We Visit MySpace So You Don't Have To
Monday, December 7, 2009 at 9:33AM 
Facebook, twitter, friendfeed, linkedin... It seems many of us have moved on from one time friend (or at least acquaintance) myspace. So we decided to dust off our login info and see what's new, so you don't have to:
Colored lines are all the rage. Each section is now topped by a colored line when you login to your profile. Not a coherent color, mind you; rather some are yellow/maize some are purple/pink, and others are blue.
Speaking of sections, there are some new names for newish sections. And we just can't figure out where they came up with these... hmmm... "Stream" (think news feed in facebook) "Virtual Gifts" (think gifts in Facebook) Artist on Artist (think Ads), and my Apps (seeing a pattern?)
An old marketing professor once told me, you don't beat someone else by being somebody else: you have to be yourself. It looks like that might have gone out the window as myspace tries to more or less clone facebook, except with terrible self-designed backgrounds.
It's also interesting to see my personal friends count has dropped 40%. Not due to any malice on my part (I hope) but rather from people simply deciding to delete their accounts since they're not logging in anymore anyhow.
Don't get cocky Facebook: We fully expect to look back and laugh at you in a few more years too...
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