I recently did some research only to find that 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive. I posted the php and ruby scripts and results here:
http://www.tonyamoyal.com/blog/
Enjoy!
62% of bands on MySpace are inactive
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Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive
#2Suggestion: Post in the URL field next time.
Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive
#362%? Considering the vast number of bands on MySpace, I'd say that's a huge number.
For most web apps, that's a good number of active users.
Why do you say "only"?
Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive
#462%? Considering the vast number of bands on MySpace, I'd say that's a huge number. For most web apps, that's a good number of active users. Why do you say "only"?
I agree - assuming the calculations are correct, that's impressive on myspace's part.
Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive
#5Does this say more about MySpace or the people forming bands?
Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive
#6What percent of users are inactive?
Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive
#7Cool. I'd be interested in seeing the results of the same test using 1 million random myspace id's rather than sequential id's from 100-101M.
Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive
#8Does this say more about MySpace or the people forming bands?
The bands. I was in one for a long time, and until we finally settled on a name, we would make a brand new page three or four times a week.
Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive
#9I am not surprised by this finding at all. My old band, myspace.com/sometimesitrains has been inactive too.
Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive
#10What percent of users are inactive?
Is that a joke? Are there more levels of activeness besides Inactive and Active?