Anyone checked their MySpace recently?
Probably not. Because with the Facebook and Twitter escalation, poor li'l MySpace has gotten left back in the dust. Anyone notice how if you want to post something to your social media site, there are automatic links to all sorts of social media....except MySpace? That's because it's getting neglected by the storm. Sad, but true.
How does MySpace come back?
Well, there IS one way. It involves throwing back to its roots. It's something that goes on all the time and people take for granted.
MySpace needs to start gearing more towards bands again.
Little known fact: MySpace was originally a freespace for bands to post their music and have an online profile. Then it became socialized (in the people sense, not the political sense) and now it's for everyone.
The search cap on the music search for MySpace is 1000, but if you search for "rock" you'll hit that cap immediately. There are HUNDREDS of thousands of bands on MySpace.--a fact that most people know but don't REALLY realize.
MySpace has done a good job pushing the music side of it, but I think that to compete, MySpace needs to make Music its centerpiece. Push that aspect and pull back on the personal social media side. By doing this, they'll stand a chance of not getting left in the dust, and rather taking a side road less traveled.
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Oh my goodness! I have not even thought about MySpace in a good while. Where did it go? I don't even think I remember my password! I think you are absolutely right on in that it needs to focus on the music aspect to pull itself back into the forefront of people social media minds. The music pages were the only MySpace pages that I ever really even enjoyed. So many artist have been discovered on MySpace. It is a shame to let it slip away!
ReplyDeleteHaha I dont't even think I have a myspace page anymore. It has definitely faded away behin Facebook. I agree that the music aspect would be the key to get it going again. MySpace has discovered numerous amounts of artists and bands that we all listen to daily, and the then amazing site that brought them to fame has simply dissapeared. I would be very interested to see this come back!
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