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MySpace Loses Ten Million Users In One Month
Goldiloxx writes "Social networking website MySpace lost over ten million users between January and February 2011, according to comScore. In February 2011, the Internet website had less than 63 million users, down from a previous total of approximately 73 million."
For those who don't know, "QQ" is a pair of crying eyes in ascii. That's why it's so interesting.
Apple?
Has there ever been a successful tech company run by a marketing person? This is an honest question.
DAK is as close as I can think of. I enjoyed reading his catalog. Of course they went bankrupt but for many years they were somewhat successful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAK_Industries
The wikipedia article carefully avoids discussing the demise of DAK, but as I recall the problem was he was quite talented at profitably selling "last years stereo" but he bought heavily, and tried to sell "last years computer" and went bankrupt.
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
When I cancelled my account, I noticed a few interesting things:
1. My list of friends was significantly reduced from what it had been in the past, making me think that they cancelled their accounts.
2. Myspace is completely different looking than it was however long ago I last logged in. You wouldn't even recognize it now. Apparently when they redid the look, they wiped out any customized backgrounds that were set.
3. For some reason, myspace decided that I am following Justin Bieber, Russell Crowe, Tom Petty, and a whole slew of other celebrities, most of which I have never heard of. The entire content of my 'home' screen is a bunch of updates from bands and actors that I have no interest in.
4. None of my remaining friends have posted a comment in over a year.
5. I apparently 'earned' a 'badge' for joining myspace 'before it was cool'. I'm pretty sure I was a late adopter.
6. You can cancel your account, but it is a separate step process that involves you responding to a confirmation email. Perhaps that is reasonable. They grovel for you to stay at several points in the process.