[Sigia-l] Your take on MySpace

[Jonathan Baker-bates]

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> [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Listera
> Sent: 22 February 2006 05:15
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> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Your take on MySpace
> 
> Alexander Rudloff:
> 
> > Anyway.. Just my two and a half cents
> 
> Well, to earn that 1/2 cent, you need to answer this: :-)
> 
> > What it does offer, however, is critical mass and that 
> cannot be understated.
> 
> Just how did it get that critical mass of 50MM users?
> 
> That happens very rarely.
> 
> If it's a design/IA failure and yet has garnered Napster-like 
> scale, what does it say about our profession?
> 

This is going to sound pretty limp, but I think we have to be honest
about the fact that if "good design" was a prerequisite of success (at
least in the short term), things in our world would be rather different.
Instead, what we can offer is better design - would MySpace be even
bigger if it was "improved" by better design?


> Does it test well? :-)

Ooh, you cheeky chappie, you.