MySpace will likely move to open its platform to outside developers of applications, much like Facebook has done, according to MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe in an interview with the FT.
Facebook’s open approach to outsiders — letting them freely plug in their services, and allowing them to make money — has sparked significant activity at the site — so much that it has raised questions about whether Facebook may eventually catch up with MySpace.
MySpace has provided limited access to developers, and forbids third-party sites from making money (under its terms of agreement).
“The [Facebook] platform is interesting,” Mr DeWolfe said in an interview with the Financial Times. He argued MySpace’s current technology approach gave its users many of the same benefits but said: “We’ll probably offer users the choice of both.” The aim was to attract more online companies to create services for MySpace’s users. “We’ll be bringing in more developers.”
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Michael Lacy said:
Facebook will “probably” crush myspace. And DeWolfe is wrong, myspace’s current technology doesn’t give its users even nearly the same benefits as facbook.
Game over.
Facebook wins.
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Peter Kazanjy said:
Facebook should avoid getting smug, but MySpace needs help.
Just as a small case-in-point, this is the error message that shows up when you’ve screwed up your login at MySpace:
“You Must Be Logged-In to do That!”
It looks like it was punctuated by a drunk kindergartner. Their marcomm department should be tazed. I mean, that’s just embarrassing. And do you know how long that error message has been like that? Long time.
All things being equal, I would be on MySpace doing the wrong thing. This is Facebook’s to lose right now.
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Matt Houston said:
I’m not sure why the previous posts have suggested that Facebook wins out over MySpace. MySpace has been hugely more successful in the area of marketing and content. They’ve been able to draw in more people and offer an increasingly robust core product. The sites seem to target a different type of experience.
However, for someone to say that MySpace is “losing” is ridiculous.
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WTF said:
What is MySpace losing? Pageviews? NO, Revenue? Seriously doubt it!
Facebook has less bugs and porn spammers than MySpace but that’s about it. And everyone online already knows the differences between the two SocNets by now, it really depends on what you want in an online experience. I prefer the cleaner, smoother operation of Facebook personally but I am not enthralled by either one as a business.
Both of these companies better sure as hell hope that these Socnets aren’t just a fad, cause based off of the behavior of their users, that’s exactly what is going on.
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Maggy Young said:
Right now, there isn’t a real battle of FB versus MS because there’s masses of business for both.
So does the true significance of this arrive when, if as WTF, socnet turns out to have been a bit of a fad & then there is only significant room for one ?
But of course by then, maybe it’ll be something else again. To stay rooted with FB & MS is like saying that Elvis had to dominate the charts for ever.
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