Comments on: Windows Live Spaces got too Social http://simeonpilgrim.com/blog/2007/07/31/windows-live-spaces-got-too-social/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Simeon http://simeonpilgrim.com/blog/2007/07/31/windows-live-spaces-got-too-social/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Simeon Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:19:42 +0000 http://simeonpilgrim.com/blog/?p=278#comment-50 Hey Andrew, You seem 100% on the button. Not wanting to be another small cog in their advertising machine I moved on. On the spelling front that would be 100% my mistake. Ether in the original writing or editing/spell checking (or lack of). Fixed now, cheers for the heads up. Simeon Hey Andrew,
You seem 100% on the button. Not wanting to be another small cog in their advertising machine I moved on.
On the spelling front that would be 100% my mistake. Ether in the original writing or editing/spell checking (or lack of). Fixed now, cheers for the heads up.
Simeon

]]> By: Andrew http://simeonpilgrim.com/blog/2007/07/31/windows-live-spaces-got-too-social/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Andrew Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:04:46 +0000 http://simeonpilgrim.com/blog/?p=278#comment-49 Hey Simeon, See this is the problem with any blog living in a social age. Blogs used to be semi-isolationist, now as people want them to grow bigger they get on board with social networking, blogging companies compete with other offerings that have a whole social suite. Sure Live Spaces could have gone the way of the Livejournals and Xangas of the world, but they aren't as sexy and lets face it where is the user base? The way to get users, and therefore revenue is in the ads, is in the social context. The biggest issue I have with this is it always feels bolted on to these sites. I especially am not fond of MySpace for this. I think what you've done is what most people will end up doing - if you want a blog then you go to a blog specific site and hope, or get your own domain and control it. And your spell check might have accidently replaced the word "seem" (ie seemed to be, seemed like) with "seam" (ie the seam of your trousers, seam in fabric). Hey Simeon,

See this is the problem with any blog living in a social age. Blogs used to be semi-isolationist, now as people want them to grow bigger they get on board with social networking, blogging companies compete with other offerings that have a whole social suite.

Sure Live Spaces could have gone the way of the Livejournals and Xangas of the world, but they aren’t as sexy and lets face it where is the user base?

The way to get users, and therefore revenue is in the ads, is in the social context.

The biggest issue I have with this is it always feels bolted on to these sites. I especially am not fond of MySpace for this.

I think what you’ve done is what most people will end up doing – if you want a blog then you go to a blog specific site and hope, or get your own domain and control it.

And your spell check might have accidently replaced the word “seem” (ie seemed to be, seemed like) with “seam” (ie the seam of your trousers, seam in fabric).

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