http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/05/15/myspace-news-brings-us-painful-screams-of-silence/ Web producer, writer, online media cultist. That's how I roll. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:48:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/05/15/myspace-news-brings-us-painful-screams-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Digg to Expand to Cover Product and Services Reviews ¦ Online Media Cultist Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:12:12 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/05/15/myspace-news-brings-us-painful-screams-of-silence/#comment-340 [...] recent launch of MySpace News proves that simply launching an all purpose social news platform – even when tied [...] [...] recent launch of MySpace News proves that simply launching an all purpose social news platform – even when tied [...]

]]> http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/05/15/myspace-news-brings-us-painful-screams-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Martin Stabe » links for 2007-05-19 Sat, 19 May 2007 12:15:46 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/05/15/myspace-news-brings-us-painful-screams-of-silence/#comment-338 [...] Online Media Cultist: MySpace News Brings Us Painful Screams of Silence “The ‘ghost town effect’ is when you head to a web community or platform of some sort and sense… that nothing is going on … New poster child for the ghost town effect: MySpace News” (tags: myspace myspacenews) [...] [...] Online Media Cultist: MySpace News Brings Us Painful Screams of Silence “The ‘ghost town effect’ is when you head to a web community or platform of some sort and sense… that nothing is going on … New poster child for the ghost town effect: MySpace News” (tags: myspace myspacenews) [...]

]]> http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/05/15/myspace-news-brings-us-painful-screams-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Eric Berlin Thu, 17 May 2007 22:51:15 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/05/15/myspace-news-brings-us-painful-screams-of-silence/#comment-339 Mac, I couldn't agree more. The time is ripe to launch interesting, content-integrated, vertical social news sites. I'm really surprised that we're not seeing a politics-oriented one, for instance, really taking off by now. Mac, I couldn’t agree more. The time is ripe to launch interesting, content-integrated, vertical social news sites. I’m really surprised that we’re not seeing a politics-oriented one, for instance, really taking off by now.

]]> http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/05/15/myspace-news-brings-us-painful-screams-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Deep Jive Interests » MySpace News Not A Juggernaut? Its The Users, Silly. Tue, 15 May 2007 22:03:17 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/05/15/myspace-news-brings-us-painful-screams-of-silence/#comment-337 [...] observations from the ever-observant Marshall Kirkpatrick, filtering through Mike Arrington and a few others, that MySpace News is teh dead. Or, something close to it. Crickets chirping, the slow [...] [...] observations from the ever-observant Marshall Kirkpatrick, filtering through Mike Arrington and a few others, that MySpace News is teh dead. Or, something close to it. Crickets chirping, the slow [...]

]]> http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/05/15/myspace-news-brings-us-painful-screams-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Mac Tue, 15 May 2007 19:50:24 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/05/15/myspace-news-brings-us-painful-screams-of-silence/#comment-336 Beyond the ghost-like flaws of the site, I think there's also an issue with MySpace News' broad focus. Digg started -- and worked -- because it courted the uber-geek tech niche and then expanded (sorta) into other areas. "News" just doesn't draw the hordes of frothy voters that "tech news" does. Beyond the ghost-like flaws of the site, I think there’s also an issue with MySpace News’ broad focus. Digg started — and worked — because it courted the uber-geek tech niche and then expanded (sorta) into other areas. “News” just doesn’t draw the hordes of frothy voters that “tech news” does.

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