http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/11/myspace-vs-photobucket-obvious-but-dumb/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:49:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/11/myspace-vs-photobucket-obvious-but-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-246523 Rob Hyndman Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:15:52 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/11/myspace-vs-photobucket-obvious-but-dumb/#comment-246523 This is starting to smell like an opportunity for someone who's happy to create an ungreedy open alternative to Myspace. This is starting to smell like an opportunity for someone who’s happy to create an ungreedy open alternative to Myspace.

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/11/myspace-vs-photobucket-obvious-but-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-246491 Kevin Bondelli Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:37:27 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/11/myspace-vs-photobucket-obvious-but-dumb/#comment-246491 I agree with you on this one. Allowing users to use tools from other services on the Myspace network is likely to keep them happy and prevent another social networking site from gaining ground on MySpace by being more open. If I were in charge of MySpace I would want to see what services my users were integrating into their profiles to see where we could improve our features and make them a better alternative. By blocking other services it is basically admitting that the built-in features are inferior and can not compete with other services. I agree with you on this one. Allowing users to use tools from other services on the Myspace network is likely to keep them happy and prevent another social networking site from gaining ground on MySpace by being more open. If I were in charge of MySpace I would want to see what services my users were integrating into their profiles to see where we could improve our features and make them a better alternative. By blocking other services it is basically admitting that the built-in features are inferior and can not compete with other services.

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