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Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

Tk The Don — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:59:05 -0000

Look here are my 2 cents. One being yes, with the internet monopolies are not allowed to reign. it goes completely against the foundation that has existed from the begging of the internet time which is truth. The PEople will have their say. In with the good, out with the rubish. By nature the internet is a democratic environment. But the key is sustainability. Which ever one of these so called "top" social networking sites figures out how to make a strong comeback, and draw there audiences and users back unto there sites with legitimate content will emerge as top dog.

I personally like Myspace's chances. The current micro blogging trends of today will subside or shift into something else entirely which at this point, i'm not quite sure what that is yet but it will change. Myspace strong point is music and will continue to be so. and as long as people can relate to good, classic-hitting tracks from unbelievably talented artist then I believe Myspace in the long run will win out.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

Collin Pruitt — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:36:58 -0000

And nothing of value was lost.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

Taras Kiseliuk — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:22:36 -0000

MySpace should take a lesson from last.fm, it still can recover as a social network for bands and other things...

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

Michael — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:44:58 -0000

Whilst this is really a big drop, that graph is brilliantly deceptive with it's y-axis scale - makes a ~17% drop look like more like 90%.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

T. — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:10:13 -0000

It's a fad! Unfortunately for them, it's core audience is onto the next thing. Even if the next thing is an iteration of them, it is new. Facebook would be having the same problem except the interface is easier to use, and hence older people are picking it up. Once the over 50 crowd stops for Facebook, then what? Although, older people tend not to move onto 'the next biggest fad' if the one they are using works. So, maybe they will be okay. I cannot believe however, that MySpace didn't see this coming. Anyone over 16 could have predicted it.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

TheB — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:58:41 -0000

Given the demographics, MySpace is simply too time-consuming. Every time I visit a page there, I have to go and take a shower (and all that glitter and cheesecake is hell on the plumbing).

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

maya — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:56:55 -0000

myspace traffic is on the way up since kids are back in school and bored again

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

twittle — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:55:08 -0000

i like talking with mommy on facebook too!

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

lisamj10 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:45:32 -0000

Facebook is the adult MySpace.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

jerod — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:43:45 -0000

van natta blew it

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

K. Allyn Cosey, II — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:17:09 -0000

It's going to get one last bump before it dies.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

Scott Barrington — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:35:34 -0000

i think myspace is going to become history, they need to milk it why they can, then get out.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

umar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:11:57 -0000

How has this happened for myspace

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

Jo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:25:00 -0000

The 'new' new thing!

Google watching closely (it should).

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

mattrs — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:28:14 -0000

Didn't know that, but that's a good reason to boycott it....Murdoch can go to hell.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

mattrs — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:25:03 -0000

Too many ads and tricked-out profiles make it slow and cumbersome...it should die for lack of innovation.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

Neal White — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:51:25 -0000

I don't know that this is a real trend, Facebook was supposed to be a "MySpace for grown-ups" but the prolifferation of stupid cosmo-esq "what personality type are you" "What munsters character are you" "What kind of flower are you" makes me think it's more MySpace than Myspace was. Thousands of pointless time-wasting apps does not a social network make. Myspace will be here, like AOL, passing the pointless CD"s (in this case pointless apps) to millions of users and sucking time out of your day) for years. and a new trend will follow.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

andrewkinnear — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:02:45 -0000

The last time I logged in was to delete anything of relevance so that I can forget about the account. I'll keep it live for the personal SEO though...

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

erupert66 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:43:05 -0000

Facebook wasn't "cool" a year ago for my middle schooler who's now in High School. Many parents (us included) banned him from it because of the porno and sex solicitation ads that make up most of the advertising. About 3 months ago, all of his friends started to switch to facebook and now, he could care less about MySpace. He doesn't care about the site, he cares about who's on it.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

James Lane — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:21:22 -0000

It appears that the majority of people who have MySpace accounts are those that have just "always had one". Few (comparatively) sign up to MySpace for new accounts; according to this article, large numbers (comparatively) are leaving, so, it would certainly seem to be a forgone conclusion.

There just isn't any excitement behind MySpace any more. I *want* to try new Twitter clients, I *want* to try new features that Facebook roll out. I couldn't give a crap what MySpace do, and it seems that a lot of people are starting to think that way.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

Will Dwinnell — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:30:59 -0000

MySpace may indeed be headed for disaster, but I'd make several notes on the data presented:

1. "MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff": Let's note that the graph you present does not display zero. Though MySpace has indeed lost many "unique visitors", both in raw count, and as a proportion of recent traffic, your graph does not show how far it has to fall before it hits the true bottom of "none".

2. "MySpace’s downfall is accelerating" / "I don’t think I have to tell you what will happen if this trend continues.": This is based on the most recent 3 months' worth of data. I wonder what your analysis would have been, if the previous 3 months (March through June) had been examined? "Accelerating upward trend"?

3. You have chosen to focus on "Unique Visitors". Whether this or some other measure best reflects MySpace's performance is an open question. Perhaps a "unique visitor" who returns several times in a given month is of greater interest?

Don't get me wrong: Having used both MySpace and FaceBook, my suspicion has long been that FaceBook had systematic advantages over MySpace. Though the data is certainly not sunny, I just think you're wringing more from the data you've presented than is really there.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

Carolyn Chan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:38:13 -0000

It might already be too late. *looks over the cliff*

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

Name — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:29:40 -0000

I've been on MySpace since 2006. If MySpace would get rid of the bandwidth-hogging pre-roll movie trailers so I could actually sign in from home or update my status, it would be a big help. Simplified profile designs would be nice too.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

David Shantz - WildOutWest — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:21:53 -0000

This fight is beyond a popularity contest. Clearly, MySpace had the numbers lead, and lost it... the valuable lesson is to figure out WHY? The way I see it, its down to interface and group interaction.

Interface: MySpace delivers the ability to create a much more unique and personal statement than Facebook. Myspace is infinitely flexible, where Facebook really only allows adjustments to content. That said, my personal MySpace page is a bit of a mess, and I'm a professional. its a huge window into what people value.

Group Interactions: Facebook really gets this right. My Space by contrast is distractingly open and lacking in structure.

It's become apparent that success in social media it less about building an application platform and much more about connecting with good friends. Simplicity and clarity seem to be valued by the majority of users. The Facebook applications platform did mark the beginning of huge growth for the network, but it seems to have been a catalyst.

Perhaps the most interesting idea here is that until recently, first to market advantage was practically unsurmountable. This has proven to no longer be true - many times. Anything can happen.

Re: MySpace’s U.S. Traffic Falls Off a Cliff

mechanesthesia — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:18:25 -0000

MySpace is the AOL of social networks. They're never going to change.
Look at the atrocity that is their new "Event" system. I help run a profile weekly event for a club in Miami. We and every other event profile STILL to this day uses the old event system.
You can't even post links or images. What kind of stupidity is that?

And they still refuse to listen to their users.