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The MySpace Ecosystem

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has an article on how MySpace is developing its own ecosystem in the same way that Microsoft did it with Windows, and Apple with the iPod. From the article: 'Now, MySpace is beginning to create its own ecosystem of third-party companies that are developing features and applications for the giant digital community. The idea is to encourage other companies to use their creativity and expertise to come up with things for MySpace users that MySpace itself hasn't. That could be anything from letting people add to their MySpace home pages from a mobile phone or creating a slide show of their favorite MySpace photos."

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  1. Re:They've always had an ecosystem... by varmittang · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just remember, don't have an intellectual fight with a moron. They will just drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

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  2. Re:I must be the only one... by eoeoe · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know, I hate MySpace as much as the next fellow, but this sort of response to every MySpace related article is getting redundant. 'I'm so much different than all those crazy kids. I don't get it. Can someone explain it to me?' I think your type of people should have a cage match with these type of guys.

  3. Re:Hating on MySpace by Golias · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hating on MySpace is the "in" thing. Matter of fact, it's even more cool than MySpace itself.

    Well said.

    For my own part, I say anything that is equally despised by both politicians and web-design snobs can't be all bad.

    Swerving back on topic, this is a non-story. There's no need to read Business Week to know this is going on. Just randomly pull up a few MySpace pages and it becomes immediately obvious, because these little third-party widgets for enhancing MySpace pages are extremely popular, and it would not take you long to stumble across a few of them.

    I wouldn't call MySpace an "ecosystem", so much as I would call it a "framework." The fact that it's so crufty to begin with creates a rich environment for offering 3rd-party mods, because only a total masochist would attempt to alter a MySpace page with a text editor.

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  4. Re:I must be the only one... by Rakshasa+Taisab · · Score: 3, Funny

    A better analogy would be that the VCR is the internet and MySpace is people recording themselves talking about inane stuff and exchanging the tapes with others. If there's something about that I don't "get", I'd rather stay ignorant.

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