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Do people still use myspace?

r721 8y ago
Alexa Global Rank 4,244 Alexa Rank in United States 2,079 https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/myspace.com https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/myspace.com SimilarWeb Global Rank 5,260 SimilarWeb Country Rank United States 1,644 Total Visits ~ 7.53M https://www.similarweb.com/website/myspace.com https://www.similarweb.com/website/myspace.com
- isostatic 8y ago
  Many moons ago granny used to have 'alexa toolbar' junkware installed as one of the many internet explorer toolbars. I assume Alexa has moved on from such tracking methods?
  - r721 8y ago
    They apparently use extensions now: "Alexa's traffic estimates are based on data from our global traffic panel, which is a sample of millions of Internet users using one of many different browser extensions. In addition, we gather much of our traffic data from direct sources in the form of sites that have chosen to install the Alexa script on their site and certify their metrics." https://www.alexa.com/about https://www.alexa.com/about "Q: What is the “data panel”? A: Alexa’s data panel is the sample of global internet traffic that is used to calculate Alexa Ranks and estimate non-Certified metrics. The panel is comprised of millions of internet users using one of over 25,000 different browser extensions." https://blog.alexa.com/top-questions-about-alexa-answered/ https://blog.alexa.com/top-questions-about-alexa-answered/ SimilarWeb works similarly too (I actually like it a bit more): "We leverage hundreds of sources which we categorize into 4 distinct groups: 1. Global Panel Data from hundreds of millions of desktop/mobile devices 2. Global ISP Data from partners with millions of subscribers 3. Public Data Sources from over a billion sites and app pages every month 4. Direct Measurement Data from hundreds of thousands of sites and apps" https://www.similarweb.com/ourdata https://www.similarweb.com/ourdata
    - isostatic 8y ago
      That really doesn't feel representative
baroffoos 8y ago
Last time I checked they seem to have rebranded as some kind of entertainment news website.
int_19h 8y ago
Not as such, but there was a lot of music posted to it back in the day when it was the primary channel for bands to share with their fans. That music is no less valuable than it was. So yes, people are (were?) still using it to listen to some of that.
Theodores 8y ago
I did about a week ago. I wanted to get a 'share on myspace' widget for comedy value. What I found disturbing was the login screen that had more than the usual cookie notice: > I understand that if I choose to post or share any sensitive data (defined as data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, data concerning my health, sex life, sexual orientation, or children’s data) on Myspace that Myspace will process that data in connection with making the Myspace services available to me and expressly consent to such processing. I can understand them wanting to ban my far-right-wing-neo-capitalist ramblings about Brexit, my racist 'jokes' and my Heaven's Gate religious rants but 'trade union membership'? Is collective bargaining in the workplace forbidden already? What I found even more disturbing was how I was one or two clicks away from getting a prostitute. I don't ever get that on the normal internet I know. I clicked a few other profiles, seems there are marketing losers who didn't get the memo and that is about it within the several astronomical unit search radius. There are also the 'stars' on there and you will see the same faces. Katelyn Ryan is like the new "Tom Anderson" but I have no idea if she is a bot or if she wants to have my babies. There is no way of finding meaningful information out for that 'connection'. So to 'connect' with a zombie on myspace you would have to Google them. It is a very bizarre website. It is built by zombies for zombies. And to think there was a time when I could find people on my street and say 'hi' to them via myspace, for them to be real and communicative. Why they don't just pull the plug I do not know. Presumably they prefer paying the bills. It is shocking to find such a soul destroying site when you think how much time and money has gone into it. I think mySpace is worthy of study. Boring Facebook blue was what people wanted, design and redesign didn't keep them on mySpace. Adverts were another thing, by the time it had to pay the billions the likes of Murdoch had spent on it the adverts had to be laid on way too thick. We get told the failure was in allowing user generated themes but that was truly creative rather than selfie-narcissistic. People were engaged in something, not zoned out scrolling through empty lives. I didn't get my myspace share button. Which is stupid. how hard can it be for a social media site to have a 'share on service x' button? I only wanted one for retro comedy value - the old Twitter 't' logo instead of the bird, the aol email address etc. - just needed that myspace link to complete the set.

r721 8y ago

Alexa Global Rank 4,244 Alexa Rank in United States 2,079 https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/myspace.com https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/myspace.com SimilarWeb Global Rank 5,260 SimilarWeb Country Rank United States 1,644 Total Visits ~ 7.53M https://www.similarweb.com/website/myspace.com https://www.similarweb.com/website/myspace.com

isostatic 8y ago
Many moons ago granny used to have 'alexa toolbar' junkware installed as one of the many internet explorer toolbars. I assume Alexa has moved on from such tracking methods?
- r721 8y ago
  They apparently use extensions now: "Alexa's traffic estimates are based on data from our global traffic panel, which is a sample of millions of Internet users using one of many different browser extensions. In addition, we gather much of our traffic data from direct sources in the form of sites that have chosen to install the Alexa script on their site and certify their metrics." https://www.alexa.com/about https://www.alexa.com/about "Q: What is the “data panel”? A: Alexa’s data panel is the sample of global internet traffic that is used to calculate Alexa Ranks and estimate non-Certified metrics. The panel is comprised of millions of internet users using one of over 25,000 different browser extensions." https://blog.alexa.com/top-questions-about-alexa-answered/ https://blog.alexa.com/top-questions-about-alexa-answered/ SimilarWeb works similarly too (I actually like it a bit more): "We leverage hundreds of sources which we categorize into 4 distinct groups: 1. Global Panel Data from hundreds of millions of desktop/mobile devices 2. Global ISP Data from partners with millions of subscribers 3. Public Data Sources from over a billion sites and app pages every month 4. Direct Measurement Data from hundreds of thousands of sites and apps" https://www.similarweb.com/ourdata https://www.similarweb.com/ourdata
  - isostatic 8y ago
    That really doesn't feel representative

baroffoos 8y ago

Last time I checked they seem to have rebranded as some kind of entertainment news website.

int_19h 8y ago

Not as such, but there was a lot of music posted to it back in the day when it was the primary channel for bands to share with their fans. That music is no less valuable than it was. So yes, people are (were?) still using it to listen to some of that.

Theodores 8y ago

I did about a week ago. I wanted to get a 'share on myspace' widget for comedy value. What I found disturbing was the login screen that had more than the usual cookie notice: > I understand that if I choose to post or share any sensitive data (defined as data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, data concerning my health, sex life, sexual orientation, or children’s data) on Myspace that Myspace will process that data in connection with making the Myspace services available to me and expressly consent to such processing. I can understand them wanting to ban my far-right-wing-neo-capitalist ramblings about Brexit, my racist 'jokes' and my Heaven's Gate religious rants but 'trade union membership'? Is collective bargaining in the workplace forbidden already? What I found even more disturbing was how I was one or two clicks away from getting a prostitute. I don't ever get that on the normal internet I know. I clicked a few other profiles, seems there are marketing losers who didn't get the memo and that is about it within the several astronomical unit search radius. There are also the 'stars' on there and you will see the same faces. Katelyn Ryan is like the new "Tom Anderson" but I have no idea if she is a bot or if she wants to have my babies. There is no way of finding meaningful information out for that 'connection'. So to 'connect' with a zombie on myspace you would have to Google them. It is a very bizarre website. It is built by zombies for zombies. And to think there was a time when I could find people on my street and say 'hi' to them via myspace, for them to be real and communicative. Why they don't just pull the plug I do not know. Presumably they prefer paying the bills. It is shocking to find such a soul destroying site when you think how much time and money has gone into it. I think mySpace is worthy of study. Boring Facebook blue was what people wanted, design and redesign didn't keep them on mySpace. Adverts were another thing, by the time it had to pay the billions the likes of Murdoch had spent on it the adverts had to be laid on way too thick. We get told the failure was in allowing user generated themes but that was truly creative rather than selfie-narcissistic. People were engaged in something, not zoned out scrolling through empty lives. I didn't get my myspace share button. Which is stupid. how hard can it be for a social media site to have a 'share on service x' button? I only wanted one for retro comedy value - the old Twitter 't' logo instead of the bird, the aol email address etc. - just needed that myspace link to complete the set.