MySpace is rolling out a couple of announcements this morning a day ahead of Facebook’s F8 developer conference.
The first is confirmation of our story that they are supporting OpenID, although they aren’t releasing any details (It’s our belief that they will first issue OpenID IDs, and possibly become a relying party later).
The company is also announcing the launch of two new Data Availability integrations: Flixster and Eventful (we built what we believe is the first Data Availability app last month).
MySpace is also making a core policy change to Data Availability. Previously third party services were not allowed to store any MySpace user profile information at all - they simply requested it from MySpace, used it to create a web page and then dumped it. Now MySpace is allowing 24-hour caches of profile information, and permanent caches of certain “core elements” of a user profile.
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When I look at MySpace now relative to Facebook, I feel like I’m watching a sports match where the under dog has taken a commanding lead going into the second half of the game.
You want to cheer on their efforts to compete and adapt to the less experienced team, but you know it’s a lost cause.
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What is your take on OpenID ?
What is your take?
This Open ID move by MySpace could be interesting but isn’t their usage sloping downward? Facebook seems to be easier to use and network with long lost friends.
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I believe that MySpace announced their OpenID support because the believe that Facebook may do the same tomorrow. In the Facebook vs MySpace battle, MySpace wants to make the first move.
Well let’s wait for tomorrow to see what Facebook will announce.
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I’m sorry but what is the point of Eventful again? It seems like such a useless technology.
@ Tabitha - Have you tried their new profile layout yet? Easier to use just got thrown out the window…it’s rubbish.
I agree with most in that this is a positive step in data portability, but until these bigger domains decide to accept OpenID logins from sites other than their own, we’re going to be stuck with a frustrating stalemate.
Besides, the days of Myspace and (even) Facebook are numbered. There’s a better fish swimming around out there that has yet to surface…*insert mysterious ooooooooooo*
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I have my doubts about the current implementations of OpenID. Big companies are very skeptical as to how this will play out - they are giving the only thing they have (and from which they haven’t capitalized).
As this article questions, is OpenID being exploited by big internet companies?
OpenID support will certainly be welcomed by many and allow Flixster to grow more easily since it reduces the time and effort required to join.
It is the same reasoning behind using an Amazon Webstore instead of launching your own user registration system. 70+ million people can shop on your store instantly rather than register and remember some other login criteria.
I also agree that timing is because of F8 and MySpace wants a little spotlight. They shouldn’t do their PR that way because it looks bad, just my opinion as a guy with a marketing background.
Now if Facebook comes out with much bigger announcements, MySpace would have played its hand too early and the news would be forgotten by next week.
Do any real consumers really use OpenID? The answer is no.
I think we have a long way to go until it gets real adoption.
MySpace has put a lot of restrictions on how they are supporting OpenID which makes adoption even harder since it changes the core value proposition of OpenID.
Eventful??? That thing’s still around! They gotta be running on fumes by now. I guess they don’t pull the plug on these things any more. They just languish in perpetuity.