NEWS: Myspace/Facebook Vs. Niche Networks
News/Social Networks/Web Culture/Pat McCarthy
Found on: internetfinancialnews.com
The WSJ has a story talking about a slowdown in traffic for these two combined with anecdotal stories of problems and negative experiences. Essentially those problems boil down to it being too popular, too much spam, too much advertising, and "creepy experiences".
Beyond these, I think that these sites still lack some utility for a large percentage of the population. As a married guy approaching 30, the only real use I have for Myspace is really to maybe find some old friends and send messages there instead of email. However, this doesn't mean I'm a boring guy without any interests, it's just that Myspace is so vast and large that really finding and interacting with my core interests while I'm in the mood to do so doesn't happen.
Found on: internetfinancialnews.com
The WSJ has a story talking about a slowdown in traffic for these two combined with anecdotal stories of problems and negative experiences. Essentially those problems boil down to it being too popular, too much spam, too much advertising, and "creepy experiences".
Beyond these, I think that these sites still lack some utility for a large percentage of the population. As a married guy approaching 30, the only real use I have for Myspace is really to maybe find some old friends and send messages there instead of email. However, this doesn't mean I'm a boring guy without any interests, it's just that Myspace is so vast and large that really finding and interacting with my core interests while I'm in the mood to do so doesn't happen.
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