I've never heard of Myspace being used for business networking, except by starving musicians. Myspace basically isn't a contender when it comes to social networking for professionals.
Imho, business social networking has the most opportunity for growth, as work-related social connections are integrated into the software you use in the office. LinkedIn is in the best position to execute on that.
Also, Myspace's strategy is disorganized. First they did their own big announcement about their platform. Then they said, "guys, we were actually part of Open Social the whole time -- get it!" And it's still not clear what app could be a big deal. Sure, Slide and RockYou and some other companies will exploit it.... but what are we talking about here, a universal Food Fight? :)
Nick O'Neill
· 1 year ago
That's very true Eric. MySpace is horrible for professional networking. That was actually part of my point.
As I wrote, "I’m not quite sure adding my MySpace contacts to LinkedIn is such a great idea. The last thing I want is to pollute the last unpolluted social network that I’m a member of."
In the general social networking area, I still think MySpace's announcement was bigger since there are many times more people using MySpace over linked in. In the professional social networking space, this is the biggest announcement since the Facebook platform launched.
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I've never heard of Myspace being used for business networking, except by starving musicians. Myspace basically isn't a contender when it comes to social networking for professionals.
Imho, business social networking has the most opportunity for growth, as work-related social connections are integrated into the software you use in the office. LinkedIn is in the best position to execute on that.
Also, Myspace's strategy is disorganized. First they did their own big announcement about their platform. Then they said, "guys, we were actually part of Open Social the whole time -- get it!" And it's still not clear what app could be a big deal. Sure, Slide and RockYou and some other companies will exploit it.... but what are we talking about here, a universal Food Fight? :)
As I wrote, "I’m not quite sure adding my MySpace contacts to LinkedIn is such a great idea. The last thing I want is to pollute the last unpolluted social network that I’m a member of."
In the general social networking area, I still think MySpace's announcement was bigger since there are many times more people using MySpace over linked in. In the professional social networking space, this is the biggest announcement since the Facebook platform launched.