Comments on: MySpace Can Be YourSpace https://booksquare.com/myspace-can-be-yourspace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=myspace-can-be-yourspace Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/myspace-can-be-yourspace/#comment-138819 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:37:00 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2006/08/08/2081/#comment-138819 I am proud to say that the mainstream media has not yet co-opted this blog. That I know of.

The nice thing about MySpace is that there will always be another cool hangout. Either the community will remain commercialized beyond belief or the commercial interests will move on, leaving a true community behind. The latter would be interesting, but I have a bit of cynic inside.

]]> By: what'sittoya https://booksquare.com/myspace-can-be-yourspace/#comment-138771 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:58:46 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2006/08/08/2081/#comment-138771 The problem with MySpace is that it used to be cool, before every author, musician, book company, conglomerate, what-have-you, started putting their profile on there. But it’s the same thing with blogs. The mainstream media co-opts it, and it loses any originality it once had.

]]> By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/myspace-can-be-yourspace/#comment-138325 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:53:41 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2006/08/08/2081/#comment-138325 LiveJournal (one never knows what other technological phenomena have passed Karen by) is great if you’re trying to reach a specific audience. Ditto for MySpace. I would (strongly) advocate smart targeting of your promotional efforts. Having a MySpace presence doesn’t hurt anyone in the long run, but, as my former poli sci teacher noted about getting an A in class, you gotta play the game. The rules are simple…following them requires a little effort.

]]> By: domynoe https://booksquare.com/myspace-can-be-yourspace/#comment-138324 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:50:15 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2006/08/08/2081/#comment-138324 I will never get the MySpace phenomena. It has to be the messiest community I’ve seen, in more ways than one — and ugly to boot. LJ provides a much better free (or low cost) community option — and you can actually customize the layout pretty easily so your space isn’t the same cookie-cutter mess as everyone else you friend.

]]> By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/myspace-can-be-yourspace/#comment-138312 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:00:22 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2006/08/08/2081/#comment-138312 BS is suitably appalled. Beyond appalled. But more because of the former rather than the latter.

]]> By: Karen https://booksquare.com/myspace-can-be-yourspace/#comment-138311 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:26:27 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2006/08/08/2081/#comment-138311 Oh god. More technology I don’t understand. And I still haven’t put up the website. BS will be (even more) ashamed to say she knows me.

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