Do You Know Anyone Still on MySpace?

Myspace.com was once the country’s leading social network. Now it is losing users according to an article found in the New York Times. This is obviously old news considering many people here at this university can’t remember the last time they logged on to their MySpace account. Matter of fact, a lot of people can’t remember their account login name or password because it’s been years since they last logged on.

The article mentions that when generally talking about social media, Facebook comes up in the conversation and MySpace never does. The article also mentions that the only time MySpace is mentioned is when someone is referring to a band or a musician. I for one still have a MySpace and mostly visit the page to check out new musicians and get free downloads of EP’s or find out when a band will be touring.

When I recently logged on to MySpace, I visited pages of bands I typically like to follow, checked pages of friends to see when was the last time they logged on (which looks like I’m the only one left), and tried to browse through people I didn’t know. For the most portion of MySpace many users set their pages to private (including myself). As for bands and comedians, the user is free to browse as much as they want. MySpace seems to be leaning more towards the entertainment side of things rather then connecting with your friends instantly like Facebook.

Here are some interesting quotes taken from the New York Times article.

“Clearly there is some inertia in social networking. You’ll be lonely if you are the first one of your friends to move to a new site. But MySpace always had a bit of a disco feel to it, and I wonder if it is simply vulnerable to changing fashion.” -SAUL HANSELL

“Three years ago, I quoted Heather Candella, a college student from Sloatsburg, N.Y., saying “When you meet someone, the question is not ‘What’s your number? It’s ‘What’s your MySpace?’ ” -SAUL HANSELL

Do any of you ask people any more “What’s your MySpace?” -SAUL HANSELL

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/do-you-know-anyone-still-on-myspace/?scp=5&sq=myspace&st=Search