Comments on: MySpace to release major site redesign

Over the past six months, News Corp.'s social network has been working on a revamp of the entire site--just as rival Facebook has been working on interior decoration as well.

[turoa76]

I've never understood MySpace or FaceBook. They are an utter mess designwise and I can't understand what I'm looking at. As a gen Xer am I too old for this stuff?

[Imalittleteapot]

I don't think so. Younger people use it for their friends. Older people use it for their family, but I just don't get it either. Facebook I've never used, and MySpace is just butt ugly. I think they're popular because it wrapped up messaging, contacts, and your personal homepage all up into one nice little package. So I get it but the tools, especially MySpace, are just horrendous. It's like please just give me a freaking blank page and text editor!!! But I just don't use them because I'm not the sort of person that has his social life on the net you know. When I'm on the net, I'm on the net. When it's social time then that means off the net. I want to be social with real live people. In person you know. Other people sign on to be social so I don't get some parts of it either.

[james.grimes]

turoa76, no, you are not getting too old. Anyone can use it, as long as you aren't using it to go after someone under age. As someone who is caught between generation x and y, depending on whom you talk to, I enjoy myspace and facebook.

[sparksvalley]

I agree. It always looks like a big, jumbled mess - and tacky at that. The only reason I would ever go there would be to download free music. It's like the ghetto of the Internet, and I don't really understand why it exists.

[sadchild]

as a member of a band, it is easily the best resource for finding new fans and staying in touch with them. add up the exposure of all other exposure sites we are on (garageband, purevolume, isound, reverbnation, etc etc) and combined they are less effective than myspace.

if people leave their profiles alone, i find it easy to use. but some people "pimp" their profiles to such an extent they become almost unusable. especially for me because i use firefox.

if you like hard rock (godsmack, disturbed, tool, etc) - http://www.myspace.com/asimplecomplex

[Zaunto]

As a musician, it works for me but I agree with that the "profile pimping" of some people's profiles is poorly designed and badly done. Some of the people who claim to be web designers should stick to their day job and leave web design to artists with skills. Hopefully the site re-design won't be utter crapola!

[bleu_tropix]

i use both...although i'm more biased toward myspace. just used facebook while i was in college. profiles are only "ghetto" if the owner wants it to be. the good thing about myspace is the fact that you can customize everything about your page. granted there are some really busy, really horribly designed pages--there are some very simplistic, sophisticated pages out there as well. it's all about who designs it. facebook on the other hand is simple, but there are way too many "apps" that i find to be absolutely ridiculous.

[chltmdwp2]

well atleast myspace is way better than facebook... facebook profile is limited

[Rod Roddy]

I agree with sparksvalley why do these sites exist?. There are a lot of useful websites on the internet like Wikipedia, Ebay, and Mapquest, to name a few but Myspace and Facebook are not one of those sites that offer anything worth while. But on the other hand, I'm also a Gen X'er--so what do I know right?.

[ianenos03]

Well, based on these screens, it doesn't look that much different. Frankly, the underlying code that powers MySpace is so terrible and renders the site so difficult to use that the look becomes largely irrelevant. But seriously, I barely notice a difference. Hopefully they have something better they've kept under wraps if they really intend to change (improve) the way the site works.

[evagro]

"ghetto of the Internet" - That is absolutely hiliarious and so very true! One thing that myspace has done that's a little better is warn people that if they click on something, they're leaving myspace. Apparently most myspacers aren't the brightest stars in the sky and click on just about anything, leading to hacks and phishers. It's sort of a pain, but at least it's a step in the right direction.

[MyToons]

Wow...what "pioneers"

MyToons.com, the home of everything animated, has had all of these features for a while now. The site looks much cooler, and it actually does have a focus and a purpose. And...MyToons beat both MySpace and You Tube to market with HD. HD Animation on Mytoons is really amazing. The color and clarity are awesome!

If you would like to see this stuff done right, look to the technological pioneers at MyToons.com. They are technologists - not web or media weenies - and it shows. They create all of their own technology, and can make their Ruby on Rails site do anything they want, any time they want - with no coroporate hangups.

Check it out!
www.mytoons.comc

[BeBop1219]

I think that the new design for Myspace is great. It may seem like a big mess but it is a great way to find old friends make new friends, get to know more different new bands and music out there and etc. It's great.