Why MySpace Failed (Or When You Kill The User Experience, You Kill Yourself)

A more humorous take on MySpace's slow demise ...

"For a brief period of time, MySpace was the site where everyone kept their profile and managed their friendships. But soon, the service began to attract fake profiles, the wrong kind of white people, and struggling musicians. In real world terms, these three developments would be equivalent to a check cashing store, a TGIFridays, and a housing project."

- Christian Lander, "Stuff White People Like" - #106 Facebook http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/07/31/106-facebook/

I'm starting to see this on Pandora.

I listen to it nearly constantly at work (I usually end up paying a $1 a month to keep listening), but the ads are starting to get out of control. It doesn't help that there is a very limited selection, and maybe as a result they seem totally untargetted. It's irritating to be listening to trace music while I work, and then cut to a commercial for Ford trucks with country rock playing.

Also, I was trying to use it at home this weekend, and while trying to change stations I was interrupted by video ads.

I guess on the bright side, the ads are "high quality", for mainstream products you might see on TV or radio.