Whose Space? Probably not mine.
In this post, Cathie McGinn takes a first look at the new MySpace, currently being rolled out in private beta, and wonders whether MySpace can find a place in today’s market.
I received an unexpected email today.
“It’s here” it said. “Now all it needs is you.”
It was an invitation to try out the new MySpace. I was intrigued; I had been a fan of Old MySpace back in what I believe is termed ‘the day’ and fondly remember the joy of obscure music discovery and being able to hack HTML with the Pimp My Profile tools to create a profile design contravening all known standards of taste and decency. Crawling ants, flashing colours, revolting choice of fonts…
I gave it a try yesterday and had a similar experience. Everything seemed a microsecond too slow and there was no real “point” to it as yet.
And like you mentioned Cathie, we already have endless music libraries. I guess it’s just another algorithm of similar artists to explore.
I haven’t been back yet, but I’ll keep checking in to see their progress.
I think a lot of people are pretty excited to see if they can pull it off!
good review, Cathie.
Minor point – the iPhone camera has been able to take photos at 2048×1536 resolution from the 3GS onwards, 1600×1200 on earlier iPhones.
Whether they’d look any good on a mySpace page is a whole other question though.
I’ve been using the new Myspace for the last few weeks. I actually really like the interface. I think people need to put aside any of their “old” ideas about Myspace and visit this new Myspace with a fresh set of eyes and expectations.
What’s a MySpace?
I would like to add that in the last few hours since I started browsing the site seriously, I’ve found more rad music than I have in the past 6 months!
I guess it depends what land they are trying to grab.
A lot of people still have MySpace accounts set up, however with Facebook being so down pat why change?
Soundcloud is busting the music scene.
Photo’s are covered elsewhere.
Where does MySpace fit in these days? (Can you up load voice mail messages?) Or did Rupert take the function away?