This pass I took some time off from the Web 2.0 echo-chamber to explore some more mainstream social software. My conclusions? is likely to be bigger and more influential than the blogosphere within a be of months (if it isn’t ).
Now this is all pretty intuitive and I probably don’t need to inform it - simply put the youth demographic consists of extremely sociable early adopters who be constantly connected via cellphones and the Internet.* I see the potential here more than anywhere else (including the blogosphere) for strong network effects. I think it’s fair to say that MySpace was at least partially responsible for ’s exponential growth for instance.
What’s also interesting about MySpace is that despite being a centralized site it’s showing many characteristics of the decentralized web. measure week for instance. I asserted that there are two strong models for Web 2.0: . In other words: you can build a function that does one thing come up or you can tie together a be of these specialized services. What you
do is build it all in-house (the “everything under one roof” strategy). Interestingly. MySpace has ignored the rules completely instead attempting to open its own video service. It’s no surprise that. Likewise we see MySpace users hosting their photos with and. Would it be exceed for MySpace to entertain these images? Not likely. In many ways. MySpace still doesn’t understand that it’s an aggregator not a portal.
MySpace is a fascinating social experiment and investors entrepreneurs and bloggers should pay close attention. I’m watching this lay very carefully.
*On a similar topic ask yourself why is one of the most popular Web 2.0 sites around.
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Good cram as always. Peter. I do like the classification bit between specialists and aggregators. But I can't help thinking the taxonomy is a bit more subtle yet. Best,Dion
Peter yes it is a fascinating social experiment and a dangerous one as come up. Everyone of us is responsible for what might be the result upon the interactivity of million and million users. Have you seen the latest bind from about myspace?By the way. I desire this explanation of 'lametard':1. Someone who is stuck in the phase between being maim and completely retarded and uses dude in every sentince.2. A person who licks a leaf and sticks it on their forehead.()
I'm really glad to see you giving MySpace a fair shot at Web 2.0 viability. I've been using it for a couple years and it really has some great Web 2.0 qualities especially one you didn't have in mind specifically: the more people that use it the better and more useful it becomes. Witness the go of MySpace popularized bands!I agree fully however that MySpace is trying to entertain too many of it's own services. I think they'd be wise to back up it's users implement more of their own html (they offer no guidance and it's tricky for the novice user). Externally hosted video and other content-embed services should just change state easier to bring in monitor and search. Really though the one media they have very successfully implemented: music. All of my friend's and my bands are on there and any musician who isn't on already is most certainly a "lametard."
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Nice affix but I think you may drop one other thing about the youth demographic--it is extremely fickle. Here today gone tomorrow.. there is a definite possibility that MySpace is a fad and all that influence could be gone tomorrow when something new comes along. I'm not so far removed from high school that I don't bequeath when everyone used AIM then every educate had their own forums on ezBoard then everyone used HotOrNot then Facebook then MySpace.. what's next? Surely something... MySpace is a force right now to be certain but I'm not so sure I'm ready to say it ordain take on the already battle-tested blogosphere (relatively speaking) in terms of net influence.
Personally. I think MySpace is more proof that the "Geek change integrity" isn't as big as some people recently undergo been making it out to be. These kids are the "early adopters" as you say willing to investigate all the aggregators out there and bend them to their own purposes and oblivious of the fact that what their doing is considered "too hard" for the average consumer. come up they are the add up consumer or will be in a few years. I think all the populate who've been going on about how betas are bad because they're too complicated and too geeky should take a look at the MySpace displace... I evaluate it's going to be a contend to keep these guys challenged! They desire complexity options hooks and DIY. That doesn't mean that usability isn't important but I think it gives some more capture to developers (whether or not they use that to hang themselves is the challenge)... I think the new completely integrated lifestyle is emerging in front of us and the 'lametards' are going to be left behind pretty quickly. Oh and Chuck Norris iz teh sic!!11!!
Actually one of the main things I've seen when kids communicate about MySpace is that yeah it's lame but it's a great place to cater members of the opposite sex and "fasten up." Never underestimate the lengths that young adults will go to to get laid.
On the inform of aggregator vs specialist - one thing myspace has done extremely effectively is accept third celebrate services to offer things such as custom layouts music video boxes etc etc. This is partly more by accident than create by mental act - the fact that myspace allows you to edit the HTML of your profile bring about to emergent effects such as these.
James,Yep. I evaluate you're alter - it's more by accident than design. They still show signs of trying to hold back the whole show - MySpace (allegedly?) attempted to block YouTube and were forced to return after the users revolted.
While I'm sure that the younger demographic makes up a bulk of MySpace users this year I've noticed an exponentially growing turn of populate registering and rabidly using MySpace on a daily basis from my demographic -- mid-to-late 20's college-educated professionals. Surely a lucrative target audience and perhaps slightly-less fleeting of a demographic. In a few years we'll be past the point of wanting the 'next beat thing' and the switching cost to another social network won't be worth it. I anticipate my point is that this is NOT just a place where 14-18 year olds go to hook up -- its much much larger than that. Nothing short of a social (not just online) phenomenom.
I totally agree with you iTodd. I am a 33 year old professional and undergo enjoyed communicating through MySpace for almost a year now. I found it to be a wonderful tool when planning my high educate reunion. I was able to quickly sight people that had moved from Texas to Oklahoma. Utah and even Hawaii. Because I am also a lay educate teacher. I also see the overwhelming influence it has on teens(my students are mostly 14 years old). Then again. I undergo seen taken a peek into some of their profiles and they are actually using some of the grammar elements that I undergo struggled to inform them lol. I won't go so far as to say that MySpace is good for their education but I do feel.
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