MySpace Redesign

[peteyt]

It looks like MySpace, now owned by Justin Timberlake, is preparing for a massive redesign of the site.

MySpace used to be the biggest social network out there, but since Facebook came along, alongside Twitter, it has failed to keep up. It's managed to survive these last few years by turning itself into mainly a social network for music.

Bellow is an article including a video about the redesign. Interestingly people seem to like what they have seen so far design wise, but the big question is will it be able to fight its way back, with a lot thinking it might be too late.

I myself am unsure. The redesign looks promising but I seem to find the majority of the public these days want just one social network because face it, updating and managing multiple networks even with the likes of applications like TweetDeck can still be a pain. While I have a few accounts on various sites, a lot don't get used that much these days. I use facebook because everyone is there, so the challenge will be to perswade new people to try out MySpace.


http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/09/24/myspace-teases-completely-rethought-service-believe-not-looks-beautiful/

[Nick]

Uhh, i didn't think that myspace still existed lol. I watched the video and not too keen on the new design. I also didn't know it was now owned by Justin Timberlake lol

[sex]

They can change the layout all they want but the name still has a bad image attached to it and until they lose that i doubt they will see a large increase in activity. I like the new layout, its kinda like a last.fm service

[Chippiewill]

It's quite well timed, it should mean they'll have it all nicely polished as facebook's popularity is starting to decline it appears.

[peteyt]

They can change the layout all they want but the name still has a bad image attached to it and until they lose that i doubt they will see a large increase in activity. I like the new layout, its kinda like a last.fm service

I wouldn't say they had a bad image myself. I just think they are old and most the people these days seem to want to try new stuff out. Myspace got left behind.

[Recursion]

It's quite well timed, it should mean they'll have it all nicely polished as facebook's popularity is starting to decline it appears.

I don't see people flocking to MySpace, Facebook has managed to capture everyone's information on their entire life, I don't see anyone else doing that any time soon really...

[Chippiewill]

I don't see people flocking to MySpace, Facebook has managed to capture everyone's information on their entire life, I don't see anyone else doing that any time soon really...
MySpace did the same thing originally and everyone moved away from there. Why? Because they made their service too bloated and too complicated, just as Facebook is doing now.

[Recursion]

MySpace did the same thing originally and everyone moved away from there. Why? Because they made their service too bloated and too complicated, just as Facebook is doing now.

MySpace never captured the amount of information Facebook has on people's lives. Why would people want to move? All their friends are on Facebook, all their posts, images, sounds etc etc.

How are they becoming too bloated?

[GommeInc]

Meh, I'll remain optimistic. It looks alright from the preview pictures. I can't imagine it gaining popularity when Facebook is still the number contender and unlikely to shift any time soon.

[peteyt]

MySpace never captured the amount of information Facebook has on people's lives. Why would people want to move? All their friends are on Facebook, all their posts, images, sounds etc etc.

How are they becoming too bloated?

However MySpace could gain an audience if it captures a niche e.g. like playing the music side big like it is. Look at Linkedin it's quite popular because it's not just a social network it's a social network for buisness and jobs. I feel that trying to run a generic type of social network for the general public is to tricky with Facebook being at the top so the best way is to find a niche in the market.

[GommeInc]

However MySpace could gain an audience if it captures a niche e.g. like playing the music side big like it is. Look at Linkedin it's quite popular because it's not just a social network it's a social network for buisness and jobs. I feel that trying to run a generic type of social network for the general public is to tricky with Facebook being at the top so the best way is to find a niche in the market.
Didn't they try becoming a music based social network before this? It didn't really work. The problem with finding a niche market is that the niche market needs to find you when it comes to social networks :P

[xxMATTGxx]

However MySpace could gain an audience if it captures a niche e.g. like playing the music side big like it is. Look at Linkedin it's quite popular because it's not just a social network it's a social network for buisness and jobs. I feel that trying to run a generic type of social network for the general public is to tricky with Facebook being at the top so the best way is to find a niche in the market.

Yes but Myspace was already a music type of social network and then failed in the years because of other networks. LinkedIn does well because it's specifically aimed at businesses and you basically an online CV sort of speak which then shows which companies you work for. There is also Yammer which is designed to be an enterprise social network as well.

It has to be something dramatic or something amazing that is better than any other network out there before it becomes popular again. Look at Google+ - It's not beating facebook :P

[GommeInc]

It has to be something dramatic or something amazing that is better than any other network out there before it becomes popular again. Look at Google+ - It's not beating facebook :P
It's amazing how it's still around. Wave didn't last for long, or grow to become anything. Google+ on the other hand is holding strong, and comfortably growing. Very strange :P

[peteyt]

Yes but Myspace was already a music type of social network and then failed in the years because of other networks. LinkedIn does well because it's specifically aimed at businesses and you basically an online CV sort of speak which then shows which companies you work for. There is also Yammer which is designed to be an enterprise social network as well.

It has to be something dramatic or something amazing that is better than any other network out there before it becomes popular again. Look at Google+ - It's not beating facebook :P

See google+ won't beat Facebook because in my opinion its too similar. It's not trying to pick a niche, it's just trying to be another general social network and there's too many of them. Yeah MySpace didn't work out as a music site but importantly it did survive.

Someone told me it just has to be better than Facebook and try and aim right for the top my problem with that is Facebook is too big. Anything MySpace can do Facebook can copy and it already has the audience. MySpace could become better but the tricky thing would be to perswade people to come over.

Copy wise, there's a lot of apps and also information you can put on your profile that are similar to LinkedIn so I suppose nothing is safe. However LinkedIn does it well as a stand alone site and some people don't want to use Facebook for buisness. If MySpace could find something similar it might work better. If it tries to take on Facebook however it will struggle.

[Conspiracy.]

I really hope people will use it. I really like the way it looks.

I only use Facebook because all my friends use it. I prefer Google+ to Facebook but I have 4 friends (and 2 of those I only know online) on it -____- I'm not going to do much "social networking" with 4 people.