Create your own Social Network!
There are over 300 social networks, which ones are the rest of the world using?
Monday, December 6, 2010
MySpace Desperation
MySpace was a fairly popular network in the US and other places around the world. In the US it is known as the old school social network that has fallen off the face of the earth (unless you are a sex predator, struggling band, or under the age of 13).
For years, MySpace has been competing to catch up with Facebook. They have revamped the site, changing things like the layout and logo (which is now My_______.).
However, they have now reached an all time low. Rather than continue to fail and compete, they have joined their enemy. MySpace now has a 'mashup' feature with Facebook.
What is this?
Facebook users are now able to transfer their likes and interests to their MySpace account when they sign into Facebook from their MySpace page. From here, they will get a stream of content based on their likes and interests making it more of a source of enterainment rather than a social network.
Regardless of whether this new 'mashup' is successful or not, it is not bringing in new users, only potentially attempting to keep the final existing users.
While I was never allowed to have a MySpace when I was younger, I created an account (look at me now mom!) to check out this 'mashup' feature. I wasn't too impressed, it catered to my likes, showing the music, movies, and other various things attached to my Facebook profile, but wasn't something I would log onto everyday for social entertainment.
For years, MySpace has been competing to catch up with Facebook. They have revamped the site, changing things like the layout and logo (which is now My_______.).
However, they have now reached an all time low. Rather than continue to fail and compete, they have joined their enemy. MySpace now has a 'mashup' feature with Facebook.
What is this?
Facebook users are now able to transfer their likes and interests to their MySpace account when they sign into Facebook from their MySpace page. From here, they will get a stream of content based on their likes and interests making it more of a source of enterainment rather than a social network.
Regardless of whether this new 'mashup' is successful or not, it is not bringing in new users, only potentially attempting to keep the final existing users.
While I was never allowed to have a MySpace when I was younger, I created an account (look at me now mom!) to check out this 'mashup' feature. I wasn't too impressed, it catered to my likes, showing the music, movies, and other various things attached to my Facebook profile, but wasn't something I would log onto everyday for social entertainment.
New Friends
Due to an extremely busy schedule with school, work, the holidays, interviews, and extra projects my blog posts have been lacking severely.
However, good news is to come from this.
I signed into the spam email account I created for this blog (Didn't want to clog up my email with all the SN emails I would be getting from my various accounts) and I had... oh, over 80 new messages.
Turns out, my accounts were finally a bit more active then when I started. I had friend requests lined up, people from around the world viewing my site, notifications involving people waiting to chat, sharing links, and best of all, 3 personal messages.
Two of these messages were from people on Badoo and one from Hi5. The messages basically were about how they saw my blog (which I strategically posted on all my profiles in hopes of more viewers) and that it was a cool idea and design. One message also asked me to view her blog, lookville.com, a blog about fashion.
While my blog and social network accounts are not going viral, at least I'm making a few friends along the way!
However, good news is to come from this.
I signed into the spam email account I created for this blog (Didn't want to clog up my email with all the SN emails I would be getting from my various accounts) and I had... oh, over 80 new messages.
Turns out, my accounts were finally a bit more active then when I started. I had friend requests lined up, people from around the world viewing my site, notifications involving people waiting to chat, sharing links, and best of all, 3 personal messages.
Two of these messages were from people on Badoo and one from Hi5. The messages basically were about how they saw my blog (which I strategically posted on all my profiles in hopes of more viewers) and that it was a cool idea and design. One message also asked me to view her blog, lookville.com, a blog about fashion.
While my blog and social network accounts are not going viral, at least I'm making a few friends along the way!
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