Comments on: MySpace Likely To Open Platform To 3rd Party Developers

By: Free Daily Horoscope

Free Daily Horoscope — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:29:42 +0000

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By: Yaiza ¿Cuánto vale Facebook? «

Yaiza ¿Cuánto vale Facebook? « — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:00:11 +0000

[...] pero lo que es cierto es que está tirando de otros sitios como Bebo , LinkedIn o el mismisimo MySpace. Posted in Social Networks, [...]

By: navelfluff.de

navelfluff.de — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:28:35 +0000

Erste Bilder von der kommenden MySpace-API…

Nachdem ja bereits vor etwas längerer Zeit bekannt geworden ist, dass MySpace sich ebenfalls wie Facebook per API den Entwicklern öffnen will, ist nun ein erstes Bild einer möglichen Anwendung aufgetaucht:

Eine MySpace API wäre sicherlich auch f…

By: P-Air

P-Air — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:22:13 +0000

Developers should blow off apps for MySpace after that company’s behavior towards them and how they went out and shut off apps willy-nilly when they didn’t like them or felt they were generating revenues fm their innovations. While Facebook held off opening up, once they decided to do so, they were forthcoming and a true community player. Sure MySpace still has a large audience, but their attitude doesn’t merit the benefit of developers helping them succeed. MySpace hasn’t earned the respect of the development community.

By: Scott Allen

Scott Allen — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:10:51 +0000

WTB Akismet plug-in for MySpace groups!!!

By: kevin

kevin — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:09:16 +0000

Man, once again these comments show that the “techno elite” have zero concept of what the average user wants when dealing with social networking sites.

http://www.buzznetworker.com/t.....r-myspace/

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:19:12 +0000

MySpace will need to do some radical reworking to catch up with Facebook.

By: damonparker.org

damonparker.org — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:57:59 +0000

TechCrunch: MySpace Likely To Open Platform To 3rd Party Developers…

Great! An application known for its buggy code and bloated site is going to open it up to third-party developers? With all of their attempts to block out existing widgets, who is going to want to code for these losers?…

By: MySpace to open to 3rd party developers at Ejovi Nuwere

MySpace to open to 3rd party developers at Ejovi Nuwere — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:35:13 +0000

[...] off my last post I there is a rumour that MySpace will create a API interface similar to facebook. It will be interesting to see how that develops. My impression is that MySpace doesn’t have [...]

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:20:42 +0000

How does an app platform which is a walled garden constitute superior service or product? To the widget maker who posted about how great Facebook is for developing apps. How many other social networks would you be willing to develop an App for? 3? 5? 20? I’m sure this kind of fragmentation would make widget developing a dream and greatly reduce your workload.
Microsoft provides even greater leverage for .Net developers. The fact that more development takes place on LAMP just doesn’t make sense now does it.

What I’m getting at is these so-called platforms ruled the roost a decade ago. Anyone remember AOL and all the eyeballs they had for all they’re exclusive services. And before that the mighty Compuserve.

Some executives today have no memory of those heady times just a decade ago and have no experience with all the important lessons of that time. Proprietary platforms are the model of a decade ago.

Facebook is rising like a chart-topping hit single by spamming the address book of every new member. If Myspace makes a platform it should be for pop-single publicity only. It’s not condusive to a long life in the jungle.

By: liquidboy

liquidboy — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:52:02 +0000

I really don’t need to justify myself and my use of FaceBook. I use it and i like it.

And I didnt say i disliked MySpace, just that we moved on from it to FaceBook. We’ve grown up from it!!!

I’d also like to mention that i personally use 2 social networks equally now, both FaceBook (for fun stuff with friends) and LinkedIN (for professional socializing). I’m not an evangelist for FaceBook just a happy user!!!

ps. (Jay and D 2..0) you both sound very bright NOT!!! Send me your email and ill invite you to my inner circle of dumb friends, from your statements sounds like you’d fit right in with us IDIOTS!!

By: Web Services

Web Services — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:24:11 +0000

MySpace ready to open up?!…

No TagsAccording to TechCrunch it looks as if MySpace are looking to follow Facebook down the route of an open platform for developers.
I can’t say I’m particularly surprised (given the success Facebook’s experienced) but I wonder if …

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:28:11 +0000

Danah Boyd has a paper on the class divisions that appear to becoming evident between Facebook and MySpace users. Perhaps Mr.Riley believes the users Ms.Boyd noted as “middle/upper class, college bound teens from upwards mobile or well off families” that have abandoned MS for FB count more than the “marginalized teens, teens from poorer or less educated backgrounds, subculturally-identified teens, and other non-hegemonic teens” that continue to embrace MS.

By: bdb

bdb — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:24:52 +0000

@liquidboy, you better back off, these two know everything and they are not required to substantiate arguments; they only ask that others back up their statements. I know, I know, but you have too understand they (Jay and D 2..0) are the founders of numerous successful start-ups, and they know this stuff. Take their word for it.

By: Drama 2.0

Drama 2.0 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:51:15 +0000

fireboy: exactly. Facebook has simply invented a fancier wheel that gets technologists to ooh and ahh. The result to end users is almost identical.

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MySpace deverá abrir plataforma para desenvolvedores | TNow — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:50:53 +0000

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By: Jay (living in First Life)

Jay (living in First Life) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:41:11 +0000

#47 liquidboy

We clearly don’t understand people who can’t spell and use awful grammar. What kind of apps do you make for Facebook? Ones that let you rate how bad your friends’ farts smell? Your friends and you don’t constitute a win. By leaving Myspace and joining Facebook you and your dumb friends have raised the average IQ of Myspace and decreased that of Facebook.

# 48 fireboy

You are right.

By: fireboy

fireboy — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:55:53 +0000

myspace has 180 million, facebook 30 mil = myspace wins.. you and ur geeky widget developers do not constitute a “win” .. and the larger point is that even with facebooks API access to specifuc user data, there are no apps in the top 20 that use it in any sophisticated way.. its all just a rehash of what myspace has had for years.. ‘choose your top 8, add music, horoscopes, etc.’

By: liquidboy

liquidboy — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:26:13 +0000

you guys dont understand.. facebook’s apps platform is awesome (comming from a widget developer)

And i was a myspace user but have since moved over to facebook. And all my immediate friends have too (about 60+ of us).

We all are in our 20’s, 30’s and we all spend money on the internet (buying music, booking flights etc etc) ..

All of us that have come over agree that it s@%@’s all over myspace.

To us facebook wins and myspace loses

ps. for those that dont understand facebooks app architecture then don’t comment on it assuming you know it. First and most important there app architecture gives you access to most of an individuals information which you as a widget designer can mash up in amazing ways. MySpace does NOT allow you to do that easily.

FACEBOOK WINS!

By: patricia

patricia — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:05:34 +0000

@ dana, I mean all web 2.0 sites overall - in the case of myspace or facebook, i’d say moreso about registered members. nobody has to agree but i do have a long background in the business.

as for analytics, it’s been widely published that no one tool is truly accurate, and that issues such as video and ajax can potentially skew result further.

By: patricia

patricia — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:03:12 +0000

@ G, i mean i agree that duncan shouldn’t come to defend himself…

By: Drama 2.0

Drama 2.0 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:40:50 +0000

This is an interesting post given that Duncan wrote a post earlier in the month entitled “Rumors Of The Decline Of MySpace Are Exaggerated.” Has Duncan been hanging around John Kerry? This might be the best TechCrunch flip-flop ever.

I don’t know what Facebook has been spiking the kool aid with, but it’s amusing to see claims like “there is little doubt today that the hearts and minds of the people who count have abandoned MySpace for Facebook” being made with absolutely no facts or statistics provided to back them up. In reality, the facts and statistics seem to best support an argument that MySpace is still the dominant force in social networking when you look at all the important metrics (usage, registered users, revenues generated and mindshare in pop culture).

None of this is to say that Facebook isn’t a competitor in the space, but there’s no reason for people to be frothing at the mouth just yet. The statistics don’t justify it, and posts like the one on Valleywag that critically examine Facebook’s platform with real data raise a lot of questions.

http://www.drama20show.com/200.....e-myspace/

By: The Drama 2.0 Show

The Drama 2.0 Show — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:34:29 +0000

MySpace is Dead! Long Live MySpace!…

According to Duncan Riley at TechCrunch, the “hearts and minds of the people who count have abandoned MySpace for Facebook.” This astonishing revelation isn’t backed up with any facts or statistics, and interestingly comes less than a…

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:23:31 +0000

Dear Duncan Riley:

I am deeply offended by your bias statement:

“…however there is little doubt today that the hearts and minds of the people who count have abandoned MySpace for Facebook.”

I prefer MySpace and always will. Does my heart and mind “count”?

Please stop giving Facebook free publicity.

By: Alaska Miller

Alaska Miller — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:05:09 +0000

Natali Del Conte or whatever had worse blog posts.