AOL was very popular for content creators until they decided to charge for putting up content. MySpace may do well if they don't make similar mistakes. A simple interface that draws a large audience is a natural for content creators like musicians and filmmakers. As far as network video, it looks like the large competitors may be YouTube and MySpace.
-- Enric -======- http://www.cirne.com --- In [email protected], "Bill Streeter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I look at myspace as kind of the Fad web. It's not the real web, it's > a close aproximation of the web, but it's inside a box that's owned by > someone. Myspace has recreated a lot of the functionality that exists > on the real Web and made it simpler (and less functional) but combined > them all into a simple interface. It's simply a package that somehow > is slightly more useful than the some of it's parts to a lot of > people. I predect it will be popular for another 15 minutes or so. > Reminds me alot of the community aspects of the AOL of old. > > Bill Streeter > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > www.lofistl.com > > --- In [email protected], "Jay dedman" <jay.dedman@> wrote: > > > > > Dave Toole recently asked his 16yr old daughter to explain why > she finds MySpace so interesting. > > > I asked him to vlog it and share it with us. > > > He posted it tonight on ourmedia and our SpinFlow vlog > > > http://outhink.blogs.com/spinflow/2006/02/why_is_myspace_.html > > > > Talk about market research. > > this is exactly what i needed to understand. > > I needed to SEE what a typical user likes about MySpace. > > Dave asked all the right questions. > > > > i guess MySpace provides what i hear a lot of bloggers want. > > who's watching me? > > how many friends do i have? > > we all want an audience. > > I know thats why i got involved in videoblogging. > > I just wanted to meet other people. > > > > but for whatever reason, MySpace still seems like a dead end. > > doesnt seem like it will last. > > I like to think that media we create will last...so it means something > > in the future. > > I wonder if MySpace has that kind of longevity. > > http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=1650209&page=1 > > > > jay > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
