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MySpace is Web 0.8

Tue, Sep 5, 2006

Technology

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: MySpace sucks! On my favorite tech podcast, This Week in Tech, host Leo Laporte and columnist John C. Dvorak rip into it as well.

Leo: I was playing with my MySpace account earlier this week. I had it for a long time, but I’d never really done anything with it. I am stunned at how bad that user interface is. In every way it’s the worst example of web development I’ve ever seen on the net. I mean web 2.0, it isn’t even web 1.0!

Dvorak: It’s web 0.8.

Leo: And 90 million people think this is the state of the art on the web!

Dvorak: It’s unbelievable.

Leo: Kind of depressing really.

Dvorak: Well, they’ll snap out of it. [via TWIT Episode 67]

From MySpace to OurWorld [pdf]. Word…

P.S. - I just want to say that I’m not dissing the MySpace community (so much), or the people that use MySpace, just the site itself, and the technology underlying it. It just suprised me how poor the design and user interface was, given that it’s one of the most popular sites on the net. I guess it just goes to show that functionality and beauty don’t always relate to popularity. When something becomes popular it doesn’t matter how crappy or ugly it is. I mean look at the Windows operating system… ;)

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6 Comments For This Post

  1. ~C4Chaos Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 4:34 pm

    it’s like being in a rock band. you can be butt-ugly but you still get the groupies. ah, well.

  2. Matt Westgate Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 8:29 pm

    Hey looky there. Didn’t know you were a TWiT fan. My company, Lullabot, helped Leo launch his new site :-)

    Leo’s a great guy and it was a ton of fun working with him.

  3. Vince Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 8:52 pm

    very cool! Yeah, I’ve been a fan of TWiT and Leo since the early days of Tech TV, when I was a little pimply, geeky teenager overburdening my 486 with tons of viruses! So cool to hear that your company is working with Leo. Must be fun…

  4. ~C4Chaos Says:
    September 13th, 2006 at 1:18 am

    MySpace don’t need Web 2.0. LOL.

  5. Josh Says:
    January 1st, 2007 at 5:48 pm

    What I do, is put my link to my blog on my myspace, along with a flassrss reader on my myspace profile.
    That way if they want to read more, they can read my blog, and I don’t have to bother with it.

  6. Eugene Drain Says:
    June 14th, 2007 at 1:01 pm

    i TOTALY am on the oposite side myspace is fun and it works its the only was for me 2 keep in contact with my friends and family!!!!

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  1. Numinous Nonsense » MySpace Vlog Says:
    October 23rd, 2006 at 9:08 pm

    [...] I finally caved in and created a MySpace account. You see, even though Myspace is Web 0.8, and I personally find it to be the most terrible social network site ever, it’s still what everyone is using! Unfortunately, that seems to be a prime feature of a decent social networking site (having lots of people). My sister is on there, my sister-in-law is on there, and many other people who I would probably stay connected with. [...]

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