The most ’social’ site on the internet is catching flack these days for all of the wront reasons. Virtually everyday you hear stories about how MySpace is putting kids at risk to sexual predators. Sure that may happen, but that happens everywhere, malls, schools, concerts, jobs, etc.
I have been on a kick lately about closed community silos. MySpace is one of the worst offenders these days, but it is no different from BlackPlanet or CollegeClub. That is why MySpace is doomed. Everyone is wanting to copy MySpace, but MySpace just copied technology for 1998. I am fully convinced that MySpace will end up getting it’s ass kicked by open communities that interoperate. Marc Canter has a post about this today:
MySpace is the new Friendster - the closed, old school data silo which we’re all jealous of. Me - I joined back when they had 100k members and Tom actually responded to emails. So let’s remember how MySpace prospered.
- Music
- Sex
- Throwing raves (which connects the two together.)
That’s why I always pitch new kinds of roadshows to our clients - as it’s where cyberspace meets meatspace. Now you have an idea of how badly MeetUp fucked up.
he also hints at AOL entering the fray and that AIM will be involved. Speaking of online silos, did AOL open up AIM yet? Isn’t it supposed to work with GoogleTalk soon?
