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How MySpace Became Socially Useless

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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How MySpace Became Socially Useless

MySpace is dying because at some point, it became socially useless. The site is still an important hub for many bands, but it’s lost the respect of a large portion of the grassroots music community because it really is socially useless. Economist Umair Haque has an interesting article about how social uselessness led to the [...]

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How MySpace Tricks Music Artists

Sunday, December 28, 2008

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How MySpace Tricks Music Artists

Everyone knows that MySpace is the place to go to find music artists who would otherwise have no voice. Now they can be heard by thousands who also want nothing more than the chance to be heard themselves. MySpace Music represents the power of technology and the Internet to connect everyone, but it’s also a [...]

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MySpace Music Marketing the Tila Tequila Way

Monday, December 15, 2008

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MySpace Music Marketing the Tila Tequila Way

MySpace is a place for friends, right? Wrong! I know what you’re thinking…that I’m going to talk to you about how those thousands of people who you call your “friends” aren’t really your friends, but just strangers who want you to stroke their big, fat egos. But I’m not going to go off on some [...]

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