[BNM] [OT] Supposing ... I'm too old for MySpace

[Alan Newman]

Hi,

Fromt he people I know that use My Space, it works because it does all the
community things well. You can "share stuff", you can find out about people
and you can show off. It doesn't have to be well designed it just has to
work.

I have had similar experiences from community stuff (all be it on a much
smaller scale) I have been involved with before. If it works well then
people will get addicted no matter what it looks like, or whether it works
well all the time. People will just starting "believeing" in it.

- Alan


-----Original Message-----
From: jason at sussex.ac.uk [mailto:jason at sussex.ac.uk]On Behalf Of Jason
Bailey
Sent: 03 July 2006 09:48
To: brighton new media
Subject: [BNM] [OT] Supposing ... I'm too old for MySpace


Is it like SMS/texting? A few years ago (1999ish -perhaps) it wasn't really
seen as the Killer app for mobile phones and then suddenly everyone was
texting. Now there's far better possibilities (like cheap phone calls; I'd
rather text I hate talking on the phone) and still people text. I think my
point is that for some reason myspace stikes a chord with people and so
they use it over anything else. It's popular and social. Isn't it a way to
meet people for a bit of "how's your father"; isn't that always going to be
popular?

I'm almost tempted to issue a challenge and say

 "you've got 1/2 hour to sign up to myspace (or bebo) and come up with the
best or worst Myspace/bebo space; content and or style". Where's the BNM
myspace space?

Jason

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