coreline

i somehow need to get more people using this service. the 'myspace is a poorley designed sack of crap' bragade *really* get my goat when they complain cieslesly about it, yet, when offered a more functional alternitive become 'too bored' to maintain their profiles.
well i gots news for ya! im not a subscriber to that plan and even in the cold light of a dieing world where my myspace profile gets more hits then my atual website i will overcome! i will trig!!

its also quite sad that the pattern of use for theese 'social networking' sits remains basicaly unchanged, with unsolicited attempts from bands to advertise themselves occuring fortnightly, now i am in the same position, and i must admint to the ocasional rouge *yeah they looks cool* add, however coreline online (with the aception of a frantic first few weks) has become a passive mechinism, people will come and visit my profiles if the subject matter appeals to them.

In the Myspace senario, where every friend request is from another indi band from new york despratly attempting to attain the hedonism of 'next big thing' the concept of 'friend' becomes devalued. in siad senario one dose not send a 'friend request' one sends a 'request for attention' friends become a compleetly meaningless currencey, few will ever visit twice, those that do will quickley default to a better method of communication.

A better method is that employed by last.fm, its modell is based arround the fact that the site is a utility, the currencey is 'songs scrobbled' though equally meaningless it allows the friend and 'comment' system to be used for friendley banter, community information, as there is a community, and not for advertising or embedding silly imaged (as in myspace). It would be a heddy achievment for the sites designers to look into that sociological mechnism and attempt to imploment somthing similar, thas where killer apps and webbys come from.