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62% of bands on MySpace are inactive

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Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive

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What percent of users are inactive?

Is that a joke? Are there more levels of activeness besides Inactive and Active?

It wasn't really a joke, I was wondering if there was any difference in the average inactivity between users and bands.

And yes, there are more levels of inactiveness. I have a Myspace profile with 29 friends, I log in every couple of weeks, but I'm definitely not an active user.

Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that a joke? Are there more levels of activeness besides Inactive and Active?

It wasn't really a joke, I was wondering if there was any difference in the average inactivity between users and bands. And yes, there are more levels of inactiveness. I have a Myspace profile with 29 friends, I log in every couple of weeks, but I'm definitely not an active user.

Oh. I'd define "inactiveness" as never visiting again, or visiting so irregularly that you don't really get any value from the app.

You're an "active" user of MySpace if you go there every couple of weeks, in my opinion.

Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive

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But the bands on Myspace that have representation are hella active. It still plays a big part in getting deals and often after you're signed, labels expect to see continuous growth in terms of views, plays, and "friends".

Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive

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Cool. 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.

Does this does introduce a serious sampling bias? Is 100-101M in the middle of the id range? Or at the head or tail?

Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive

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Just curious, how can you identify that a profile is a band? I've noticed the "MySpace music profile" pattern match, is that something you can tag a profile with? Who tags the profiles?

That is correct. I found that all MySpace music profiles have that pattern. I think MySpace does it.

Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive

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Cool. 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.

Does this does introduce a serious sampling bias? Is 100-101M in the middle of the id range? Or at the head or tail?

I did not just look at 100-101M. I looked at 100-110M, ~200k from each interval of one million. I concurrently ran 10 threads looking at intervals of one million. I did not include this in the code because I wanted to keep it as short as possible for the blog entry.

Re: 62% of bands on MySpace are inactive

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But the bands on Myspace that have representation are hella active. It still plays a big part in getting deals and often after you're signed, labels expect to see continuous growth in terms of views, plays, and "friends".

I agree that MySpace is a great tool for bands. I am in a band and actively use MySpace. This article is in no way trying to knock MySpace (I hope it was not perceived that way). I am just stating some facts that I thought some people would find surprising.
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