MySpace: Not So Shiny and New

Recently I realized that I barely spend any time on MySpace. I still respond to emails I get from friends there and friend requests, but I don’t just hang out to see what’s going on. I definitely don’t play with the instant messenger features anymore because they’re just sub par and I find that most MySpace users that I socialize with don’t use them. The shine has well worn off for me.

I guess that the MySpace folk are starting to realize this as well. They’re planning on launching a social news site, much like Digg, so that users can submit and vote for news articles. Personally, I don’t see this encouraging me to spend more time on the site. Using MySpace for your up to date news coverage is no better than listening to High School bathroom gossip. I also hope that the level of commentary from MySpace users will be more mature than that of the vast majority of Digg users. The thought of another avenue for a bunch of teenaged guys to tear each other to shreds for no reason does not strike me as entertaining. Unfortunately I think it will go the way of most MySpace pages — littered with grainy video and audio tracks that automatically play pasted over swirly animated backgrounds with unreadable text.

At any rate, check out this Wired article and let me know what you think.

[Link to Wired News: Exclusive: MySpace News Pics]

Tags: Facebook, Geek, MySpace, social networking

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March 13, 2007 | Filed Under Geek 

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