Test Driving the New Myspace
So, Myspace is back. With a massive overhaul of content and a huge advertising campaign, plus backing from lots of "cool" people like Pharrell and Jimmy Kimmel, Myspace has relaunched and is trying to get back in the social networking game. What Myspace is not doing, thankfully, is trying to be another Facebook, which is something the world does not need. Rather, Myspace is going back to its "roots," as it has been screaming from the hilltops, and is promoting itself as a creative vessel rather than a medium for you to dump your daily grievances, excessive pictures of your ugly children and all the food you ate this week. ![]()
Wait, so what is Myspace good for then?
Myspace's first order of business is that of a music and photo sharing "mixtape" if you will. The new site, which launched this week, is quite sleek, albeit a bit too Windows 8 looking for me, but easy enough to use for its most prominent function. Users can create playlists and share them with others. Toss in a few photos for visual aesthetics and you've got yourself a snazzier version of Spotify. But, as of now, much of the content is being pushed out by artists (or their publicity people) and as I am not friends with Justin Timberlake on Spotify, listening to his "History of Rap III" playlist is something I suppose I can only get on Myspace (despite him having "Bust a Move" on there twice; I'll give it to him because it's a good song). Similar to Spotify, once you are in someone else's playlist you can share songs with your friends, put items in your own playlist and let people know how cool you are for listening to a specific track. Yeah, this really doesn't tell us all that much.
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