Sunday, September 23, 2007
Myspace...Stay Connected
Another blog about myspace. And after reading another article about myspace what could I do but blog about it? Myspace has become big, and by big I mean 26 million users big, and whale it catches some heat at times because of weirdoes and child molesters it is still a big part of most teens and young adults. It is a big part because it keeps people connected. Now don’t get me wrong, the people I have in my “Top Eight” are my friends and I usually know what’s going on in there lives and what there doing on the weekend, but myspace is key for those people you don’t see a lot or those people who go away to school in the fall. This along with keeping up to date with small local bands or even major label bands is a strong selling point of myspace, even thought myspace doesn’t need to be sold to anyone, and almost everyone is on it.
Although many people over 30 have never heard of MySpace, it has about 27 million members, a nearly 400 percent growth since the start of the year. It passed Google in April in hits, the number of pages viewed monthly, according to comScore MediaMetrix, a company that tracks Web traffic.
At this point we know that MySpace is popular and we know what it is used for as well. Today the news is that Microsoft is seeking a piece of Facebook. Murdoch has already snapped up MySpace. What is the future of these social networking sites? How will their acquistion by major media corporations change the nature of the social networks? What are the new questions?
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