[BNM] [OT] Supposing ... I'm too old for MySpace

[Rob Pitt]

No, it definitely is. MySpace is a great example that while design is  
important, content is far more important. People will flock to a site  
that has valuable content regardless of other factors. The valuable  
content on MySpace is the users. The kids on there also are not  
designers, they actually like the way their site looks (I've spoke to  
a couple of 18 year olds about it) and don't realise how horrible it  
is, although they are able to recognize better looking sites as  
better looking when shown. I've noticed at least one very big name  
band also has an account on http://tagworld.com/ now (which apart  
from huge pop-ups telling me I can't use Safari looks like a better  
design). It will be interesting to see how it fares against the  
MySpace juggernaut.

On 2 Jul 2006, at 11:26, Oliver Marshall wrote:

> Am I the only one who thinks myspace is butt-ugly ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Russell [mailto:joshbnm at gmail.com]
> Sent: 02 July 2006 11:10
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] Supposing ... I'm too old for MySpace
>
> mySpace is an anomaly we all have to get used to....
>
> it kind of flies in the face of almost everything we've learnt about
> the internet, but sites like that are always going to be around. all
> we can do is learn from it or..... exploit it.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 6/30/06, Seb L <pluginseb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> MySpace is a success only because it's become a success.. many others
>> have tried a similar thing but failed, just the simple fact that  
>> there
>> are so many people on it makes it a useful community. But yes I  
>> agree,
>> the system sucks.
>>
>> On 30/06/06, james <aqrf11 at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>>> I love Charlie Brooker, not special boy on boy love, just total
> admiration
>>> and respect. A man who can conjure similes such as "as smug as a man
> who has
>>> just learnt to fellate himself" and claiming that children are
> likely to
>>> react to a scary episode of Doctor Who by "shitting their little
> spines out
>>> their arseholes with fear" gets a vote from my funny bone. And if
> the former
>>> isn't a simile and or involves the Inverse Square Law don't bother I
>>> couldn't care less because Charlie's right MySpace is, like many
> many things
>>> on the Internet, just a bit crap really.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Mat Walker" <lists at four0four.net>
>>> To: <bnmlist at brightonnewmedia.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 5:42 PM
>>> Subject: [BNM] [OT] Supposing ... I'm too old for MySpace
>>>
>>>
>>> A great article by Charlie Booker on not getting MySpace which
> coincidently
>>> mirrors a similar conversation I was having earlier today on the
> exact same
>>> subject.
>>>
>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1809647,00.html
>>>
>>> Mat "MySpace is a bit crap really" Walker
>>>
>>>
>>>
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