a threat? a threat to what. I don't think anyone should be worried about losing traffic to myspace, if they are losing traffic, then they shouldn't blame myspace, they should look and see what they did wrong on their own part that led the old users to go to myspace.

And last thing, I think myspace is going to get less members, unless it does something about it's horrible template system and page structure and it's overused ads.

Myspace was sold at $580 mil. so if not less, were going to see a lot more ads and other campaigns at myspace.

Lets not forget who bought Myspace.com, I seriously doubt myspace is going away. It could be a google or yahoo in the birthing process.

I have found it hard to pry people who have never used a forum off the myspace page, if thats all they have been using.

People seem stuck in this mode of starring at their page and waiting for a comment on their page or pictures.

I think its feeding a need for self gradification.

How have you tried to 'pry people off MySpace'? What do you mean by that?

When my new website launches, I'm going to ban the word myspace from ever being used.

Ever.

Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.

Myspace really doesn't impact me at all, because I target working professionals. People who join EA are looking for intelligent conversation - not the kind of stuff you find in the larger off-topic communities that attract younger members.

I know it's out there, because I keep seeing people wanting to emulate it with mods - sort of like everybody used to want to emulate the hot or not picture rating site. I think it's a community that's going to be around a long time BUT, I think that the buzz around it will die down when the next thing comes along.

Amy

I don't think they're a threat at all.

It's just another choice in life ...
it's up to you to offer something 'better'.

Why do people choose AOL over Yahoo; Google over MSN?
If you cater to your audience they will stay longer; and, more will join.

• Offer fresh new content.
• Allow personalization - we all learn differently; empower your members to control how and what they see on your site
• Don't over complicate - we visit sites to learn, buy, and/or entertain ... simplify, what and how you provide your content
  

MySpace DOES steal members, because it already has so many. THAT'S its power right now: until we get a strong "number 2" site for networkers, it will stay king. DESPITE the horrible system.

Smaller, close knit communities with active moderation will always be a more enjoyable way to pass time than massive free-for-alls like myspace.

.2c

I had the same problem. I started a tiny InvisionFree board and got about 50 members. I pretty much stopped visiting it for about a month and a half to work on the website to go with it. When I took a break from the website to visit the board, I found that one person had blabbed about MySpace and a bunch of people had read it and just about all the membership had mass-migrated to MySpace and all my moderators had either gone with them or just sat there feebly and then mustered enough energy to resign.
I was left with myself, one admin who promptly became a devout Christian and comdemned my board (it was a Harry Potter board), another admin who simply pretended that nothing had happened and bravely posted things that no one read, a third one who simply pretended that the board didn't exist, and one who simply disappeared into thin air and couldn't be reached by any means.
All because of MySpace and Yahoo and places like them.
Also, the ideas in this thread were good. I tried to register on MySpace so I could direct traffic to my site and vBulletin board, but it said that I was "ineligible to register". I think it had something to do with the image verification. I'm not good with stuff like that because they don't show the letters clearly. I mean, if a computer can't read the picture, why do they have to make it murky?
I disagree. Probably about a million of those members are only there to try and regain their lost members, who are the other 39 million.:rolleyes: