tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post117449790171740805..comments2024-03-06T03:58:39.540-06:00Comments on The Viral Garden: MySpace pisses off its biggest starMack Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1175000537626668812007-03-27T09:02:00.000-05:002007-03-27T09:02:00.000-05:00I have just had a great idea. Maybe we should tell...I have just had a great idea. Maybe we should tell Tila Tequila to switch to trig.com and get all her friends to follow her? no? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1174671301387591962007-03-23T13:35:00.000-05:002007-03-23T13:35:00.000-05:00JD my guess is they blocked the Hoooka widget on T...JD my guess is they blocked the Hoooka widget on Tila's page because she's so visible, and MySpace was afraid that the other indie artists would see her using it, and add Hoooka instead of their partner SnoCap. Apparently MySpace didn't block Hoooka on the entire site, just on Tila's page. They probably figure that if they block it from everyone, that would cause a bigger stink, so just block it on the more popular pages.<BR/><BR/>Either way, it's a sign of MySpace swirling down the toilet. When you start dictating the experience of your community, it's only a matter of time till they leave.Mack Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1174668568554008082007-03-23T12:49:00.000-05:002007-03-23T12:49:00.000-05:00I've had my own widgets up on my Myspace profile f...I've had my own widgets up on my Myspace profile for a while now with no problems. I have a YouTube video, and I have a Switchpod player. I wonder if it's different if you're a "music" profile versus just a regular joe profile.<BR/><BR/>It's too bad Myspace isn't what it was meant to be anymore. That's what happens when big corporations see dollar signs, buy out the site, and then run the thing straight into the ground. (See also "YouTube") I cringe every time I see the creators of these sites sell to a corporate buyer, not because I'm mad at them for cashing in, but because you just know that that is the focal point at which the site is going to start losing cool dramaticallyJ.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01890955694635838420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1174577956694346902007-03-22T11:39:00.000-05:002007-03-22T11:39:00.000-05:00I think I read somewhere else that Tila did delete...I think I read somewhere else that Tila did delete the blog post, but I've been trying to tell the bands and musicians we work with all along that MySpace isn't the end-all, be-all and yet many choose MySpace over an actual website for their official internet presence. <BR/><BR/>This is an article, however, that I've been forwarding to everyone, telling them that now would be a good time to establish their own place on the internet, rather than rely on someone else's! <BR/><BR/>RobinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1174527657767973152007-03-21T21:40:00.000-05:002007-03-21T21:40:00.000-05:00What a brilliant way to drive away your loyal comm...What a brilliant way to drive away your loyal community members! Kill the Queen! <BR/><BR/>Tsk tsk, MySpace. If you need me, I'll be on Facebook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1174526078902681022007-03-21T21:14:00.000-05:002007-03-21T21:14:00.000-05:00MySpace has every right to restict third-party wid...MySpace has every right to restict third-party widgets and either create or license their own. But I'm of the opinion that ANYTHING you do to control the behavior of an online community, deadens user enthusiasm for that community. So MySpace has to balance the money they'll make from licensing widgets, with the revenue lost from users either spending less time on the site, or leaving altogether.Mack Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1174514155585788812007-03-21T17:55:00.000-05:002007-03-21T17:55:00.000-05:00Don't mean to go on about this, from my previous c...Don't mean to go on about this, from my previous comment, but...<BR/><BR/>This item I just saw reported by The Associated Press on March 1st gives me some hope.<BR/><BR/>"Though music sales are down overall, rap sales slid a whopping 21 percent from 2005 to 2006, and for the first time in 12 years no rap album was among the top 10 sellers of the year. A recent study by the Black Youth Project showed a majority of youth think rap has too many violent images. In a poll of black Americans by The Associated Press and AOL-Black Voices last year, 50 percent of respondents said hip-hop was a negative force in American society."<BR/><BR/>Maybe, slowly, people are coming to their senses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1174513179852770832007-03-21T17:39:00.000-05:002007-03-21T17:39:00.000-05:00A couple of points here...I must admit, when you r...A couple of points here...<BR/><BR/>I must admit, when you referred to half nekkid pix, I clicked the link right away. I'm not a prude, although I'll now sound like one. This music is being aimed at teens, and I really wonder how appropriate it is to have a video with this girl wriggling in suggestive ways that, years ago, you would have seen only in the peep show stores on 42nd Street. I know it's how Mariah Carey made her mark, although she, at least, could sing. This girl's music is trash, but I know it's not aimed at me and my boomer friends.<BR/><BR/>That said, I initially thought, why shouldn't MySpace restrict use of gadgets that compete with what they're offering? But then I re-read your post and the quote from the VC rings true. People now have other places to go, so as large as MySpace is, it's no longer the only game in town. And more people will start going to their competition if they continue trying to force users to do it only the MySpace way.<BR/><BR/>I still have to shake my head, though. With so much good music -- real music -- out there, how is this crap selling so well? I fear we've raised a generation that is tone deaf and has no real musical awareness. A good friend of mine, who is Dean of Jazz at a major music college here in NY and has been named Jazz Educator of the Year a few times, told me recently that when the government took funding for the arts away from the schools years ago, young people lost out on music education, music history, music appreciation. Rap and hip-hop, which he acknowledges as forms of expression, have no musical basis other than a beat. It's sad, and it's what brings us to music like what we're hearing from the likes of Tila Tequila.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com