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Post by ldng »

earbitscom wrote: post #138
matmann2001 wrote: post #118

The song is oddly appropriate. Who am I to say I want you back? When you were never mine to give away. I was waiting for a long, long time for you to feel the same.

I know the guy who picked the song. He was still securing it Friday and telling me he had to get it, that it was perfect. I agree. ;)

Ok, I'm not the only one who though this song was choosen on purpose. And indeed it was.

Edit : who's the band/singer ?

Edit 2 : my bad, just had to look closer at the player :-)

It's Heartbeat from JJAMZ

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Post by iamben »

gizzlon wrote: post #215
iamben wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haha yes, it would have been a whole lot more interesting under a new banner! I think your average person and your average hipster are very different people... I suppose we'll have to see what crowd they're going after? I can pretty much guarantee this would just confuse my folks, and I have a lot of friends who religiously use Facebook, but they do so because it's not like this.

Maybe that's the point? That it's something you parents don't use. Can't use even.. I'm actually much more interested in a MySpace reboot than just another new "music-sharing social site".

Maybe the problem is it's always going to feel like a MySpace reboot under the MySpace banner? And I'm with you - something entirely fresh would be fantastic (whether that's trying to attract everyone or a more niche audience), the worry is this ends up becoming exactly as you said above - just another new music-sharing social site - that doesn't attract anyone (long term).

Still, my fingers are crossed and I'm looking forward to giving it a go.

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Post by chris_wot »

mibbitier wrote: post #205
ryanmolden wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably not, I am a tech aware, young adult with lots of disposable income and nowhere to spend it. I can see how they would prefer to target the teenage set. Though I guess that isn't their target either as they say "you are at your parents house", which would be sort of tautological if their target were teens. So maybe it is middle aged folks? Retirees? Here is another possible explanation: they aren't some kind o…

99% of people aren't using Opera. I think they can cope with upsetting a few folks.

Why upset them at all? It's not like the target users who would enjoy this sort of snark are ever going to see the message. Seems like a zero sum game to me.

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Post by mibbitier »

chris_wot wrote: post #225
mibbitier wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

99% of people aren't using Opera. I think they can cope with upsetting a few folks.

Why upset them at all? It's not like the target users who would enjoy this sort of snark are ever going to see the message. Seems like a zero sum game to me.

Supporting Opera has in my experience, been as much work and pain as supporting IE6/IE7.

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Post by s_henry_paulson »

chrisacky wrote: post #13

Just watched the video [1] in entirety. One point, you can tell this is a total work in progress/concept, and that the UI is also most likely staged at this point. (I make this observation based on the fact that every post had "12 Connects", "3 Comments" and "2 Shares". Surely if you put this much effort into production of a video you would change these numbers?) Anyway, features which I picked up from the video... -…

> just considering most/all bands are content and happy with Facebook and integration with the vast supply of Band Related apps...

I don't know whether to call this a gross generalization or plain wrong, but it's both.

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Post by kitsune_ »

DigitalSea wrote: post #93
chrisacky wrote: post #13

Just watched the video [1] in entirety. One point, you can tell this is a total work in progress/concept, and that the UI is also most likely staged at this point. (I make this observation based on the fact that every post had "12 Connects", "3 Comments" and "2 Shares". Surely if you put this much effort into production of a video you would change these numbers?) Anyway, features which I picked up from the video... -…

The company I work for (Josephmark) was hired by MySpace to redesign the site and create something radically different. The interface you see was created by a few talented designers, the video you say was staged is definitely not staged. What you are seeing is what the new MySpace will look like when it's ready to launch. Yes, the site is focusing music - the new MySpace is going to be a social music platform because…

I just wanted to chime in and say that the space that MySpace once dominated is an entirely different one now.

MySpace is the underdog here. They will have a very hard time convincing people to join them.

I've used SoundCloud since 2008, when it was invite only and mainly known on obscure electronic music production forums. Sure, way back in the stone age musicians and producers used MySpace, but most of us were happy to get away from it as far as we could the moment an alternative appeared. SoundCloud is minimalist in nature. It focuses on the music. That's why it wins. MySpace started to look like GeoCities.

Nowadays MySpace is a wasteland, you have some big media content and thousands of dead accounts.

Arctic Monkeys were the poster child of a successful MySpace band and their last login was over a year ago.

And anyways, judging from the new look, the new MySpace still focuses on looks. Do we need another big content outlet? Shit, if you are into pop music you've probably already subscribed to VEVO's YouTube channel.

Virb tried to pull a MySpace and they failed.

Soundcloud + Bandcamp offer enough for most musicians. Add Facebook, YouTube and iTunes and most users will be happy too. Why would we need anything else?

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Post by robinduckett »

at-fates-hands wrote: post #121

The Opera landing page is not just disappointing, it's downright offensive. As someone who never used MySpace and is a fleeting Facebook user, I would've been interested in seeing the new product and willing to sign up and see if it's improved at all. As it stands right now, not only am I not going to use it based on this stupidity, I'm going to make sure none of the people I could've brought over from Facebook don't…

> fleeting Facebook user

> Opera user

You're clearly not the target demographic though, right?

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