djethx's Journal: Has MySpace Shown Its True Colors?

Though the NYT article was titled "MySpace Restrictions Upset Some Users", it may as well have been: "Tila Tequila Reveals MySpace's Greed". On the one hand I can see why Fox Interactive and MySpace would want to protect this little walled community that they have created and control all profits that flow from it, but I think they might want to be wary of both history's lessons and the consequences of biting (or chastising) the hand that feeds them.

It's the users that make the service what it is. And the sheer volume at that. But start creating stumbling blocks in their creative (and sometimes entrepreneurial) paths (or in this case, enforcing that fine print), and MySpace risks hemorrhaging users all over. It should bend over backwards to meet their needs, because the day that users find themselves restricted and start seeking freedom elsewhere, MySpace will find out just how intrinsically linked that user volume is to its ad-supported profitability.

(excerpted from: http://www.seattlesteez.com/blogs.html#51)

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