# MySpace sold for $35 million **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297 "2011-06-29T19:19:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/21 "2011-06-30T11:39:56Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Any predictions about Twitter’s fate over the next few years? Will it be replaced by something or someone else? I still can’t wrap my head around Twitter. But, I listen to a lot of comedy podcasts and _everyone_ on them has a twitter account for fans to follow. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/22 "2011-06-30T12:06:43Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > I still can’t wrap my head around Twitter. > > But, I listen to a lot of comedy podcasts and _everyone_ on them has a twitter account for fans to follow. Are you saying that sufficient market penetration will prevent Twitter from demise if something better comes along? Wouldn’t MySpace contradict that, or didn’t MySpace have enough market presence? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/23 "2011-06-30T14:23:55Z")
Too bad the SDMB doesn’t allow you to put up flash animations, a profile song and a seizure-inducing background, so as to properly commemorate this moment. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/24 "2011-06-30T15:06:20Z")
Don’t be all so sure about Facebook sticking around as number one forever. One of my students at college has an entirely new concept, and already lined up some investors, for something that is far and away better! My jaw dropped when I heard him explain his vision! And if I know somebody who has a better idea, I can guarantee you, there are others out there with even better ideas. I can remember when GeoCities was the end-all of Internet connectivity - how could anything get better than that? ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/25 "2011-06-30T15:40:47Z")
The purchase of MySpace is to rebrand it. Right now, it’s still being used by bands to spread their music and get noticed. That’s going to expand to more forms of media, while moving away from the generalized social networking of Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/26 "2011-06-30T16:12:31Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > BTW, Google already has a foray in social network, and it is called [Orkut](http://www.orkut.com). As far as I can tell, mostly Brazilians and Indians use it. Google just launched this other thing, [Google +](http://www.google.com/+/demo/). Like a couple days ago. So far my reactions to it is… - “Dammit this stupid thing is buggy” (but also beta, so nbd) - “I am awesome at Facebook an so are my friends. I don’t have time for both.” - “I don’t want my Google shit tied to my real name, but I don’t want to be anon to my friends.” - “Video chat with 10 people? Uh…no…” Zzzz… ---
**Author:** ![Heropsychodreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Heropsychodreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heropsychodreamer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/27 "2011-06-30T19:29:14Z")
The thing with Facebook and Myspace and Twitter is they don’t produce any content. We, the users of these sites, provide all the content, and you never know when or what can cause a mass exodus. When you don’t actually produce the content (just a means to display the huge amount of content that the USERS PRODUCE) that people log in to see everyday, and the value of your company rests on this…well, you get the picture. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/28 "2011-06-30T19:45:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Google Plus perhaps? [Obigatory XKCD link](http://xkcd.com/918/) ---
**Author:** ![initech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/439d5e/32.png) [@initech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/initech)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/29 "2011-06-30T19:57:02Z")
Here are a couple more obligatory XKCD links, demonstrating how dramatically things can change in just a few years: 2007: [xkcd: Online Communities](http://xkcd.com/256/) 2010: [xkcd: Online Communities 2](http://xkcd.com/802/) ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/30 "2011-06-30T20:03:34Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > As long as Facebook stays simple and easy to use, it’ll be on top. The minute they turn it into a truly convoluted piece of shit (as opposed to a slightly convoluted piece of shit) it will go the way of Myspace and another more streamlined interface will dominate. Preferably one that allows you to post music files and view (not download but actually view in the viewer) high-resolution photos. This. When they did they last buy out of MySpace, the new folks in charged decided to change the layout to something more like Facebook. . . except it was a million times more complicated. To this day, I don’t know how to check my MySpace anymore. Any time I log in, I’m faced with a weird wall of pictures and stuff. I was still in my early 20s when these changes happened a few years ago, too, so if I couldn’t understand what happened, that says something. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/31 "2011-06-30T20:03:39Z")
I love the fact that in 802 the 4chan island is shaped like a penis. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/32 "2011-06-30T20:44:00Z")
I am shocked that it is worth $35 million. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297/33 "2011-06-30T22:37:57Z")
I’m not surprised to hear that it’s still worth 35m. MySpace may be dead compared to $70b Facebook, but it’s still used. There’s still advertising dollars to be reaped. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-sold-for-35-million/587297.md?page=1)