Comments on: Myspace creating seeds of its destruction. http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/ Adapt or die - by Markus Frind CEO of Plentyoffish.com Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:13:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: myspacebackgrounds http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-113439 myspacebackgrounds Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:24:23 +0000 http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-113439 Yeah, I think Myspace is doomed. They're losing US market share but they may have some life left outside the US. Yeah, I think Myspace is doomed. They’re losing US market share but they may have some life left outside the US.

]]> By: Sam Moorcroft, ChristianCafe.com http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8808 Sam Moorcroft, ChristianCafe.com Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:15:47 +0000 http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8808 Marcus, interesting comment, "Now if I ran slide.com I say, great we have millions of users coming from myspace but if myspace dies so do we. " You are always preaching about the demise of paid dating sites like Match.com and others. Shouldn't you be following your own advice?;-) Marcus, interesting comment, “Now if I ran slide.com I say, great we have millions of users coming from myspace but if myspace dies so do we. ”

You are always preaching about the demise of paid dating sites like Match.com and others. Shouldn’t you be following your own advice?;-)

]]> By: yhurg http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8325 yhurg Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:52:50 +0000 http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8325 Good post topic. MySpace obviously set a precedent. With the right vision and leadership it can remain a high-profile site. If it continues to cater to the goofball mentality then it will likely lose out to sites that cater to niche audiences. I don't think the ads on MySpace are appropriate, especially for teens which are its target audience. As additional sites appear with more appropriate advertising then MySpace will begin losing its traffic. To say the MySpace is creating these seeds is debatable. The marketplace is obviously finding ways to exploit the traffic that MySpace produces. Good post topic. MySpace obviously set a precedent. With the right vision and leadership it can remain a high-profile site. If it continues to cater to the goofball mentality then it will likely lose out to sites that cater to niche audiences. I don’t think the ads on MySpace are appropriate, especially for teens which are its target audience. As additional sites appear with more appropriate advertising then MySpace will begin losing its traffic. To say the MySpace is creating these seeds is debatable. The marketplace is obviously finding ways to exploit the traffic that MySpace produces.

]]> By: spoiledamerica http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8275 spoiledamerica Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:23:18 +0000 http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8275 The sooner MySpace disappears, the better. The sooner MySpace disappears, the better.

]]> By: Mayo http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8254 Mayo Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:30:52 +0000 http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8254 Good point Eric!! Now back to my coding ;=) Good point Eric!!

Now back to my coding ;=)

]]> By: Jake http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8216 Jake Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:33:20 +0000 http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8216 MySpace banned us at Stickam once we became a big enough blip on their radar to be threatening. They made a decision to not compete on the merit of their products and instead are attempting to lock-in their users. Although it was very upsetting to many of our users, a lot of them just use Stickam more now and their MySpace profile less. Our growth is faster than it has ever been. MySpace doesn't think Win Win so they will Lose Lose. MySpace banned us at Stickam once we became a big enough blip on their radar to be threatening. They made a decision to not compete on the merit of their products and instead are attempting to lock-in their users.

Although it was very upsetting to many of our users, a lot of them just use Stickam more now and their MySpace profile less. Our growth is faster than it has ever been.

MySpace doesn’t think Win Win so they will Lose Lose.

]]> By: Bisi http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8197 Bisi Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:00:20 +0000 http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8197 Myspace.com can just buy slide.com and anybody else that is getting traffic from them . Alternatively they can create there own widgets and ban 3rd party widgets . Myspace.com can just buy slide.com and anybody else that is getting traffic from them . Alternatively they can create there own widgets and ban 3rd party widgets .

]]> By: Eric Dewhirst http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8196 Eric Dewhirst Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:52:14 +0000 http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8196 I agree with the premise of your overall statement – being a grouper fish is not a sustainable model if you want to be as big as the fish you are following. Don’t get me wrong it can happen but you have to transition from being the add-on to being the main event and that is not easy to do. I think though that Slide.com and it’s recent incarnation is a byproduct of being too late to a previous market. They started out being the next Flickr but never gained momentum – came into to the game too late and the race was already well underway (http://web.archive.org/web/20050901110117/http://slide.com/). It’s tough to watch the party leave without you! Cheers, Eric I agree with the premise of your overall statement – being a grouper fish is not a sustainable model if you want to be as big as the fish you are following. Don’t get me wrong it can happen but you have to transition from being the add-on to being the main event and that is not easy to do.

I think though that Slide.com and it’s recent incarnation is a byproduct of being too late to a previous market. They started out being the next Flickr but never gained momentum – came into to the game too late and the race was already well underway (http://web.archive.org/web/20050901110117/http://slide.com/). It’s tough to watch the party leave without you!

Cheers,

Eric

]]> By: Rush http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8191 Rush Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:49:35 +0000 http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8191 myspace's competing widget will be crap. just look at their website design... haha myspace’s competing widget will be crap. just look at their website design… haha

]]> By: Stephen Sclafani http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8176 Stephen Sclafani Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:49:36 +0000 http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/myspace-creating-seeds-of-its-destruction/#comment-8176 MySpace is not ignorant of this situation. They have started putting resources into creating their own competing widgets. They were too late with MySpace Video, but if they have learned their lesson they might not be next time. MySpace is not ignorant of this situation. They have started putting resources into creating their own competing widgets. They were too late with MySpace Video, but if they have learned their lesson they might not be next time.

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