multiply’s feed is ridiculously customizable (you can limit it to display only a specific kind of post from only one specific contact, or you can open it up to every type of post from every person in your network, or set it anywhere in between.)

and yes, multiply has rss for this feed that’s matches whatever custom (or default) settings you’ve set the feed to.

It will be interesting to see what new features these both giants come up with next but i hear a lot of people complaining on the restriction on the facebook group pages in terms of creative expression with the ability to insert widgets. Why are widget not allowed on group pages on facebook… anyone listening at myspace?

I’ll read the national enquirer first!

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

a friend of mine signed onto FB at my urging and was horrified when she realized that her “___ likes men” and shortly following that, “___” likes men in tight shorts” and then “likes kitten boiling” joke was displayed to her friends and coworkers throughout the day on the public feed. it’s been a dog’s age since she signed on since, or so she says.

today, i found that in finally joining a regional network, i automatically defaulted my profile to open status to everyone within that network. not happy.

so dave, i couldn’t have put it better. you are spot on.

myspace has little need to innovate due to its large and rather loyal following. although most of my friends fall into the stereotypical FB demographics, they are still on myspace, albeit with private profiles, and they are not taking their entrenched social graphs anywhere. being not in tech [finance, advertising, marketing, healthcare, the arts], they could care little on the newest tweaks/interface changes. the only thing important to them is that the site works. and when spammed daily with the latest silly porn vid, they don’t even care enough to delete the offending entries.

i prefer my FB account over myspace, and while i have a few friends on FB, they are only on every once in awhile to humor me with a random posting.

and yes, we are certainly over twenty.

point #2: imho, double opt-in for feed visibility (for both publisher & subscriber users) is a bad decision, at least from an adoption perspective. guarantee if they don’t change that they won’t get traction.

anyway, good to see MySpace doing something. they’re certainly a notable competitive alternative to FB, and they aren’t going away soon.

- dave mcclure
http://500hats.typepad.com/

What many here seem to forget is that most people do not keep up with the feature sets available on social networks, they go where their friends are.

Geeks, marketers, and entrepreneurs keep up with that kind of crap.

Most ‘cool’ people are on myspace because they actually go out and see bands, party etc. College kids aside).

@23, whatev, facebook developer. Who has the vested interest here?

1. Time/Unique Visitor will increase. Why? More contact areas.
2. Number of Visits / Unique visitor will increase. Why? Interesting “updates” more often.

How about the Number of unique visitors in total…
The news feeds feature will not attract more users, simply because it is not offering “internet users” anything new they cant get at other websites.

They have a unique position when it comes to the music. To attract more unique visitors why not take the MUSIC on myspace to the next level. Enable free record releases (e.g. Radiohead), Myspace Mobile TV, Exclusive concert tickets, A complete Playlist system for mobile devices, ipods, computers, online etc. A funding system for fans to support their favourite artists and get first hand tickets. Music/GPS solutions with features like what artist is around and who is coming next week…

personally, i’m starting to get bored with social networks. i have a facebook page, okay, now what. what benefit do i derive from it other than keeping track of a few friends?

myspace has a better chance to keep its users because it’s becoming a repository of their personality, tastes, etc. Facebook is just about meeting and connecting, which gets boring after awhile.

News Corp. has to stop playing catchup.

This story has been submitted to Stirrdup. Your support can help it become hot….

Myspace must innovate, not recreate.

It must be a horrible feeling knowing you have competition, who a year earlier, was no where on the radar, now hot on your heels. Good luck hanging in there myspace.

Going to go read the news feed already implemented on Facebook, now.

Later folks.

Why not sit down, bust out the whiteboards, and think like a user. Come up with something that will send Facebook scrambling for more innovative ideas.