MySpace the Platform Not the Product | Linux Today

MySpace the Platform Not the Product

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 25, 2008

“Scoble visited MySpace this week and reports on his trip. I am
not a MySpace fan I use it just enough to understand how it works
and occasionally to find old friends but I don’t rely on it like I
do some other social networking sites. I was impressed by their
philosophy though.

“…MySpace has a philosophy. One that says that users should be
free to express themselves in pretty much whatever way they want.
If that means yellow text on a blinking purple background, so be
it…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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