I wouldnt say it will be gone in 15 minutes, but using history as a guide something else will come along and steal its momentum.
The membership number doesnt tell the whole story, number of active members is the important thing. The question is not just whether it is growing, but whether it is retaining existing members. But yeah if it continues to adapt, doesnt become more of a victim of its own sucess, and carves new niches for itself, then it may well last a long long time. A lot comes down to the motivations of those who own/control it, if it blooms in terms of film community, but this community doesnt sustain myspace in the way advertising to presumedly millions of young consumers does, and those consumers desert myspace to go to groovyhipnewcoolplace in 6 months, who is to say news corp will keep it going in the longterm? But thats not intended to poop on what good some peoplec an get out of it now. Hoorah for those who are finding it useful, just be aware you wont convince everybody of its merits. But that doesnt mean anybody is trying to rain on your parade. Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "filmmaker_lynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bill... > > Wouldn't you agree though with a membership of over 55 million it > would seem to last a bit longer than just 15 minutes. It has an > international membership that is continually growing. One advantage > that it has over the aol community aspects is that it is constantly > expanding and changing to allow for more focus within certain areas. I > still think that you guys are caught up on the "whole myspace" when I > was talking about the film specific side which is a great place for > those looking to network. > > Someone spoke about "maintaining an identity" earlier in this > discussion which seemed to be a slighting comment towards those who > look to use it for that reason. This seems odd considering that all > business see to "maintain an identity" thus the term branding is used > so often and people pay huge amounts of money to ensure that they > "maintain that identity" in the public arena. If you are looking to > brand yourself within a community what better place to do that than in > a place where that community is gathered together with the same focus > in mind. Does it work? It must or else you wouldn't see all of the > film festivals and filmmaking journals coming together to support the > Myspace film side of the site and maintaining a presence on their as > well. > > I personally think it is a solid place to brand yourself. Today I was > approached by a writer of a European magazine to do an article on this > doc that I'm working on. This writer approached me from my myspace > account. This is the 2nd time that this has happened this week alone > from there. Pretty cool in my opinion. I was also offered to be in a > new film festival next year in Las Vegas off of my myspace account. > They found me there via networking and contacted me and we spoke > further....next thing you know the conversation turned to something > very positive. > > Sometimes things may start as one thing but can evolve to something > that can be very beneficial to a certain community as myspace seems to > be doing for indie filmmakers. > > Lynn Lane > Coal River Pictures > www.CoalRiverPictures > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > vlog: > "Docmaker on the Go" > www.docmaker.blogspot.com > > myspace: > myspace.com/lynnlane > > coming soon: > vlogumentarian.com > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Streeter" <bill@> 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 videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "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! 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