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I remember when everyone switched from myspace to facebook. At the time, I wondered why people like fb more because the pages were more boring and standardized.
by noobermin 4y ago
I remember when everyone switched from myspace to facebook. At the time, I wondered why people like fb more because the pages were more boring and standardized. At the end of the day, whoever claimed "we got tired of the flashy effects" were just themselves tired of the flashy effects. Somehow the boring people convinced designers that boring was more "professional" or something like that and the designers just changed everything and forced that change on most users. It's just another example of how I don't really believe everything is "market driven" but suppliers (in this case, designers) really can force changes of habit and consumption on users unilaterally if they have enough market share.
- thrown_22 4y agoPeople have rose tinted glasses of myspace. The majority of pages were crap and you'd sooner close them than try to read them. That's why facebook succeeded. It had a minimal interface which wasn't an eye sore and let you see what your friends were up to. Facebook then failed because it needed to make money, and being a way to keep up with friends does not make money.
- Aeolun 4y agoYeah. The well designed whimsy was fun, but the grey text on a black background with rainbows flying all around was not.
- baobob 4y agoI had exactly the same reaction to the early Facebook "Zuckerbot" theme, and something ineffable absolutely died in the transition. The failure of the front end industry to recapture it and sell it at a profit is interesting in itself. Did not come here for this comment, but it's left me with enough to think about that I'll close the thread now.