garbage but it's fully worth it for me personally. Not sure why a grown-ass man would be on there other than to promote/network anyways.
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i have a dream, to someday invade every 14 year-old boy and
girl's laptop with dinesh d'souza and gianna michaels hot links.
it is the age of renaissance. get wit it, or get spammed up the ass.
MySpace is the next to go.
I do like Facebook, though.
Anymore? If there's a Myspace backlash, it's way too soon to tell...
Not that different from damn near every other form of online communication that has caught on with the general populus.
a) you were on myspace early but cancelled your account
b) you were on myspace early, still have an acount, but never check it
c) you were on myspace early, check it all the time, but claim that "its over."
d) you were on myspace early, have 10,000 friends and check it every day
e) you just signed up for myspace
f) you've never heard of it and want to talk about records
and its like... facebook!?? why? yo check out my face guys....
We have a winner.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking! THAT'S where the backlash done happened, not Myspace! I look at all my friends' Friendster accounts and notice that the most recent comments are always from three years ago!
Friendster is sinking, fast. Before I could finally cancel my account, the site required me to fill out a few questions about why I was leaving.
I selected the option that my friends have left/are leaving Friendster for other networking websites like "Derka-Derka". Yeah...that'll keep the marketing team guessing...ha.
Friendster Will Lose Friends with New Patents[/b]
Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:35PM EST
Friendster, a social networking web site founded in 2002, was one of the early pioneers of social networking on the web, but it lost some momentum when newer sites with more facile features appeared on the market.
But Friendster is back with a vengeance. I caught up with Kent Lindstrom, now president of Friendster, at CES 2007; he outlined a three-pronged approach to re-invigorating the former giant.
Patent Wars:
The biggest one-two punch will come from two patents granted to Friendster this past year. These patents could spell trouble for other social-networking sites. Patent Number 7,069,308 is titled, "A System, Method, and Apparatus for Connecting Users in an Online Computer System Based on Their Relationships Within Social Networks." Basically, it's a patent on the way that social relationships are defined, calculated, and acted upon. The second patent, granted this fall, covers how content about friends gets uploaded into a social network. (U.S. Patent No. 7,117,254).
With two patents in the can, Friendster can move to close down the competition or it can demand a royalty on its patents. Lindstrom says he's still evaluating the options, but you can only imagine that the MySpaces and Facebooks of the world would not be too happy paying a royalty to another site. If Friendster tries to enforce this seemingly broad patent it seems that the other social-network sites could challenge.
Targeting an Older Crowd:
In addition to the patents, Friendster is repositioning itself as the social network for young adults. It seeks to attract a grown-up, post-college crowd rather than trying to compete for MySpace's teenage audience or Facebook's college-age users. Lindstrom says that adults in their 20s and 30s are the biggest users of the site today.
Recognizing the Wide, Wide World:
Finally, Lindstrom has a bone to pick with the U.S.-centric vision of a social network. If you look at worldwide users, he says, sites such as Orkut way outsize MySpace in terms of members. Friendster's growth may have slowed in this country, but there's a big, wide world out there.
I visited Friendster today and dusted off my old profile. The site is faster and has more features than the last time I used it, but neither patents nor a marketing message is likely to impress consumers. To retake its rightful place in the top 10 social networks Friendster is going to have to convince friends that it's not a blast from the past.
wait for it...