MySpace Redesign

[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

[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

[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

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

[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

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.