Comments on: Why MySpace Failed (Or When You Kill The User Experience, You Kill Yourself)

By: Kamagra

Kamagra — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:49:00 +0000

23 Jun 2010 … I would argue that one of the Online Axioms is that when
you kill the user
experience, you kill
yourself. The Google/MySpace deal ends in …

By: qu’est ce que l’experience client? « ogeekvy

qu’est ce que l’experience client? « ogeekvy — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:46:50 +0000

[...] Pour terminer, je me permettrai de vous ramener à un article très synthétique sur le sujet : L’expérience utilisateur, clé du succès des sites internet où vous découvrirez à quel point l’impact de l’Expérience Client peut être important sur la réussite d’un site. Et pour achever de vous convaincre, lisez donc aussi pourquoi cette même expérience client (ou utilisateur, au choix) peut réellement arriver à tuer un service : Why Myspace Failed (Or when you kill the the user experience, you kill yourself). [...]

By: Docmartn

Docmartn — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:13:17 +0000

MySpace is just a mess. Just about every page is a car wreck of pictures, colors, fonts and user comments. I typically can't stand looking at a MySpace page for more than an couple minutes and I rarely use it for music which is what it seems to have turned into… a musician or band hub. If I were MySpace, I'd scrap the current format and start all over.

By: Chris Blundell

Chris Blundell — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:48:49 +0000

Myspace jumped the shark, in my opinion, because of a) Spam… so much spam… b) giving too much freedom on the page design, it became like geocities in the mid 90's. c) Tried to do too many things at once, comedy, music, film, news, blah. It wasn't streamlined. d) adverts everywhere! So many adverts! My god!

I never use Myspace any more, it depresses me to login and see I have 20 new messages and all of them are spam. I would use Myspace again, but they'd have to streamline it right down, strip everything and start from scratch. So many people don't keep it simple, that's when they lose people.

By: Reinventing the history of MySpace « ECPM BLOG

Reinventing the history of MySpace « ECPM BLOG — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:13:49 +0000

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Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:25:49 +0000

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By: Chris B.

Chris B. — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:04:19 +0000

Absolutely, I agree. Some artists think that because the user experience is so bad there, that it isn't worth their time setting up a site….so that's why I linked to the article. Thanks for reading!

By: Wesley Verhoeve

Wesley Verhoeve — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:58:18 +0000

Good post Chris, thanks for sharing.

I think you are right that for artists myspace still has a function, and am not arguing against using it to set up a simple website for a band. My post focuses more on the end-user, so the regular joe who used to be on myspace for it's social network qualities. Just because there is a user diaspora from MySpace doesn't mean a band can't still utilize the platform to set up a simple site, especially early on in the band's existence.

By: Chris B.

Chris B. — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:34:44 +0000

Great insight here...I didn't know about the Google stuff. Myspace has definitely failed with regards to the user experience, but that doesn't mean that an artist should dismiss the platform entirely. People still use MySpace, and it is still important to an artist's online presence.

Here's why: http://bit.ly/c1jdNt

By: raptweeter

raptweeter — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:39:58 +0000

Facebook is more interactive, while Myspace was more static. Maybe great for Music at the moment, but Facebook might steal that too. I think FB is a great communication tool for bands–don't see why not?