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Does anyone remember what happened to Myspace? Of course it was complicated, but I think the primary driver in the exodus from Myspace to Facebook were the perc
by nlavezzo 16y ago
Does anyone remember what happened to Myspace? Of course it was complicated, but I think the primary driver in the exodus from Myspace to Facebook were the perceived privacy benefits of Facebook. People do care about privacy, but will only act on it if there is a reasonably convenient alternative - if Diaspora can make itself convenient, I think it has a chance.
Also, add in a slow news week with some sensationalized mainstream stories about privacy that mention Diaspora, and I think the odds increase even more. People love to have something to be paranoid about with their friends.
- glhaynes 16y agoI think the primary driver in the exodus from MySpace to Facebook was the Feed. The experience of Facebook is just so much more "social" because of it. Other things like design/perceived professionalism/etc didn't hurt either, of course.
- nlavezzo 16y agoYeah, I agree that those were important, maybe more important factors too. But I know alot of my non-tech friends made the move largely because they were sick of myspace spammers constantly contacting them.
- glhaynes 16y agoOh, interesting. I was thinking of "privacy" in terms of not letting their personal information get out; but there's certainly that issue, too!