DISQUS

Scot Duke · 2 years ago

Wow, I can make a chart just like that... I wonder if they would like it in different colors? That is about how reliable their commissioned survey is.

The problem MySpace has is credibility. Why else would they have paid to have a study saying what they want people to think if there was not more people not using MySpace than they say they have using MySpace. Looks like they are trying to shore up their advertiser base by providing some off the wall figures.

As far as a Marketing Platform...give me a break, the only Marketing I have seen is on the efforts of the all of the Dudes finding Chicks and the Chicks finding Dudes...is that called Marketing?

No, Social Networking is not what I would say the majority of people online are doing that is adding excitement in their life...reading your blog was exciting enough for me. Does that mean we are social networking?

Pete Cashmore · 2 years ago

If MySpace was having an easy time selling ads, it presumably wouldn't be holding an all-day event for advertisers based around this research. This is around the time that advertisers start calculating how much to spend on TV ads, hence the TV comparison.

Paul Enderson · 2 years ago

I can totally understand MySpace's research policy.

I ran a similar project recently, where I researched myself - and what I found out was fascinating!

I discovered that I am officially a sex God, and that everybody in the entire world should send me a tenner in a brown envelope to my PO Box address, before the end of 2007.

Cool, huh?

Pete Cashmore · 2 years ago

Wow, really? If everyone else is doing it, I'd better send you a tenner too!

Paul Enderson · 2 years ago

Mmmm... I think your new nested comments thingy may be stripping soft returns from the comment box! ;)

Pete Cashmore · 2 years ago

Hmmm...dunno how to fix that. You really need soft returns?

Paul Enderson · 2 years ago

Depends on if you're one of those people who do the stream of conciousness thing when they're posting in the comments box of a blog and don't take a breath and don't bother to use proper punctuation or carriage returns or anything other than bear words because that's how they talk on their mobile phones innit?

;)

Daniel · 2 years ago

MySpace's big problem with advertising is that they NEVER GET BACK TO YOU. We submitted an inquiry via their online 'form' 4 months ago, then 3 months ago, 2 months ago, etc. and NOBODY has ever contacted us. When we tried calling MySpace advertising department, we just get an automated message. When we leave a message NOBODY calls back.

Talk about BAD customer service. I would not be surprised if the more advertiser-friendly sites like photobucket spring ahead in the future. Arrogance and poor customer service is going to ruin MySpace's business plan....

anyone know how to contact them? seriously? email me at dangc@aol.com

-dc