Turns out people really don’t care to read others’ complaints and whines on Facebook. For me, it’s a one-way ticket to the Hide list. I always said Facebook statuses were content, and the same rules apply as it did for blogs. Make your content interesting or entertaining, or else nobody’s gonna want to read it. And there’s nothing people want to read less about than someone’s a-hole boss, backstabbing friends they don’t know or miserable weather in another part of the country.
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Turns out people really don’t care to read others’ complaints and whines on Facebook. For me, it’s a one-way ticket to the Hide list.

I always said Facebook statuses were content, and the same rules apply as it did for blogs. Make your content interesting or entertaining, or else nobody’s gonna want to read it. And there’s nothing people want to read less about than someone’s a-hole boss, backstabbing friends they don’t know or miserable weather in another part of the country.

Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America

I saw this book at the library and had to chuckle at how fleeting Internet success is, even for the giants. I’m pretty sure MySpace was never really “the most popular website in America,” but it was a kingpin of social media.

This is quite the telling quote from the author on the book’s Amazon page:

Still, as it grew, MySpace’s lack of tech savvy has been its Achilles Heel. Today, MySpace is being forced to play technological catch-up to rival social networking site, Facebook, and it’s not clear if it will succeed.

The book was published only last year, but it’s way clear that Facebook has crushed MySpace. So let that be a lesson. If you aspire to run America’s most popular website, try to make tech savvy a priority.

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