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MySpace is Dead - The Internet Is Growing Up

2009-04-24T17:49:06Z

Posters on the wall, teen magazines, boom boxes playing the same stupid songs over and over again (automatically!) - that's not a sustainable situation, by definition. That's teenage living and that's what MySpace built its huge site on. Just like being a teenager, MySpace is something that most people grow out of. Today marked an important point in the internet's move beyond MySpace.

The company ~~ushered Tom out the door today from President into an advisory role~~ is in talks with Tom about a new role if he leaves his post as President, and replaced its CEO with former Facebook business exec Owen Van Natta. Increased revenue isn't really what MySpace needs, if it's to stay strong it needs to stop bleeding users. That's not likely.

]]> Michael Arrington has been following the business moves closely and reports a very sorry state of affairs behind the scenes at MySpace. It doesn't make sense to us to put former Facebook businessman, Van Natta, in charge of a site that has made far more money than Facebook but has had its head handed to it in terms of user experience and now growth. It's not a business problem that MySpace has, it's a core user experience problem. That's of more interest to us anyway. Earlier this week, Jason Calacanis offered 10 ideas he thought that the new CEO of MySpace should act on first. It's a very good list: focus on dominating mobile, build up gaming, start a virtual currency, etc. It's hard to think of better ideas, in fact. One source told VentureBeat's Eric Eldon that "the only thing that can save MySpace now is buying Twitter."

Those are all relatively daring, smart ideas. But, none of them will work. That's ok, MySpace was an important part of the social web's early history. Its time has passed, though.

MySpace is an embarrassment for most people on the web. Many people feel like it's a bratty kid sister wearing too little clothing. Danah boyd famously wrote in 2007 that the MySpace/Facebook split was largely about economic class. That may not be so true anymore. (See boyd's response in an update below.) Give most people another option and they are going to choose it. Social networking used to be just for teenagers, but those kids are growing up and everyone else is joining in the activity. Not on MySpace, though.

As Eldon points out in his coverage, recent Facebook redesigns have brought new focus on sharing content to that site. Twitter has captured the public's imagination as well and it is all about active sharing of personal news between contacts.

MySpace's core nature is to express yourself into a void and hope people come to visit your page and check it out. The relatively recent additions of status updates and news feeds feel tacked on and superficial. MySpace clearly hoped that many of its users would write long-form blog posts but the time investment required to use that feature is much more arduous than the quick and easy publishing on Facebook and Twitter.

On some important level, MySpace is a lot like GeoCities. GeoCities closed its doors yesterday.

Facebook and Twitter may or may not stick around longer than MySpace has. MySpace will probably always be able to serve a sizable constituency in between children and adults. But, the momentum has left MySpace and churn in this market will probably keep Facebook from holding on to it for more than a few years as well.

None of this is news, MySpace went cold quite awhile ago. Tom hasn't updated his status message in a week and a half. He knows what's going on. Putting a business guy from Facebook in charge just makes it official.

Update: MySpace Communications emailed after this post was written to let us know that Tom updated his status message today after all, and that going a week and a half is nothing unusual for him. Point taken.

Update: Microsoft's danah boyd sent us this response. "As for now, the 20-something MySpace crowd is using Twitter but the teen crowd is not. (Many of the 20-somethings even point to their MySpace profile as their URL in Twitter.) There is still a strong divide amongst the teens regarding MySpace and Facebook. MySpace is not dead among many teens (and it still comes up in my fieldwork... last set of interviews with teens being a month ago). Given what I've seen from this crowd and their attitudes towards those who use Facebook, I don't expect there to be a switch to Facebook any time soon. That said, there is always the possibility of something new that does not have so much baggage. I've been waiting for the "next thing" for this crowd but I haven't seen it yet."

Comment from Mickey M-Some should stick wit on 2011-08-11

2011-08-11T21:21:41Z

Has anyone ever got to the notion that Social Networking just takes away from real life? Most of my friends that joined up to all the sites have one think in common. They are boring. No talent. And try to be the Jock they never were.

I keep my page on Myspace for a reason. Free Picture hosting. And the occasional look into the past. Man I had some great times and got laid more times then I ever thought possible.

Man I met some cool ass people. Had some Wild Party's, And will never forget how cool it WAS to mod your page.

Not so much anymore. I would rather just host a page that really was different, but who cares? I would rather be me in real life then some poster on the net. Besides. Myspace has one thing that will really take heed in a few years. The famous people who have died "online"

All those groups are gone too. And really, It was cool way back when, But it should just be archived for now. Myspace, by taking down all that stuff is getting rid of the thing that made it even worth while. The Nostalgia.

TO bad I'm not the new CEO!

I would of encouraged people to join Facebook, And did something really new.

Appreciate the Past. And stop with all the Dumb, short sited crap they are doing. Oh well. That is life.

BTW, Still no facebook. Youtube is my place to be.

Comment from ismyspacedead on 2011-05-07

2011-05-08T02:08:07Z

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Comment from billboard34 on 2011-04-29

2011-04-30T01:30:39Z

My Space should be called their space its just a load of rubbish full of advertising logos and images, What is the point of it all ? it started off as a site for musicians now its just a free for all i Dont think the folks at space knows where they are going with the dam thing, the site is like some big jigsaw puzzle with so many links that they change ever few weeks.

This site needs closing down if they cannot come up with a proper aim or direction maybe they should take a look at youtube.com to get some ideas youtube easy to negotiate and functional,educational,entertaining

Comment from Andrea Sons on 2011-03-21

2011-03-21T11:52:54Z

i miss myspace the way it used to be now i have to be on that lame ass SH*tBOOK.

Comment from Koowie Social on 2011-02-14

2011-02-14T09:12:57Z

MySpace is dead or is in life support. Facebook, unless they innovate will go the way of MySpace. There are newer social networks coming into the scene. Koowie is one of them. There you can post ANYTHING and connect with anyone with the same interests. How? By connecting people through thoughts. See for yourself.
Koowie.com : Search.Post.Connect.

Comment from Trace on 2011-01-06

2011-01-07T00:29:13Z

you're really all about defending myspace, aren't you? as you post this through your facebook account...

Comment from Trace on 2011-01-06

2011-01-07T00:02:21Z

>Facebook is for losers who can't use HTML.
Hahaha...I almost fell outta my chair when I read that!
Really? you wanna go there?
Myspace is the EPITOME of a site full of people that can't use html.
End of story.

Comment from Obianuju Oraedu on 2010-12-24

2010-12-25T06:12:54Z

nope, myspace is still in the top 50. let's not get crazy now.

Comment from Obianuju Oraedu on 2010-12-24

2010-12-25T05:39:08Z

Facebook is for losers who can't use HTML.

Comment from WesleyMcgranor on 2010-12-15

2010-12-15T12:16:56Z

I understand that inviduals are marketed to one site to the next and that popularity is how sites are succesful. But,for those not engaging in superficial information and cyber shrines to oneself. Weblogging at Myspace was once a beacon for civics - has dwindled and they no longer have news but needless entertainment. The politics at MySpace was once so leftist and biased that many were determined to show back up at the forums are sign up again after being deleted or banned.

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2010-12-01T01:47:13Z

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Comment from replicas rolex on 2010-10-17

2010-10-18T02:16:06Z

I used to use Myspace all the time. It was the shit. Met a load of interesting girls and made cyber friends I guest. Even spotted people out at clubs and exchanged phone numbers I was called by my online persona...You could post videos and write loads about yourself, expressing yourself.

Comment from tony on 2010-10-17

2010-10-17T16:54:53Z

the lemon vs the lime syndrome. people need to stop complaining about one over the other, they all serve purpose. reading this article is like watching a beautiful woman smear lipstick and gravy all over her face. just be you and follow what you like. peer pressure is for the birds. so you say people have grown up from myspace? grow up from this argument! the world has A.D.D. every empire falls and the underdogs always get their chance to shine. it all takes smart planning to maintain appeal but that appeal online will always be fickle because we turn it on and off like tv and then go about our own personal business.

Comment from Christine on 2010-10-17

2010-10-17T16:42:30Z

I have never been one to follow the pack. Myspace works for my music, period. Not only that, it's been a fantastic networking tool which has brought me many amazing experiences which would never have happened without the site and no, facebook hasn't come close to impacting my music in any sort of way. Because of myspace, I have collaborated with some very prominent people in the music industry. As well, I have sold copies of my music internationally on myspace because I am able to put a paypal link right on my page. It serves me well. Yes, I do notice how fickle our society is with the site and like cattle, so many have abandoned what they once loved.. But really, this is a pattern in society that repeats itself so should I be surprised? No. I follow my own heart. I have myself on facebook too with a music page and wow, I had to jump through hoops to have a music player on there by joining reverb nation, uploading music there, then connecting that with iLike where I was able to generate some code to embed a header with my photo on it, above the iLike music player which appears as a tab which is the landing page on my music page.. Way more complicated than myspace and so people don't generally set this up for their band page. Plus, I can't see there how many plays I get, or visits.. I can't track from where people are visiting. Whereas myspace provides all of this... I don't get as many song plays now on myspace but I still get visits daily from around the globe and visits to my myspace blog postings are regular and haven't declined, likely based on what I have chosen to talk about.. When I google topics that are written about in my blog, I have seen the google results list my blog posting on myspace on the first page results. That's pretty good. I don't like how myspace has changed recently to attempt to be more like facebook on its home page. I like a lot of the ideas in these comments listed and I hope myspace is fishing around for thoughts by people so they can learn from these ideas and build upon them. It could lead to potential growth... Myspace needs to behave like beer which loses its hip and then suddenly blasts the masses with some stellar campaign that ripples out and lures people back in. It's mind blowing that they haven't done this yet. I do think though that it will need to rest a bit in order to make a huge impact on such a campaign, demonstrating positive and sexy change which would result in great rekindled interest from old and new users. It's interesting how myspace bashers who love facebook so much say myspace is lame for how people chose to communicate on there. I see the whole applications thing very lame on facebook. I don't need to learn what sort of star or pirate or poet from history I would be, nor do I need to live in la la land in some pseudo farm fantasy. It's pathetic! People do need to get out more. Shop in record stores. Buy music. Keep their local economies going. But indeed, online social networking has great perks to it. I've made some great friends on myspace who I now know in the flesh, ones near and far away. I could write a book on the positive change myspace has made on my life in music and I ] will share that story soon! My debut album is coming out with some fantastic people accompanying me, all thanks to myspace!
Facebook is great for my friends and family. I find all the event notifications just as overwhelming as I always have on myspace. I don't have time to read all the status updates like some people I know do. Real friends don't rely on status updates. It's easy though to keep in the loop there with people I know.. Myspace was that way too until some of them left for facebook. I am a graphic designer and I really like the individuality on myspace.. even the bad layouts with bright green background and electric purple type. This doesn't bug me because I love our diverse planet. I'm not fickle enough to let a bit of advertising get under my skin either because I am comfortable with who I am and I understand that marketing is everywhere... If I want away from ads, I go for a walk in nature.

Comment from Bret FAR on 2010-10-14

2010-10-14T17:35:44Z

MySpace is dead. Even some of my friends who were hardcore MySpace addict moved on to Facebook. This article got it right. MySpace is like GeoCities. If anyone remembers it. The thing I remember about MySpace is the ability to glitter your background. And this is its downfall. Toooooooo many people have tooooooooo many colorful background that I can't hardly read their profile or stop their loud music that turn on automatically when you visit their profile. Also, MySpace didn't have a live stream like Facebook's wall. And this is where I drop MySpace for FaceBook.

MySpace use to be top 10 most visited site (according to Alexa.com) and now it's not even top 100. That's a very sad thing. I know MySpace still have 200+ millions users, but probably half of them are inactive.

If MySpace want to live. They should just buy Twitter or ...PAY THE USERS VIA ADVERTISING REVENUE EACH TIME SOMEONE CLICK ON THEIR PROFILE...HEHEHEH...or maybe just revenue sharing if someone visiting your profile click on one of the ads. This would make me go back to MySpace.

As everyone mentioned, people from MySpace has grown up and moved on to college and this is where FaceBook comes in. Twitter on the other hand, is for college drunk activities.

Comment from the 2nd coming on 2010-10-12

2010-10-12T12:32:36Z

All this social networking obsession is symptamatic of the end of mankind as we know it. We are as advanced as we could be in terms of communication yet the planet has never been so lonely. We need to pull down all the wires and start again, thoes who proffess peace within themselves are in a denial bubble. What would you rather do; amount 5000 friends on FB or breathe in the the freshest air on a mountain at one with nature and yourself?

Comment from angel on 2010-10-05

2010-10-05T22:56:36Z

all social sites are dead! you have more and more people deleting their accounts on social sites now because people are finally realizing that they are all boring.... the thing with social sites is that ppl try to build their friend list up.

Comment from Tracy on 2010-09-16

2010-09-16T10:30:55Z

MySpace is dead. Everyone has moved over to Facebook. MySpace is dying a slow death and it's really quite a shame. It pisses me off that everyone is on Facebook now. They spend a lot more time on there than on here. I am hoping MySpace makes a comeback. I have been a member of MySpace since 2005 and am never leaving it. I love it too much. Facebook is lame. End of story.

Comment from Bob Barcus on 2010-08-31

2010-08-31T13:07:50Z

I don't think MySpace is necessarily dead - more like it has changed audiences. I think that it now caters to the music groups moreso than any other social networking site (wasn't that one of the original intentions?). It gives them all types of tools to share and promote their music. While that may not be my particular area of interest, I'm sure that millions of other people still find it significant.

Comment from Renae on 2010-08-25

2010-08-25T17:46:47Z

I disagree, myspace is most definately not dead. It's just in a temporary rut. For people who don't wish "to wait five minutes for pictures to load on ones profile just to read the basic info" Then put your settings to lite view. But I DO think the ex fb as new ceo is idiotic. Most people I know are only leaving myspace because it's getting too complex because SOMEONE -hint hint- Is making it look too much like facebook so they think "Oh why not make a full on switch then. Myspace FaceBook and Twitter have different use. Myspace- Express individuality[ mostly shown on ones profile] or for music. Fb- Communication with people you know And Twitter- making statements or asking questions for basically anyone to answer or reply to. They need to do everyone a favor and just stop trying to mesh, because Its confusing to some people and rather irritating. But I do enjoy all three. I'm not bashing any of them or picking sides, I'm just throwing out my views as someone who enjoys all three of the sites.

Comment from Kingster on 2010-07-15

2010-07-15T22:47:28Z

Poster #73 'Vannie' says (of MySpace):

at last check, they still had more users than twitter and facebook combined.

You must be having a laugh, when was this 'last check', 2006???!!!

Current approximate figures for users -

Facebook = 400,000,000
MySpace = 130,000,000
Twitter = 75,000,000

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites

(I know Wikipedia is not usually a reliable source, but on this subject, it is correct).

MySpace IS dead. It has been for some time, at least 2 years by my reckoning. Facebook is the king of the internet social networking sites. I personally don't like (or use) twitter, but I would wager that it recives many, many times the number of sign-ins from it's users on a day-by-day basis than MySpace does, even though it has just over 50% of it's registered users. It can be seen from a lot of the comments above that many former MySpace users now use FB/Twitter regularly whilst never/rarely signing onto their MS accounts anymore (despite still leaving them open). How many comments above are their stating the opposite? I would assert that many of the 130,000,000 MS account holders are 'Dormant' accounts, whilst a larger percentage of the 475,000,000 FB/Twitter account holders could be accurately classified as 'Active' users.

Comment from Chad on 2010-06-03

2010-06-03T17:45:45Z

What's with all the Facebook fanboys posting their nonsense? I think Facebook is a hideously boring cite. If not for many of my friends migrating over to FB, I'd with out a doubt still be using MySpace. I mean, Facebook is a picture and a paragraph, while MySpace is a completely customizable cite based on individualism. You don't like the peoples music starting up automatically? Then turn that setting to "off".

When the Internet really "Grows Up", MySpace will again be King.

Comment from ShirtGeek on 2010-05-25

2010-05-25T09:47:27Z

The previous comment is a prime example of why MySpace died. Let it rest in peace.

Comment from evelyn jean gill on 2010-05-15

2010-05-15T14:35:39Z

Are you crazy! Myspace has the best built in blog feature! FB sucks for blogging, they only have two blogger apps and neither one of them work right. Publishing on FB? What the hell do you mean? Dummies, FB drools, myspace rules. I love my profile page, blogging and yes I love my playlist too! Also superpets and buddy poke. Who wants to poke someone on FB. Nothing happens! And I am not a teenager either. Myspace is not dead, but I do wish they would eliminate the status updates and news feed feature. It's one reason I hate FB. I prefer to receiver personal comments from my friends and have it show up on my page where I can actually figure out how.

Comment from Kev on 2010-05-04

2010-05-04T22:52:27Z

I still use myspace occasionally and prefer it for checking out bands music. I dont like facebook, its boring and plain. However I agree that myspace has got too confusing now and needs to get more targeted.

Comment from Vannie on 2010-04-17

2010-04-17T13:07:52Z

You all right in a sense. i agree with respondents 48. and 72. However, i've always thought that myspace problem was poor marketing and promotion. it was in existence several years before i signed up and "nobody" knew what it was back then. right now, i've been a member for 6 years & counting now. believe it or not, i still believe they have that same problem still (marketing and promoting their brand). for the millions of users twitter, facebook and myspace has, there are millions and millions more of people who don't use the computer at all for social networking purposes and they could care less. the people in broadcast and journalism, as well as companies like twitter and facebook have done a excellent job in promoting the twitter and facebook brand. but, if you're thinking "myspace" is done or dead as you say, you're sadly mistakened. you people who log into to your myspace accounts on occasion, who don't interact, network, socialize, or whatever, with 15-20 friends, "do" need to be on facebook, not "myspace". you're not using the meduim correctly and therefore should expect anything from your myspace account at all. use facebook: (for staying connected with family & friends) use twitter: (for news, updates & quick information) and your myspace: (for doing what twitter and facebook can do combined, especially, if your a multi-taskers or in the entertainment) with the age of the internet, film & music promotion and distribution, anyone who has a clue about anything would'nt consider myspace dead at all. in fact, with the right direction you can even say they have'nt even started yet. at last check, they still had more users than twitter and facebook combined. though, twitter and facebook do have more revenue. what i will say is as a "professional adult", depending on your industry and what you may or may not have been using your myspace account for, you may be right, it's dead for you. but, for everybody else that is'nt the case. i'll stick with my myspace account, until a new, improved version comes. sorry facebook. you just too bland. i don't get it.

Comment from Valentine on 2010-04-04

2010-04-04T20:10:27Z

Myspace is definitely NOT dead. Its funny how the same people who used to live out their entire existence on Myspace are bashing it now -- with venom and malice(hehe). Myspace today is just not as popular because it has competition that it did not have a few years prior. The novelty that it used to be is no longer there because people have lots of choices now. However, they still have tens of millions of members and everybody knows what Myspace is. Myspace just needs to get more targeted. They need to make it a place that teenagers can't live without and pay less attention to the adults. They could do things like getting rid of the tons of non functioning groups they have and find a more efficient way of dealing with spam. Its also too much of an "everything site". On the rare occasion that I go to Myspace these days I feel a little overwhelmed. Its like I have to sieve through a series of completely useless functions to find something that is of use. If they can just make it more focused they would be hot again because the infrastructure is still there.

Comment from Abby on 2010-04-04

2010-04-04T12:58:00Z

Kids use myspace? Thats news to me. In my highschool you,d be laughed out of the building. Everybody uses facebook, even my sister and all of her friends and shes in 8th grade.

Half of you have no idea what youre even talking about. Myspace died last summer!

Comment from myspace IS dead for some.... on 2010-03-27

2010-03-28T04:54:26Z

For me, everyone is on facebook now. Hardly anyone goes on myspace. Now, I am in high school. I am not an adult so I really don't know what adults are doing but the majority of adults I know would not even be able to figure out myspace... maybe I just live in a stupid area...? I find that facebook is easier and cleaner to use. It doesn't take a week to load, mostly because it's advertising mechanisms are simple and not bloated /stuffed in every corner of your page. It's so much easier to "socialize" on facebook. Myspace is messy and annoying. The only real socializing is looking at the status updates, and there's twitter for that. I use last.fm for all my music needs. For some people, maybe, myspace is "alive" but I know, I used to go on it everyday and now I hardly do.

Comment from nadia on 2010-03-16

2010-03-16T14:06:32Z

i say that ms is still been use..
i found such new friends n i think that it is reasonable to change a bit myspace not killing it.try change the things in it

Comment from Derek on 2010-03-13

2010-03-14T00:24:19Z

Have to agree with the real deal above

Very soon Facebook and twitter will be nothing more than pimping sites for IM's

People need to get out more and actually speak to one another - far more enjoyable

Comment from Miranda on 2010-02-13

2010-02-13T18:59:25Z

ok, there actually HAS been a switch. i'm 15, and all of my friends have switched to facebook. it's just the new thing. myspace used to be the coolest thing around and we all kind of looked down upon facebook. but now the exact opposite is happening. it's simple, facebook is EASIER. there's less bullshit on it, you don't have to spend time deocrating your profile.. every once and awhile i'll log in to my myspace to see if theres anything new.. but to my suprise theres usually not. yes, farmville is gay.. but i can put up with it because facebook is better. i honestly don't believe that theres a way of saving myspace. people are just sick of it. it was a fad, it had a good run.. like hollister, ed hardy and abercrombie. move to better things people! (:

Comment from the real deal on 2010-02-06

2010-02-07T07:47:10Z

Everyone is too addicted to the internet, one day all of the internet should be turned off just to see how much mayhem it causes and show how weak everybody is.

People should stop relying on computers so much get on ya bike and go ride to a friends house if you want to talk to them.

In the future the human race will die if everything keeps going as it is.

Comment from Sir Fred on 2010-01-29

2010-01-29T19:15:40Z

Myspace has waaaaaaay too many brown people on it. That, and all the "urban" music shoved in your face is why I left and never looked back. Plus, who the hell makes new friends online? Internet social networking is for connecting to the people you already know and/or the people you have lost touch with over time. If you want to make new friends; quit masturbating on the PC, put down the cheetohs and the Faygo drink and go OUT!

Comment from JP on 2010-01-24

2010-01-25T05:04:31Z

Myspace has been dead for a lot longer than you seem to believe. I used it after I was already on facebook for years in college, and for some reason you write that Myspace was around before or longer than Facebook, but, if that is in fact true, Facebook was way more popular that Myspace in the beginning. Myspace has been dead for about two years now, and ninety percent of my friends have deleted their profiles in the past year.

Facebook is ten times the site that Myspace ever was, that is a fact, so this is clearly an opinionated piece of journalism. Sure Myspace had its appeal with the decor and the music, but people just simply became tired of dealing with crap from people that they didn't know and waiting six minutes for pages to load towards the end when its capacity had seemingly been reached.

Side note, twitter is also a poor site, with very little importance and its popularity still boggles the mind. There is little communication and simply status updates, weird, wonder where they got that idea? Facebook! For all the banter and lack of research within this article, you forget to report that Facebook was the leader in the innovation of the social network. In the last year, Myspace has done everything that it can possibly do to copy and add the best of what facebook has to offer. Instant messaging, online friend detail, comments on other comments, games, etc.

Every friend that I have is on facebook, not one of them is still on myspace. Keep the laughter to a minimum, regardless of what you may think of the sample size, seeing as I am only one person, I am sure the percentage is the same with many others as well. We were all ones avid uses, but it became lame very very quick.

One more thing, if these Myspace users "wink wink" that you say wont shift to myspace, do you really think that ninety-nine percent of the users didn't have both accounts already, and when the bleeding occurred from Myspace, did it happen to Facebook? Just a thought, check the facts and don't write crap about something you don't know anything about. Clearly the writer of this piece has never used either or they would have known.

PS. I don't really like facebook either, but this piece of editorial crap needed to be served for lack of research.

Comment from jason on 2010-01-24

2010-01-24T20:22:54Z

fuck facebook... right in the face!

Comment from Clinton Cimring on 2010-01-13

2010-01-14T05:08:35Z

Ironically Myspace being reborn for older people who are just now singing up.

Comment from bb on 2010-01-06

2010-01-06T09:37:59Z

LOL at the myspace "music" defense. So you're a musician and you post your work on myspace? For who, other musicians? Who is the audience for your music going to be now that everyone other than musicians left?

Myspace is dead. And good riddance. Post #48 really nailed why myspace died.

Comment from Joseph on 2009-12-29

2009-12-30T01:59:46Z

I am in a band and myspace used to be the place for music but that is also part of the problem with myspace these days. It is so full of spam and has become a place where bands are basically marketing to bands.

Comment from hilson on 2009-12-18

2009-12-19T03:42:11Z

myspace is a waste of time delete it now

Comment from hu on 2009-12-09

2009-12-09T16:52:00Z

MySpace is Spamspace / Promotionspace. It's overloaded with bands and filmmakers and clubs trying to force themselves on you.

Facebook is successful because it's difficult to penetrate for pushy self-promoters, and keeps you in the right level of contact with real people you know.

Twitter is successful because it's just enough information.

It's all ego-stroking, but at least Facebook has real value and keeps annoying promoters at bay.

(WARNING: Facebook still enables people to add you as a "member" to an event so "friends" can spam you that way. The easy fix is to delete the friend. But if Facebook doesn't get wise about these loopholes, they will find themselves in the same bucket as Spamspace / MySpace.)

Comment from Steve on 2009-12-02

2009-12-02T22:56:36Z

MySpace was fun, but it's completely oriented towards children. Go to MySpace and what do you see MySpace promoting all over itself? Movies, bands, fashionable causes, celebrities, and Obamamania. Go to a profile and what do you find? Hundreds of random photos and loud music that you cannot shut off because the page is frozen due to all of the crap it's trying to load.

But what happens if you try to modify your own profile?
"An unexpected error has occurred...."
"An unexpected error has occurred...."
"An unexpected error has occurred...."

The site is so buggy that that alone is reason to bury it.

Comment from VIc Stathopoulos on 2009-11-28

2009-11-29T03:42:49Z

I like myspace, but I feel it could be easier to use. Also for musicians there needs to be a feature in the main music section so people can get their site mentioned. This would give people exposure. The only way for me to attract people to my site is to make great music so people come back or tell other people by word of mouth. I hope myspace has a good future. Vic

Comment from Ryan on 2009-11-20

2009-11-20T23:49:20Z

go chase a life you freakin twits

Comment from Jhosel on 2009-11-15

2009-11-15T14:25:43Z

what stupid song?

Comment from bobson on 2009-11-14

2009-11-15T05:43:17Z

Still... I'net audience get younger every year and some companys pay big bux to market at kids.

Grasp a new generation and you are off and running again.

Comment from Stephane Blache on 2009-11-10

2009-11-11T03:23:43Z

FaceBook is boring as hell for musicians like myself, no way to put up my music there or change the boring white all over color or anything else.

People play stupid games on FaceBore like "FarmVille" "Mafia Lords" or whatnot...

It only tells me one thing, if FaceBook is the future of networking, im gonna throw my computer to the garbage bin and sell my guitar recording software in a pawn shop.

Why is it nobody cares about Indy music?

No place like myspace for music.

Comment from Kevin on 2009-10-17

2009-10-17T08:43:26Z

MySpace is dead, no matter what its supporters say. It is useless as a social networking tool, because its networking functions are very weak. Artists need to move somewhere else, too. Whenever I try to use MySpace to find new music, I find myself buried in crappy GarageBand-made music. Its music portion just doesn't work well. imeem and last.fm work much better and are easier to use, but unfortunately not many people use those services.

MySpace should convert to an all-music site that is easier to use. Profiles should just be about the user's musical tastes and track what they're listening to, etc. Finding the music you are looking for needs to be easier. The MySpace interface just doesn't work.

Comment from ESSEXBOY on 2009-10-05

2009-10-05T11:10:27Z

My girlfriend made me close my account in 2007 due to the fact I had way to many hot girls added. When we split up a year later I remember how much fun it used to me so rejoined.

It's crap. It's dead. People have moved on to another party.

But Facebook is rubbish!!! Never will be as good as Myspace was.

Comment from Personal Trainer on 2009-10-01

2009-10-01T08:57:37Z

This article should have been simple...

"Myspace is 100% dead in the USA, period."

Comment from Mark on 2009-09-08

2009-09-09T04:32:36Z

Myspace is definitely dead. I have a profile, but only check it once every couple of weeks because there's just no activity on there anymore. Not because Facebook really offers anything better, but because Myspace caved into the record companies and just got so commercial that it got annoying. From the annoying pushing of every RAP/R&B piece of "white noise" trash out there, to the disabling of playlists that people put a lot of time into, to annoying ads every time your music plays...Myspace's greed trampled all over the toes of their users. Sure, they're still making money, however, there is always a delay between the decline in the value of things and the point when dumb ad execs figure out they're pissing their money away. It just feels like it's owned by corporate Hollywood and just like corporate Hollywood and the crap they push on us, it just feels tacky, silly and fake.

Comment from Steven on 2009-08-25

2009-08-26T02:27:59Z

Myspace = dead. sorry it just is. not completely dead in the sense that they're going bankrupt, but dead in the sense that nobody uses or cares about it anymore.. musicians maybe but youtube is much better and has alot more people, and there are other sites. author makes a good point here, myspace was for teens but now this crowd is growing up and myspace is just "the good old times". i remember making my facebook almost 2 years ago just to check it out, expecting to delete it soon.. and im still using it, and my myspace? i log on once in a while even though its really just pointless. take it from a 17 year old, myspace is straight-up dead.

Comment from Fran Briggs on 2009-08-02

2009-08-02T20:43:32Z

Myspace is very-much alive for me. I guess I am bringing and exporting a different kind of energy. I love it. I love branding my clients and earning fun income.

Comment from stacy on 2009-08-02

2009-08-02T15:50:36Z

If you hate sparkly graphics, emo and hiphop being shoved in your face, vanity laden images and content that has nothing important to say, then Myspace is the bane of your existence. Yes , people grow out of that. But at the same time, the content offers nothing and it doesn't take long for even the biggest vanity whore to get burned out. Facebook is more appealing for family networks, businesses and non-profits. At its core, it is a better networking tool;easier to use and navigate and stripped down so that users don't get scared away. The dirty secret is that its also a far better data mining tool, and many businesses have started figuring that out.

Comment from Aliea Moore on 2009-07-13

2009-07-13T19:16:31Z

Myspace is just for tees anyway so all those poeple who a re saying that myspace is dead is because they are to grown for it...shut the fuck up and get a facebook.

Comment from Victor on 2009-07-12

2009-07-12T16:17:10Z

My Space is too musical for my taste, I'm really considering of closing my account there too. There's people that are very talented with their hands but My Space don't look at those people, and it just disappoints me.

Comment from Jesse on 2009-05-08

2009-05-08T09:56:02Z

Well, yes, the internet is growing up. "Maturing" you might say, and as it does, I expect to see more variation in the "hot thing" of the minute. As the audience becomes broader and less susceptible to teen-age mood swings, I'm sure there will be market share for many different networks. Expecting everyone to migrate en masse is a sort of herd think that I hope the community will grow out of eventually and let each find their audience. So long as it continues to work well for whoever it still works for, it is, at some level, a success.

Comment from Isaac Lewis on 2009-05-07

2009-05-07T16:05:42Z

MySpace seems dead because it's not the kind of site journalists or bloggers use. Facebook is easy-to-use, with a clean layout, so it's used more by adults, professionals and trendy Web 2.0 types. But MySpace still has users, even if TechCrunch doesn't report on it. It's a similar situation with Twitter - it got big because journalists and bloggers could use it and then bang on about it. Same with Second Life, actually - how many more articles about SL do you see in print media compared to WoW?

Really, I'm starting to see Web 2.0 as a rather in-bred subculture, where being talked about is more important than actually making money. Articles on TechCrunch are not directly correlated with user numbers, which is not directly correlated with making money. It's like the bubble all over again, except at least this time it's limited to a relatively small number of companies that have fallen for their own marketing hype.

Comment from gina94984 on 2009-04-29

2009-04-30T05:09:12Z

the problem is that the young crowd is always going to be looking for the next new thing. add a few new twists and tweaks onto what has gone before and they switch in droves once it has been established that the new thing might be more stable after all. myspace just hasn't been sent for its final autopsy yet. facebook better look around now too.

Comment from Jack on 2009-04-28

2009-04-29T03:29:18Z

I hate the Facebook v myspace argument as they are completely different entities

Myspace is far from dead but Facebook has turned into a better social networking platform to stay in touch with people you already know

In Scotland facebook still comes 2nd to Bebo at present although that seems to be changing with people starting to switch to Facebook and more people spending time on Twitter as well

i agree with the earlier post, People who dont actually like discovering new music for themselves may feel myspace isnt for them but just because you dont like sports doesnt mean all the sports websites are dead

Their is people who are happy to be force fed X-Factor cover-versions through commercial radio and their is those who like to discover new music and keep up top date with their favorite artists

Myspace will always generate mass traffic because it is the definitive site for all musicians and fans and music is the number 1 hobbie/past-time on the planet

Thats not to mention those who have grown up with myspace as a social-networking tool. People dont like change. Theirs just as many myspace users who hate the facebook set-up as their is the other way round.

Its the equivalent of getting a brand new mobile phone, It can be frustratingly snail-paced getting used to something new.

Myspace has been a godsend for artists getting feedback and getting their music out there.
It also connects people with simular interests and opinions all over the world.

Facebook is brilliant for connecting with friends.

Twitter is cutting edge for news and opinions.

You cant compare the three as they offer three completely different user experiences

www.myspace.com/thegirobabies
www.twitter.com/thegirobabies

Comment from Big Dore on 2009-04-28

2009-04-28T17:09:32Z

The world is suffering from ADD

There will always be a new myspace,twitter,facebook,etc...

Like Bell Bottomed Jeans and platform shoes, it will go and come back in a different color, shape, form and a different name but it will be the same 'ol...same 'ol!!!

Love, Peace & Hair grease

Big Dore

Comment from Phil Inwood on 2009-04-28

2009-04-28T16:00:09Z

I couldn't agree more, and particularly with the comment from the user "why should i wait 5 minutes for a million images to load?". Add to that the audio player that kicks off whether I want it or not... MySpace hasn't adapted with the times, and I find myself anxious every time I "have to" visit a user's page, it's a major waste of time and computing power. If ever a site needed to revamp it's approach, it's MySpace.

Comment from Chrystal on 2009-04-28

2009-04-28T14:18:11Z

Personally both MySpace & Facebook work well for me, I am a music promoter in south Florida showcasing local, national and international songwriters in a monthly event. I don't get caught up in some of the silly socializing, games, etc on FB & MyS, strickly use it as a business tool in promoting the shows and securing potential songwriters for future shows. I can also post pixs & videos of the shows which also help in promoting the event. They are both excellent for me in this sense, I have connected with people from the past who were/are involved in the music biz as well as meeting a tremendous amount of songwriters and musicians that I hadn't previously known or known of!
So at least for now, I'm pleased!
Chrystal Hartigan
Songwriters Showcase (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

Comment from Simon on 2009-04-28

2009-04-28T10:48:35Z

I am on the musician's side of this argument. I run a recording studio and I use the myspace to connect with bands and to show bands my work. Nothing else out there lets me search / find connections as easily. While I understand the more mature crowd moving over (I use Facebook to (re-)connect with old school friends and such) I think the people striving to make art / music / etc. will still concentrate on myspace. So: myspace is not dead to me, but I think for some of you it is; undiscovered / independent music is dead and has always been dead to you. It's something you don't take the time to discover for yourself.

If you want to argue the business perspective. It's a good time to make excuses if your business is not seeing any growth right now, don't you think?

Comment from Kunal Shah on 2009-04-27

2009-04-28T04:19:21Z

I agree 100% as myspace is now finished...already 2 big social networking websites are there

1. Facebook
2. Twitter

following with orkut, hi5 and many more...!

Thanks
Kunal Shah
http://www.kunalshah.info

Comment from Anne Roos on 2009-04-27

2009-04-28T02:47:32Z

MySpace is not dead to me. I have plenty of fans, particularly from outside of the US, who find me on myspace and purchase my CDs and downloads. And they can be some of the most loyal fans, too, buying my CDs over and over again as gifts for friends. I cannot say that about most of the people I have met on Facebook and Twitter.

Maybe it depends upon how you are marketing yourself and what genre of music that you play. Certainly, as a Celtic harpist who plays trad. Celtic, folk, old English, and New Age music, MySpace is alive and well and a very good source for collecting new fans.

Comment from ELECTRIC EARL on 2009-04-27

2009-04-28T01:23:39Z

I'm a musician with lots of friends who are either musicians or live music fans, and nearly everybody is on MySpace. I only know two or three people who are on Facebook. And I can't wait for the Twitter fad to fade. I don't know anybody who uses Twitter and I'm tired of hearing about it.

Comment from Jason Martin on 2009-04-27

2009-04-27T22:55:28Z

Geocities... never got into it. Myspace however allows musicians to upload music into a public forum where it could substantially increase the popularity of the artist. I'm going to keep up my myspace profile and continue to upload my new tracks as I have a music site myself, and that is something that facebook has not yet delivered my friend. Keep it tweet buddy.

Comment from Jssc on 2009-04-27

2009-04-27T22:23:47Z

The next big "GROWN-UP" social network? Try Jango.com - much nicer than MySpace and Facebook put together. Plus you can listen to any music you want to AND they have a campaign for Indie artists. Luv it!!

Comment from Amy Correia on 2009-04-27

2009-04-27T22:18:32Z

MySpace is brilliant if you're a musician. I think it's becoming the primary place for musicians to present their stuff.

Facebook is too scattered and confusing. Many people who would come to my Facebook page wouldn't even hear any music beause it requires two or three clicks to get to it...

MYSPACE is great. It's nuts and bolts and not too much information if you're a musician/band....

I even just started directing www.amycorreia.com to open
at www.myspace.com/amycorreia.

Comment from MilkBoy on 2009-04-27

2009-04-27T21:39:17Z

MySpace not dead. it is just becoming a niche site. it gives emerging artists a free platform to build their social networking profile.

If you use it as a hub for all of your other social networks, then you get some great results. Most of these social networks try to do too much, anyway...

if you are trying to connect with fans, you gotta have as much real estate as possible.

-t.L

Comment from Tony Sena on 2009-04-25

2009-04-26T05:23:43Z

Myspace's run is over. There is way too much spam and it just doesn't compare to Facebook. With only so much time in a day, you are forced to choose between Myspace and Facebook and Myspace just cannot compete with Facebook. I haven't logged into my Myspace account in 4 or 5 months, guess I should and close my account.

Comment from mondial shopping on 2009-04-25

2009-04-25T20:37:27Z

Si myspace is dead, http://www.mondial-shopping.com ou http://www.mondial-tv.com sont bien vivant .

Comment from rick on 2009-04-25

2009-04-25T19:23:41Z

Some data... i don't see them as dead simply because they're not growing. But it's a nice way to troll for pageviews...

Comment from Heather on 2009-04-25

2009-04-25T12:37:01Z

MySpace is far from dead... and race and class is a real issue in social networking and every time I read one these types of blogs written by priviledged, white male bloggers who no doubt do not use Myspace:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/about_marshall.php

I cringe. You're elitist, but you live in FB/Twitter bubble and so you don't know it. And as a daily user of Myspace... teens are last group I have seen using MySpace for years now and folks of color are everywhere... almost even dominant.And you do realize you can't trust age stats on MySpace, right? Being "18" means nothing. If you used MySpace... were a part of the community... you'd know why.

Tragically, in your snobbery because "MySpace is ugly" your creating a meme/myth that MySpace is dying... one of the best online communities ever... in soul and spirit, but newcomers to the Web... believe this crap.

Get some people who actually use MySpace to write about how it evolving.. my use died off for awhile when I foudn Twitter... but it's up again.... especially with the launch of their new tool bar... which no blogger wrote about, but the Digg toolbar... wow... that was news. I also finally made the switch from iTunes... to downloading music from MySpace. Much better experience.

And recent ComScore data completely contradicts everything you have said.

Snooze... white, male, priviledged bloggers... god... we need some new voices in the social networking space. Listening RWW, Mashable, TechCrunch?

The only thing I agree with you on is they definitely should not hire any ex-FB staff... Facebookers don't get MySpace... they just don't. It's over their heads.

Comment from Scott on 2009-04-25

2009-04-25T09:51:17Z

I'm not buying this "dead" crap.

RWW is just one of umpteen sites out there written by self-appointed "experts" in (or interested in) the tech biz.

I'm no fan of MySpace. I've always thought the design sucked and that allowing people to include 25 animated GIFs, flash videos and music players + blue text on a lime background on thier pages was a bad idea, but apparently millions of others don't feel this way and MySpace is still going strong.

In fact, there are groups on Facebook whose purpose is to nag Facebook to be more like MySpace (these people want all the crap..um..err.. "bling" on their pages that they can do on MySpace).

Facebook may be all the rage in the media these days, but most of the millions of MySpace users don't know this because they don't pay attention to it. In fact, they don't know sites like RWW or TechCrunch even exist (hell they don't know CNet exists).

But I digress...

MySpace still has millions and millions of users and while the numbers may be dropping I doubt they are plu

Comment from scott on 2009-04-25

2009-04-25T07:33:05Z

Myspace should focus on a core business. Music, maybe.

Do you think it could be as cool as Mtv was before they forgot about music?

I don't think it's a bad idea to settle on a smaller, managable, profitable crowd. You simply can't be everything for everybody. There's just no fun in that.

Comment from Poller on 2009-04-24

2009-04-25T05:03:05Z

Michael
It's not sad,it's just the same people who follows the trends..the flok of sheeps who believe that facebook is the end of it all and the same one that in 2 years from now will ditch it for something else "better".

Comment from lemon obrien on 2009-04-24

2009-04-25T04:44:03Z

umakeitcool.com is replacing myspace. you can change your profile; but not stupid bling; oh eah, you can sell stuff; and if you buy things, you get money back, to give to a friend, tip the art, or keep it.

Comment from Alex on 2009-04-24

2009-04-25T02:45:34Z

oh,what a pity,myspace is very helpful for us,it can help us find more people and share our informaion...I like to find band's info and I like the simple thtat is to remember personal URL (not like fb ¬¬) moreover,too.

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Comment from Bahiyyih on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T22:22:37Z

It really would be nice if just once at some point on the ground info was apart of how people analyze the web. Marketers, investors, pundits take note: your numbers are not the only data that matters. I find the total hubris of quants in co-opting journalist's accts. of what are in fact social phenomena purely through #s really frustrating. For goodness sake! Start talking to people!!! Myspace dead? Here's an idea, talk - not data track, but TALK to 3000 12-20 years olds and measure it against quant data

Comment from Stanislas Jourdan on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T22:07:05Z

As said, I think internet is growing up, and its users too.

Now internet is no more mainly for young people and teenagers. As seen on Facebook, older pepole are more and more using it. Marketing strategies must take this in account. Especially Myspace.

Comment from Michael on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T21:20:26Z

Its soo sad how bloggers think. A company that is not talked, liked or "fashionable" any more is considered a failure or is talked about like its dead.
What are you guys talking about look at myspace growth yes its not as big as facebook, yes the site is not considered cool among programmers, bloggers etc BUT the site is super successful its probably one of the most profitable online companies and they earn more money then facebook btw, there music side is extremely innovative.
Any body here will wish to make half a company as good as myspace, stop being haters and appreciate apps that changed the web.
Of course now every body will trash Twitter because its not the cool kid any more not its main stream and on with the next startup, which I wonder what it will be?

Enjoy your weekend every body;)

Comment from Mona on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T20:49:01Z

Myspace is such a disaster - and people still focusing on it "for the music" is comedy. The music game is still up in the air, I'm just waiting for Facebook to enable those little monetizing music players that're embeddable on Myspace. I am more than happy to rid the atrocious HTML, blingy graphics, and horrific backgrounds farewell forever. And LOL @ Myspace choosing an ex-Facebook exec as their new CEO!

Comment from John on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T19:49:11Z

I don't agree completely. Of course you want to have as much growth as you can, but I'd rather have a strong monetization strategy for a smaller number of users than a massive user base with no viable moneymaking scheme. I like to point to Second Life as a good example of this. They were once the darling of the Web heads (not Spider Man),and corporations jumped in like gangbusters. It stopped being the "it" site after a while, but its still generating a decent amount of revenue off its small number of users (it's supposedly profitable).

Comment from Troy Peterson on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T19:35:10Z

I agree with @Joe.
Myspace should stop trying to compete with Facebook (and Facebook should stop trying to compete with Twitter).

Each of these sites should focus on their strengths instead of trying to be the jack of all trades.

Each have their own place... at least in my world:

I only use Myspace to listent to music and view bands.

I only use Facebook to talk to friends and family. (people I know)

I only use Twitter to make statements, ask questions, and search for information OUTSIDE of my direct friends and family. (people I don't know and probably never will)

Comment from RechargeYourMind on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T19:10:40Z

I won't draw conclusions so soon. Give it a chance and it'll come back, Murdoch is a tough guy.

Comment from Drew on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T18:52:58Z

The music game isn't won yet, that's for sure. Facebooks attempts have been futile thus far, as far as usability, adoption, and monetization.

Having said that, there's also that little thing that the company does...news.

Buy Digg. Integrate.

Keep pushing on music.

Win.

Comment from Joe on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T18:41:24Z

Myspace as we KNEW it is dead. Now it has two options.

1. Continue to chase after Facebook, hoping that OVN in a leadership role will help change the poor Brand perception Myspace suffers from, perhaps redesign a bit more.

2. Focus on its strengths (Music) and regain some prominence in a different way. Add (or buy) a streaming recommendation service.

Of course there are different approaches to either, but honestly, I don't see Myspace Local and their partnership with CitySearch helping at ALL. There are already too many good local search solutions out there.

Comment from hhotelconsult on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T18:38:27Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I
That is basically what I think about it.

Show the VC the money, or these non profitable bussinesses with an INCREDIBLE networking effect will start to die like tribe.net (which I still think is the best social networking site even if their down time killed the network)

Also.. to pimp myself, http://www.hrabaconsulting.com/blog/2009/04/14/why-you-might-trust-yelp-again-social-media-ethics-and-the-future-of-yelp/

In that blog post I reference myspace's death... somewhat due to lack of accountability and transparency.

Something huge is coming along.. bigger and more tight and functional that facebook. That too will fall to the next big thing. It is the way of social media.

Comment from Marshall Kirkpatrick on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T18:32:20Z

Ed, I hear what you're saying and appreciate it. In many ways MySpace isn't dead, sure. But it's a gigantic business that used to be a defining force in the culture of the internet. In both of those senses, it's dead.

Comment from edythemighty on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T18:28:39Z

"If you're not growing, you're dead"? WTF? You said it yourself, MySpace may still yet serve some demographic. It does have some revenue as John points out, which is more than what can be said for a lot of other websites. Myspace Music is still the go-to place for bands and their fans, despite the arrival of several competitors throughout the months, even *years*. The "if you're not growing, you're dead" mantra is horribly shortsighted. I may not love Myspace myself, but as long as you can serve a core constituency of users and still earn some revenue, you're still alive and have a future.

Comment from nelking on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T18:28:28Z

So, will Tom still be my friend on Myspace?

(Actually, when was the last time I looked at my page?)

I think people see the great power in connecting, starting and building relationships on line. Now, they are beginning to understand that without the offline relationship it's just pretty surface stuff.

And the noise is getting to people. I don't need people sending me little gifts in space.

Whoever, get's it down to a great UI with the ability to facilitate real life connections that are beneficial will win.

Comment from Pattty on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T18:25:04Z

Hum... I don't use myspace too much, but it's not dead to me. I like to find band's info and I like the simple thtat is to remember personal URL (not like fb ¬¬) moreover... I don't have an overloaded profile, so it loads fast and everybody can see my stuff easily.

Comment from Marshall Kirkpatrick on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T18:19:31Z

John, on the internet if you're not growing, then you're dead.

Bryan, I agree.

Comment from Bryan on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T18:14:01Z

Same thing will happen to Twitter and Facebook. Social media audiences are fickle. As soon as the crowd takes over the early adopters want something else, something edgy. What will be remarkable is when a social media platform dies and makes a comeback.

Comment from John on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T18:08:29Z

While I do agree with some of the sentiments, come one now, MySpace isn't dead. Yeah, it's not the trendiest 2.0 freemium, no vowel site, but it's approaching nearly $1 billion in revenue. If that's dead, than Twitter is beyond dead. I guess I'm saying many tech sites like to get jazzed up about services and Web sites with no real business model and I don't know how smart that is. We've already been through two booms and busts, and the companies that survived are the ones who were able to effectively monetize.

Comment from Paul on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T18:00:38Z

Amen