MYSPACE

HesCalledDyer said:

Oh christ. Now I'm gonna have to log in when I get home.

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

I actually really liked MySpace, and I'm sorry Facebook took it over, because facebook is so damned passive and uninspired and uncreative by comparison. MySpace allowed users to actually design their pages using HTML, and a lot of people really ran with that. It was fun, and there was real educational and creative value there. MySpace is actually the only reason I know HTML, which is still a useful bit of knowledge today.

i hated it. I found it so limiting. 

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

I actually really liked MySpace, and I'm sorry Facebook took it over, because facebook is so damned passive and uninspired and uncreative by comparison. MySpace allowed users to actually design their pages using HTML, and a lot of people really ran with that. It was fun, and there was real educational and creative value there. MySpace is actually the only reason I know HTML, which is still a useful bit of knowledge today.

i hated it. I found it so limiting. 

What do you mean? In what sense? I mean, I think I must have felt the same in some way, since I ultimately abandoned it for Facebook anyhow (though likely because everyone else did - I went where the people were, and I do remember it made it super duper easy to find people you actually knew, and that wasn't really the case with MySpace). I'm just not sure what aspect you're talking about.

the social aspect. it was incredibly limiting from what I recall. whatever updates they did to their platform, which, from waht I recall, were few and far between, were ineffective and not user-friendly. they also couldn't decide on their own identity: was it a place for musicians to share their music, or a social network for everday people to connect? I can't believe that it got bought for billions when it was already failing miserably. 

and when they didn't control the bots and whatnot it became unbearable. 

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

I actually really liked MySpace, and I'm sorry Facebook took it over, because facebook is so damned passive and uninspired and uncreative by comparison. MySpace allowed users to actually design their pages using HTML, and a lot of people really ran with that. It was fun, and there was real educational and creative value there. MySpace is actually the only reason I know HTML, which is still a useful bit of knowledge today.

i hated it. I found it so limiting. 

What do you mean? In what sense? I mean, I think I must have felt the same in some way, since I ultimately abandoned it for Facebook anyhow (though likely because everyone else did - I went where the people were, and I do remember it made it super duper easy to find people you actually knew, and that wasn't really the case with MySpace). I'm just not sure what aspect you're talking about.

the social aspect. it was incredibly limiting from what I recall. whatever updates they did to their platform, which, from waht I recall, were few and far between, were ineffective and not user-friendly. they also couldn't decide on their own identity: was it a place for musicians to share their music, or a social network for everday people to connect? I can't believe that it got bought for billions when it was already failing miserably. 

and when they didn't control the bots and whatnot it became unbearable. 

Huh. I never had most of those complaints, and felt like they clearly did manage to make it for both musicians and everyone else. It was social media with a musical bend, basically, which I liked at the time. I agree it wasn't great for the social aspect - I mean, it was more a personal website platform that also allowed you to post comments under photos... and I think there was some kind of private messaging feature. But still, it was totally groundbreaking. It can absolutely be thanked or berated for being the founding father of modern social media.

I found literally nobody that I was friends with in real life. it was impossible unless they specifically told you what their screen name was or whatever it was. It was great for listening to unreleased music that artists would post, and sometimes even allow to download, but other than that, I found it awful to navigate. 

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

I actually really liked MySpace, and I'm sorry Facebook took it over, because facebook is so damned passive and uninspired and uncreative by comparison. MySpace allowed users to actually design their pages using HTML, and a lot of people really ran with that. It was fun, and there was real educational and creative value there. MySpace is actually the only reason I know HTML, which is still a useful bit of knowledge today.

i hated it. I found it so limiting. 

What do you mean? In what sense? I mean, I think I must have felt the same in some way, since I ultimately abandoned it for Facebook anyhow (though likely because everyone else did - I went where the people were, and I do remember it made it super duper easy to find people you actually knew, and that wasn't really the case with MySpace). I'm just not sure what aspect you're talking about.

the social aspect. it was incredibly limiting from what I recall. whatever updates they did to their platform, which, from waht I recall, were few and far between, were ineffective and not user-friendly. they also couldn't decide on their own identity: was it a place for musicians to share their music, or a social network for everday people to connect? I can't believe that it got bought for billions when it was already failing miserably. 

and when they didn't control the bots and whatnot it became unbearable. 

Huh. I never had most of those complaints, and felt like they clearly did manage to make it for both musicians and everyone else. It was social media with a musical bend, basically, which I liked at the time. I agree it wasn't great for the social aspect - I mean, it was more a personal website platform that also allowed you to post comments under photos... and I think there was some kind of private messaging feature. But still, it was totally groundbreaking. It can absolutely be thanked or berated for being the founding father of modern social media.

I found literally nobody that I was friends with in real life. it was impossible unless they specifically told you what their screen name was or whatever it was. It was great for listening to unreleased music that artists would post, and sometimes even allow to download, but other than that, I found it awful to navigate. 

Oh. Well I did find friends I knew in real life.... You could find them if they used their real names. But yeah, if they didn't, then you'd just talk to them and find out their username or whatever. Not that difficult. It certainly wasn't as easy as facebook, but still. But I found that MySpace really only appealed to the people who were actually willing to put in the time to make fun... and that took up a lot of time and effort. They made you work for it. But anyway, whatever the complaints are in retrospect, it really was seriously groundbreaking at the time.
Dyer's right too. It was definitely a good platform for making new friends. Possibly better than facebook in that regard.

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

I actually really liked MySpace, and I'm sorry Facebook took it over, because facebook is so damned passive and uninspired and uncreative by comparison. MySpace allowed users to actually design their pages using HTML, and a lot of people really ran with that. It was fun, and there was real educational and creative value there. MySpace is actually the only reason I know HTML, which is still a useful bit of knowledge today.

i hated it. I found it so limiting. 

What do you mean? In what sense? I mean, I think I must have felt the same in some way, since I ultimately abandoned it for Facebook anyhow (though likely because everyone else did - I went where the people were, and I do remember it made it super duper easy to find people you actually knew, and that wasn't really the case with MySpace). I'm just not sure what aspect you're talking about.

the social aspect. it was incredibly limiting from what I recall. whatever updates they did to their platform, which, from waht I recall, were few and far between, were ineffective and not user-friendly. they also couldn't decide on their own identity: was it a place for musicians to share their music, or a social network for everday people to connect? I can't believe that it got bought for billions when it was already failing miserably. 

and when they didn't control the bots and whatnot it became unbearable. 

Huh. I never had most of those complaints, and felt like they clearly did manage to make it for both musicians and everyone else. It was social media with a musical bend, basically, which I liked at the time. I agree it wasn't great for the social aspect - I mean, it was more a personal website platform that also allowed you to post comments under photos... and I think there was some kind of private messaging feature. But still, it was totally groundbreaking. It can absolutely be thanked or berated for being the founding father of modern social media.

I found literally nobody that I was friends with in real life. it was impossible unless they specifically told you what their screen name was or whatever it was. It was great for listening to unreleased music that artists would post, and sometimes even allow to download, but other than that, I found it awful to navigate. 

Oh. Well I did find friends I knew in real life.... You could find them if they used their real names. But yeah, if they didn't, then you'd just talk to them and find out their username or whatever. Not that difficult. It certainly wasn't as easy as facebook, but still. But I found that MySpace really only appealed to the people who were actually willing to put in the time to make fun... and that took up a lot of time and effort. They made you work for it. But anyway, whatever the complaints are in retrospect, it really was seriously groundbreaking at the time.
Dyer's right too. It was definitely a good platform for making new friends. Possibly better than facebook in that regard.

I didn't really want new friends. LOL

I more meant people that I had maybe lost touch with, so I couldn't ask them their username. that's what made facebook fun in the beginning, the reconnection with past relationships. 

I wasn't willing to put in the time. it's not my thing. 

I definitely agree on the being a pioneer, for sure. 

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

I actually really liked MySpace, and I'm sorry Facebook took it over, because facebook is so damned passive and uninspired and uncreative by comparison. MySpace allowed users to actually design their pages using HTML, and a lot of people really ran with that. It was fun, and there was real educational and creative value there. MySpace is actually the only reason I know HTML, which is still a useful bit of knowledge today.

i hated it. I found it so limiting. 

What do you mean? In what sense? I mean, I think I must have felt the same in some way, since I ultimately abandoned it for Facebook anyhow (though likely because everyone else did - I went where the people were, and I do remember it made it super duper easy to find people you actually knew, and that wasn't really the case with MySpace). I'm just not sure what aspect you're talking about.

the social aspect. it was incredibly limiting from what I recall. whatever updates they did to their platform, which, from waht I recall, were few and far between, were ineffective and not user-friendly. they also couldn't decide on their own identity: was it a place for musicians to share their music, or a social network for everday people to connect? I can't believe that it got bought for billions when it was already failing miserably. 

and when they didn't control the bots and whatnot it became unbearable. 

Huh. I never had most of those complaints, and felt like they clearly did manage to make it for both musicians and everyone else. It was social media with a musical bend, basically, which I liked at the time. I agree it wasn't great for the social aspect - I mean, it was more a personal website platform that also allowed you to post comments under photos... and I think there was some kind of private messaging feature. But still, it was totally groundbreaking. It can absolutely be thanked or berated for being the founding father of modern social media.

I found literally nobody that I was friends with in real life. it was impossible unless they specifically told you what their screen name was or whatever it was. It was great for listening to unreleased music that artists would post, and sometimes even allow to download, but other than that, I found it awful to navigate. 

Oh. Well I did find friends I knew in real life.... You could find them if they used their real names. But yeah, if they didn't, then you'd just talk to them and find out their username or whatever. Not that difficult. It certainly wasn't as easy as facebook, but still. But I found that MySpace really only appealed to the people who were actually willing to put in the time to make fun... and that took up a lot of time and effort. They made you work for it. But anyway, whatever the complaints are in retrospect, it really was seriously groundbreaking at the time.
Dyer's right too. It was definitely a good platform for making new friends. Possibly better than facebook in that regard.

I didn't really want new friends. LOL

I more meant people that I had maybe lost touch with, so I couldn't ask them their username. that's what made facebook fun in the beginning, the reconnection with past relationships. 

I wasn't willing to put in the time. it's not my thing. 

I definitely agree on the being a pioneer, for sure. 

Haha, the people I have lost touch with are the ones I ended up unfriending. I did go through the process of friending them all, which was fun back in 2008, and then I realized that I didn't give a shit about these people - if I did, we wouldn't have lost touch.

Yes, I figured that out pretty quickly too. I went through a Friending Frenzy, only to delete most of them weeks later. "we didn't like each other in high school, why am I looking at pictures of your fucking dinner now?"