Usually you hear about new or recently developed social applications being all the rage and surrounded by lots of buzz, and then the brand trickles down to the average Joe and Jane as indispensible at some point.
However, Twitter is not enjoying this kind of success.
The site frequently has been riddled with technical problems, which has third-party developers abandoning ship. The developer community is predicting that once developers go, users won’t be far behind.
This may not shake and break the brand of a social app that is indispensible, but Twitter seems superfluous–you can do the same things it does for you…
This line is in the Requirements section for a marketing communications job at Facebook. They’re also looking for more designers and a user interface engineer.
Why?
They’re introducing a new design and have been allowing members to preview the new features and functionality by navigating between the new and current versions of the site. 100,000 members already offered feedback, and access to the new design will gradually become available to all of its users.
The changes?
• An expanded “Wall” section to integrate feeds about friends, with ability to leave comments
• Third-party apps are simpler
You can:
• Test an app before deciding to add it…
A summary of MySpace’s redesigned hp:
Less Clutter. More Advertising.
Hmm. Is there a paradox in there somewhere? It’s been said that the redesign addresses a nagging problem that beleaguers social networking sites: pages have “the aesthetic appeal of the locker door of a 14-year-old high schooler.” Which led me to imagine the site as the voice of a 14-year-old whining to its parent, Fox Interactive Media.
“Why can’t I be pretty like X website?”
“I want to make money like the other websites.”
“Can I have a new navigation bar? A search tool? A video player? I need these in time for school to…
