Apr 18, 2007
Myspace Launches “Digg Killer” Tomorrow
So according to Mashable Myspace is launching news.myspace.com tomorrow. It supposed to feature the same kind of crowdsourcing features that Digg does, and considering the traffic that myspace has it could become a quite a competitor.
Some people have already commented that it seemed like a strange time to make a launch announcement, some are even speculating that they are launching to take advantage of the news frenzy around the Virgina shootings. Even a rumour of that could be quite damaging especially considering the community on myspace.
UPDATE: I’ve now seen the fabled myspace news and it underwhelms in so many ways. Dear Myspace HIRE A FUCKING DESIGNER!
2 Comments, Comment or Ping
mblair
I’d have to think that a launch of this scope is planned pretty well in advance. Hopefully that rumor isn’t true.
Apr 19th, 2007
Robin
I don’t think MySpace has ever put much thought into usability or design - and the news pretty much is a perfect example of that.
Apr 27th, 2007
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