Along came Twitter which is like drive-through social networking at its best. It's like getting a Starbucks double venti cappucino on the fly. It’s breathtakingly fast, and the reason why I get on every once in a while is to hone my skills on communicating with 140 characters or less. I have no problem with more than that (obviously).
My recent visit to MySpace made me think, is MySpace becoming the new “dead” mall?
You know the “dead” malls… there are web sites devoted to the demise of our aging structures. Most were built in the ‘50s and ‘60s and are showing their age. There’s only so much urban renewal one can do with steel and glass, at some point, ground must be broken for granite and crystal and forty foot palm trees.
Facebook is the Somerset Collection of social networking compared with MySpace – the Livonia Mall. Most times people will choose glitter and flash over tired rubble, something the Facebook people may want to consider.
Makes me wonder what the next big thing will be.
Article comments
1 - Maddy Pumilia
Nice article.
I never had a Myspace and I never will have a Facebook. I do have a Twitter though and your description of it was perfect:
"like getting a Starbucks double venti cappucino on the fly."
Maddy
2 - Joanne Huspek
Maddy, you have to be the only teenager without Facebook. I think you should get an award of some kind.
3 - Mike
Wow...this is a great article. I teach a marketing class and I was struggling to come up with an analogy for the myspace fall. You hit on it perfectly!
Not to mention that I lived in Birmingham years ago, and the mention of Somerset and the Livonia Mall brought back memories...