Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad?
MySpace might be a fad, but it will fade for different reasons than Friendster. Friendster has itself to blame - it never loved its users… it never treated them with respect, or learned to understand why they were there… it never give them what they needed to make themselves at home. Friendster never learned to provide for the diversity of users it had - it wanted them all to be the same.
MySpace is not the same as Friendster - it will not fade in the same way. Friendster was a fad; MySpace has become far more than that. If it doesn’t evolve, it will fade, but MySpace is far better positioned to evolve than Friendster was. That said, i think we’re seeing a huge shift in social life - negotiating super publics. I kinda suspect that MySpace teens are going to lead the way in figuring this out, just as teens in the 60s and 70s paved the way to figuring out globalized life with TV. I just hope law doesn’t try to stop culture.
I dropped my friendster account because of the fakesters and the ads popping up all over. My myspace account just started in 2004 and look how fast it’s grown. I think myspace won’t be a fad. If the owners are wise, they should try to innovate all the time. Add new features.
