Comments on: Is MySpace Dead?

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:36:49 +0000

You guys are all crazy. I love getting emails notifying me of a new friend only to see its a girl named Jessica who loves beer and sex and oddly enough her 75 half-naked friends also all want to be my friend within an hour. I mean its quite a tough decision but the wall posts of “Grl you so hottt. Thankz fo the add” and “Yo be poppin fresh” really help to persuade and remind me that no, this site isn’t covered with spam and dying off. Its quite alive.

By: Bozidar

Bozidar — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:49:50 +0000

It’s dead. They could have survived if they took their own course, but instead, they’re just copying Facebook, and it’s a futile attempt to keep them above ground. R.I.P.
p.s.: Congrats to the Myspace owner for selling it just at the right time to Murdoch. Nice timing:) I suggest that Facebook owner does the same thing, as some new things comes along in a year or two.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:59:47 +0000

I hate Adsense on pages, especially with mismatched backgrounds. ;-)

By: Alexis

Alexis — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:49:22 +0000

Personally I hope MySpace dies…. I hate flashy things and if Facebook allows you to put up your own background or create flashy things. I will leave..
Thank you
~ Alexis

By: Sam K.

Sam K. — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:55:47 +0000

oh yes. myspace is dead. you cant even leave a comment anymore without verifying you’re not a robot.

By: Lara Kulpa

Lara Kulpa — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:53:39 +0000

I remember chatting with you about this at the meetup Aaron – I guess it took the place of our “Alexa” discussion… ;)

Honestly? I hate so many things about MySpace. But I’m still on it. I’ve asked several of my friends (since our talk) if they’re on FaceBook and most of them aren’t. I think FB needs more publicity, and needs to really emphasize why the simplicity of the look of it is actually more beneficial.

You wouldn’t believe the amount of “help me with my profile! someone is in my account!” messages and phone calls I get EVERY WEEK from my MS friends… I do love that FB has a clean layout that can’t be mucked up – but I’m a girl coder/designer… I like “zen”… Clean = organized = happy Lara. But your average MySpacer doesn’t a) give a crap about that and b) loves putting up flashy crap. It’s a throwback to the mid-90’s in terms of design, for sure… and definitely gives those of us with any sense of design a harder time of it.

But as far as “dead” goes? I think the best we can do is educate people… which you’re so desperately trying to do here, Aaron, and I admire it! ;)

By: Jessica Doyle

Jessica Doyle — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:53:23 +0000

I would have to say Myspace is gone and Facebook has taken over. My folks here in Saint John are watching the local evening news and low and behold the local news here has a Facebook addy.

By: Frequent Reader

Frequent Reader — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:02:13 +0000

Dead. Dead. Dead. My traffic is down 90% in the last month? Whatever the exact number, it’s a HUGE drop. Adios MySpace.

By: Mark Jaquith

Mark Jaquith — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:00:59 +0000

Interesting backtracking

There was no backtracking. I thought you were commenting on the “deadness” of MySpace in an objective sense, not a personal sense. It’s dead to me, but not objectively dead. We can’t really consider it being objectively dead until its ad revenue and numbers are lower than FaceBook’s, and falling.

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:41:37 +0000

Dead for the technorati and dead for the masses are two different things.

That was the worst day of my life when all the technorati tag feeds started showing you with all the CRAP from MySpace…..