Update:I just checked TagWorld, and they allow Javascript when you add a custom HTML section to your profile. I only tried this with the alert method, but I'm sure other things could be done by someone more creative.
Also, here's a link to another blog that discusses MySpace's ugly design.
Corante Web Hub
That brief blog entry asks if TagWorld's features such as the ability to tag everything and more storage space and customization, will "be enough to get people to switch from their social networking environment [MySpace]". I don't think so. Those features aren't useful if there isn't any good content. That's the problem with MySpace as well. Sure you can change the look of your profile and blog but does it really matter when you aren't creating any useful content?
I don't think so. If you read Paul Graham's Why Nerds are Unpopular essay, he says the "important thing about the real world is not that it's populated by adults, but that it's very large, and the things you do have real effects. That's what school, prison, and ladies-who-lunch all lack." I find this to be the case with social networking sites. They're just very large popularity contests, reminiscent of our highschool years.
Another disaster point for MySpace and TagWorld are the technical details. They recieve huge amounts of traffic and it's quite amazing they don't run any slower. TagWorld appears set to become notorious for long load times as more than 10 friends/fans' pictures are shown on a page, a GoogleMap loads, and many many pictures load. For example, the Postal Service has a page there and it took 13 seconds to load. That's just far too long. The HMV/Amazon website took less than 5 seconds.
The social networking aspects that these sites tout are nothing more than redundant email and forum systems. For example, MySpace has a classifieds part to their site. Why not just display Craigslist posts? Re-inventing the wheel is best done when a real improvement can be made such as the creation of Skype which works on everything (Linux, Mac and Windows) and has better VoIP quality. But in the case of these sites, they're wasting their time. If the site creators were smarter, they would make a deal with Flickr and move all image hosting there. If they were smarter, they would use an already existing forum package such as phpBB. If they were smarter, it'd mean this world is a dream world.
I'll end with this...
"They have no function for their form to follow." --Paul Graham
Myspace versus TagWorld
Update:I just checked TagWorld, and they allow Javascript when you add a custom HTML section to your profile. I only tried this with the alert method, but I'm sure other things could be done by someone more creative.
Also, here's a link to another blog that discusses MySpace's ugly design.
Corante Web Hub
That brief blog entry asks if TagWorld's features such as the ability to tag everything and more storage space and customization, will "be enough to get people to switch from their social networking environment [MySpace]". I don't think so. Those features aren't useful if there isn't any good content. That's the problem with MySpace as well. Sure you can change the look of your profile and blog but does it really matter when you aren't creating any useful content?
I don't think so. If you read Paul Graham's Why Nerds are Unpopular essay, he says the "important thing about the real world is not that it's populated by adults, but that it's very large, and the things you do have real effects. That's what school, prison, and ladies-who-lunch all lack." I find this to be the case with social networking sites. They're just very large popularity contests, reminiscent of our highschool years.
Another disaster point for MySpace and TagWorld are the technical details. They recieve huge amounts of traffic and it's quite amazing they don't run any slower. TagWorld appears set to become notorious for long load times as more than 10 friends/fans' pictures are shown on a page, a GoogleMap loads, and many many pictures load. For example, the Postal Service has a page there and it took 13 seconds to load. That's just far too long. The HMV/Amazon website took less than 5 seconds.
The social networking aspects that these sites tout are nothing more than redundant email and forum systems. For example, MySpace has a classifieds part to their site. Why not just display Craigslist posts? Re-inventing the wheel is best done when a real improvement can be made such as the creation of Skype which works on everything (Linux, Mac and Windows) and has better VoIP quality. But in the case of these sites, they're wasting their time. If the site creators were smarter, they would make a deal with Flickr and move all image hosting there. If they were smarter, they would use an already existing forum package such as phpBB. If they were smarter, it'd mean this world is a dream world.
I'll end with this...
"They have no function for their form to follow." --Paul Graham
Also, here's a link to another blog that discusses MySpace's ugly design.
Corante Web Hub
That brief blog entry asks if TagWorld's features such as the ability to tag everything and more storage space and customization, will "be enough to get people to switch from their social networking environment [MySpace]". I don't think so. Those features aren't useful if there isn't any good content. That's the problem with MySpace as well. Sure you can change the look of your profile and blog but does it really matter when you aren't creating any useful content?
I don't think so. If you read Paul Graham's Why Nerds are Unpopular essay, he says the "important thing about the real world is not that it's populated by adults, but that it's very large, and the things you do have real effects. That's what school, prison, and ladies-who-lunch all lack." I find this to be the case with social networking sites. They're just very large popularity contests, reminiscent of our highschool years.
Another disaster point for MySpace and TagWorld are the technical details. They recieve huge amounts of traffic and it's quite amazing they don't run any slower. TagWorld appears set to become notorious for long load times as more than 10 friends/fans' pictures are shown on a page, a GoogleMap loads, and many many pictures load. For example, the Postal Service has a page there and it took 13 seconds to load. That's just far too long. The HMV/Amazon website took less than 5 seconds.
The social networking aspects that these sites tout are nothing more than redundant email and forum systems. For example, MySpace has a classifieds part to their site. Why not just display Craigslist posts? Re-inventing the wheel is best done when a real improvement can be made such as the creation of Skype which works on everything (Linux, Mac and Windows) and has better VoIP quality. But in the case of these sites, they're wasting their time. If the site creators were smarter, they would make a deal with Flickr and move all image hosting there. If they were smarter, they would use an already existing forum package such as phpBB. If they were smarter, it'd mean this world is a dream world.
I'll end with this...
"They have no function for their form to follow." --Paul Graham
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