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MySpace dying a slow, cringing death.

CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
edited March 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
It's funny how things change. I hardly ever used myspace, but I had a few friends on there from college. Once in a while I get an email from myspace. The most recent one said:

Subject:Latest news from your MySpace friends

Mike
Mood: bored


...and the previous email update I got was from a friend saying "I'm finally deleting my account - Contact me if you need my info"




The death of myspace is gonna be really long and drawn out, isn't it? :?
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*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
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  • Lone Drawn MeteorLone Drawn Meteor Posts: 1,230
    Did you write this last year and forget to hit send?
    "If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit." - Mitch Hedberg
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Lone Drawn Meteor wrote:
    Did you write this last year and forget to hit send?


    Nope. I guess since I never really used myspace, I didn't know it was dead already. Sounds like old news.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • Lone Drawn MeteorLone Drawn Meteor Posts: 1,230
    I guess bands still use it, maybe?
    "If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit." - Mitch Hedberg
  • Backspacer 76Backspacer 76 Posts: 963
    2-3 years ago Myspace was all the rage.
    Now everybody has jumped to Facebook and Twitter.
    And in a few more years they will jump to something else.
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Backspacer 76 wrote:
    2-3 years ago Myspace was all the rage.
    Now everybody has jumped to Facebook and Twitter.
    And in a few more years they will jump to something else.


    Facebook and Twitter are already dead.

    The new thing is writing letters to loved ones.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • ClaireackClaireack Posts: 13,561
    CJMST3K wrote:
    The new thing is writing letters to loved ones.

    Not sure people will remember how to hold a pen.
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Claireack wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    The new thing is writing letters to loved ones.

    Not sure people will remember how to hold a pen.


    That doesn't concern me as much as possibly receiving handwritten letters with abbreviations like "How R U doin?" in cursive.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    Lone Drawn Meteor wrote:
    I guess bands still use it, maybe?

    yup...we still use it to post new songs. we get quite a few hits, so i guess people are still checking it out. it's a good online tool to get your music out there for booking smaller gigs &making your music available the day that you record it.
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,924
    Myspace pretty much gave up as a normal social network a couple years ago and have been concentrating on bands since.
  • ClaireackClaireack Posts: 13,561
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Claireack wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    The new thing is writing letters to loved ones.

    Not sure people will remember how to hold a pen.


    That doesn't concern me as much as possibly receiving handwritten letters with abbreviations like "How R U doin?" in cursive.

    Never got the hang of that (must be age), still text in longhand.
    <a href="http://s952.photobucket.com/albums/ae8/catkinson_2009/?action=view&current=domo.jpg&quot; target="_blank"><img src="http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae8/catkinson_2009/domo.jpg&quot; border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Claireack wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    The new thing is writing letters to loved ones.

    Not sure people will remember how to hold a pen.


    That doesn't concern me as much as possibly receiving handwritten letters with abbreviations like "How R U doin?" in cursive.

    regardless of who that person is to me, i'd slap them in the face!
  • Break The SkyBreak The Sky Posts: 1,276
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Myspace pretty much gave up as a normal social network a couple years ago and have been concentrating on bands since.

    Ironic, since I believe that was what Myspace was intended to do when they began in the first place.
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  • Backspacer 76Backspacer 76 Posts: 963
    I have a Myspace account but rarely long-on anymore.

    I Signed up to Myspace to find family and friends.
    After being on there for maybe a week I saw I had a message in my inbox.
    It was from a girl whom I didn't know. Her exacted words were "Hello,How are you"

    It turned into weeks of talking on the computer.
    Then I found the courage to ask her on a date.

    This coming June will be 3 years since our first date.
    We are engaged to be married later this year. :mrgreen:
    Strange how things happen in life.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,924
    Big Drop wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Myspace pretty much gave up as a normal social network a couple years ago and have been concentrating on bands since.

    Ironic, since I believe that was what Myspace was intended to do when they began in the first place.

    It is very ironic. Yeah, in the begining they saw bands as their market but they never really had any direction. They just kept throwing ideas out and running with them, but nothing that would make myspace sustainable as a social network. Their goal was to have a social network with minimal rules and that is exactly what killed them.
  • ElusiveElusive Posts: 203
    My band still uses it.....its still good for booking.
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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Elusive wrote:
    My band still uses it.....its still good for booking.
    That's how my husband's band uses it. And all the other musicians he knows.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Lone Drawn Meteor wrote:
    I guess bands still use it, maybe?

    That's really the only positive thing for MySpace. It's a nice tool for musicians.

    My personal opinion, it's a crapshoot. As a social networking site there are far too many stupid ass advertisements and overall I just hate the design of the site...I say farewell with a smile.

    Haven't used MySpace in close to 3 years, and I haven't missed it. Facebook for me is a much more simple way of networking.

    Bye bye, MySpace. :wave:
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Backspacer 76 wrote:
    2-3 years ago Myspace was all the rage.
    Now everybody has jumped to Facebook and Twitter.
    And in a few more years they will jump to something else.

    which is probably why i never do any of that stuff!!!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • he still standshe still stands Posts: 2,835
    I prefer Myspace to Facebook... actually. Myspace is the place where you find fun and illegal activities to participate in. Facebook is the place where you get caught for doing those things. Not to mention all the douchebags left. And my mom isn't on Myspace.
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Claireack wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    The new thing is writing letters to loved ones.

    Not sure people will remember how to hold a pen.


    That doesn't concern me as much as possibly receiving handwritten letters with abbreviations like "How R U doin?" in cursive.



    omg...this soooo makes me laugh! :lol:



    for the record, i DO still write letters and i have never joined a social networking site, tho this place is damn near close, eh? ;)
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,924
    Lizard wrote:
    Backspacer 76 wrote:
    2-3 years ago Myspace was all the rage.
    Now everybody has jumped to Facebook and Twitter.
    And in a few more years they will jump to something else.

    which is probably why i never do any of that stuff!!!

    I do think Facebook is around for the long haul. It is gigantic and they have done a great job. I would recommend them to not change the interface as often although all people will do is complain, they wont stop using it unless they really fuck something up (which is dont see happening).

    The difference between Myspace and Facebook is that Facebook has some really really smart people running it and all Mysapce was, was a bunch of people with a lot of ideas, barely any capital and were always arguing. They had no plan and it showed. They ran a lot of shady shit on the web before myspace.

    Edit: I am not on Facebook (assume I will give in eventually) nor was on I Myspace but work/ed with both professionally.
  • peacegirlpeacegirl Posts: 841
    this topic was discussed by my co-workers during lunch today....I come back on here after lunch and it's being discussed here!
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    peacegirl wrote:
    this topic was discussed by my co-workers during lunch today....I come back on here after lunch and it's being discussed here!


    You know I had lunch with you earlier, right?
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • KevinmanKevinman Atlanta, GA USA Posts: 1,917
    I've never been on myspace or facebook. I always thought I was behind the times. The fact that they are coming to an end, does that mean I was ahead of the times? That would be cool.
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  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Backspacer 76 wrote:
    2-3 years ago Myspace was all the rage.
    Now everybody has jumped to Facebook and Twitter.
    And in a few more years they will jump to something else.


    Facebook and Twitter are already dead.

    The new thing is writing letters to loved ones.
    that's how i roll. use a quill feather too. KICKIN IT OLD SKOOL BOIIEEE
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Backspacer 76 wrote:
    2-3 years ago Myspace was all the rage.
    Now everybody has jumped to Facebook and Twitter.
    And in a few more years they will jump to something else.


    Facebook and Twitter are already dead.

    The new thing is writing letters to loved ones.


    that's how i roll. use a quill feather too. KICKIN IT OLD SKOOL BOIIEEE


    We know how you roll, chiquiMONKEY.

    monkey_writing_letter.jpg
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • Lone Drawn MeteorLone Drawn Meteor Posts: 1,230
    Backspacer 76 wrote:
    I have a Myspace account but rarely long-on anymore.

    I Signed up to Myspace to find family and friends.
    After being on there for maybe a week I saw I had a message in my inbox.
    It was from a girl whom I didn't know. Her exacted words were "Hello,How are you"

    It turned into weeks of talking on the computer.
    Then I found the courage to ask her on a date.

    This coming June will be 3 years since our first date.
    We are engaged to be married later this year. :mrgreen:
    Strange how things happen in life.

    Wow. At least ONE good thing came out of that site. Congrats! Are you going to invite Tom Anderson to the wedding?
    "If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit." - Mitch Hedberg
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    CJMST3K wrote:
    We know how you roll, chiquiMONKEY.

    monkey_writing_letter.jpg
    OMG how did you get into my computer's photo album! :shock: :o :shock:

    (please don't find the one of the swing and the basket of bananas, eeeeeek)
  • LauriLauri Posts: 748
    I joined myspace in like 2005 when it was popular or whatever. I thought I canceled my account, but I still get messages from them. That disturbs me.
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    It's good for music. In fact, the first thing I think about when I hear myspace is music. I rarely use it for communicating with friends anymore, but I like checking out musicians' pages.
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