[Sigia-l] Your take on MySpace

[Skot Nelson]

On Feb-23-2006, at 8:26 AM, Anne Hjortshoj wrote:

> I agree. The IA isn't awful. The visual style isn't at all slick,  
> but I
> have a feeling that the lack of slickness contributes greatly to the
> site's success with teenagers. Maybe it feels subversive?

I think it's entirely possible that teens aren't as "tech savvy" as  
common perception might indicate, too.

It's certainly true that they're computer friendly, but this doesn't  
mean that they know enough HTML to build rich web pages, or even  
enough PHP or mySQL to get a Movable Type installation up and running.

They use mySpacc, in many cases, because it lets them do what they  
want - which is to talk.
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