Comments on: MySpace Terminates 400 Employees http://www.collabo.com/myspace-terminates-400-employees/ Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0 & Social Media Network Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:53:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MySpace Charity Week Begins! | Collabo.com http://www.collabo.com/myspace-terminates-400-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-60 MySpace Charity Week Begins! | Collabo.com Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:20:17 +0000 http://www.collabo.com/?p=528#comment-60 [...] This May Facebook trumped MySpace as the number one social network in the U.S. and shortly after MySpace laid off 400 employees in an effort to stay afloat.   To pay tribute to MySpace as one of the driving forces of the [...] [...] This May Facebook trumped MySpace as the number one social network in the U.S. and shortly after MySpace laid off 400 employees in an effort to stay afloat.   To pay tribute to MySpace as one of the driving forces of the [...]

]]> By: Alex Luft http://www.collabo.com/myspace-terminates-400-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Alex Luft Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:34:29 +0000 http://www.collabo.com/?p=528#comment-71 Agreed! I'll be diving into it more since I've signed up for an account, but from what I can tell at first glance, it looks very web-1.0 (hate to use a hot-button term for a design description, but oh well). Agreed! I'll be diving into it more since I've signed up for an account, but from what I can tell at first glance, it looks very web-1.0 (hate to use a hot-button term for a design description, but oh well).

]]> By: Alex Luft http://www.collabo.com/myspace-terminates-400-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Alex Luft Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:34:29 +0000 http://www.collabo.com/?p=528#comment-42 Agreed! I'll be diving into it more since I've signed up for an account, but from what I can tell at first glance, it looks very web-1.0 (hate to use a hot-button term for a design description, but oh well). Agreed! I'll be diving into it more since I've signed up for an account, but from what I can tell at first glance, it looks very web-1.0 (hate to use a hot-button term for a design description, but oh well).

]]> By: collabocom http://www.collabo.com/myspace-terminates-400-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-41 collabocom Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:41:21 +0000 http://www.collabo.com/?p=528#comment-41 When I signed up for MySpace over 3 years ago I added this to my profile: "Who I'd like to meet: Tom, the MySpace guy. Anyone who can turn a pile of the shittiest web pages on the Internet into millions of dollars highly impresses me."<br><br>What I like to take from this today is that MySpace offered a great platform for allowing people to express themselves and share those expressions with friends. I think that is the area MySpace needs to focus on. They have a strong artist base. It's still a great place to hear the latest music. I think they should rework their system to be more intuitive and up to date and concentrate on adding well thought out features for self-expression.<br><br>I don't think MySpace has the luxury anymore of trying to be everything to everyone. When I signed up for MySpace over 3 years ago I added this to my profile: “Who I'd like to meet: Tom, the MySpace guy. Anyone who can turn a pile of the shittiest web pages on the Internet into millions of dollars highly impresses me.”

What I like to take from this today is that MySpace offered a great platform for allowing people to express themselves and share those expressions with friends. I think that is the area MySpace needs to focus on. They have a strong artist base. It's still a great place to hear the latest music. I think they should rework their system to be more intuitive and up to date and concentrate on adding well thought out features for self-expression.

I don't think MySpace has the luxury anymore of trying to be everything to everyone.

]]> By: Alex Luft http://www.collabo.com/myspace-terminates-400-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Alex Luft Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:03:37 +0000 http://www.collabo.com/?p=528#comment-40 I wonder how they'll get out of this slump they're in. Personally, I'm scared to use MySpace because of the horrendous design. I don't even have an account. But I guess I'll need one to figure out what's really wrong with it. Will be signing up for it soon. <br><br>PS: I find it hilarious that Van Natta is able to make such a statement about MySpace, having only been there for such a short period of time. I don't think he's the slightest clue of how to fix it and what's really wrong with it, although I could be very wrong. I wonder how they'll get out of this slump they're in. Personally, I'm scared to use MySpace because of the horrendous design. I don't even have an account. But I guess I'll need one to figure out what's really wrong with it. Will be signing up for it soon.

PS: I find it hilarious that Van Natta is able to make such a statement about MySpace, having only been there for such a short period of time. I don't think he's the slightest clue of how to fix it and what's really wrong with it, although I could be very wrong.

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