Re: Where's the MySpace support??
 

I don't see how they copied Facebook. The layout we have isn't anything like Facebook. Maybe your old layout on MySpace is like their current one, but the new MySpace is way more advanced. You can edit your page with HTML/CSS, change what goes where, etc. Facebook tells you how the place should look. In my opinion, MySpace's adaptability and customizability make it perfect for Maemo. I think you use Facebook for professional stuff and MySpace for cursing and acting more candid, even though Facebook is for friends you met in real life situations. I use them opposite, but only because I've been MySpacing since day one, and Facebook is only for the blogging stuff with a few friends sprinkled in.

And I have a personal page I use to promote Maemo/Symbian as well as talk to my friends. My music team's pages are all artist related, and I'm the kind of producer that doesn't want to have a famous face outside of my hood, so I don't have my own music page anymore. But check me out here:
www.MySpace.com/christexaport

Re: Where's the MySpace support??
 

Such a poll could tell us that early adopters of this handheld linux computer regard MySpace old non-hip (or whatever the term used today might be) technology.

So, it would be more interesting to poll the (millions of?) users of MySpace, whether they thik it would be a good idea to have a "mobile MySpace-machine" that also does phone calls and other extra stuff.

Re: Where's the MySpace support??
 

Who is "we"? Maemo.org devs?

Re: Where's the MySpace support??
 

I notice plenty of musicians and songwriters are members of Maemo.org, so its shocking no one thinks musicians and content creators exist here. I'm a musician, composer, writer, sketch artist, novice photographer, and proud MySpace user. We need support too.

Re: Where's the MySpace support??
 

Uh, you know you can reset that number to zero, right? We do that so we can see how fans react after shows or any online marketing activity. At least our music acts do.

Re: Where's the MySpace support??
 

I'm thinking out the UI now. Whenever this gets any momentum, I'm ready to help. Will you be posting a brainstorm? Or shall I?

Re: Where's the MySpace support??
 

You should know better, Jay. I have a guy that consults on social media campaigns for musicians. He could get you to 100k easily with your act in a couple months. I've seen you guys. Not bad, I must say. 2700 is a sad number. I'm sure I've that many views on my page the last couple months. My PERSONAL page, not my working pages. (Just checked, and I have had 1894 views since October 11th)

Ask yourself this: You do many shows. How many people from Facebook show up? Can I listen to your music easily on Facebook? Can I see video of your last shows on Facebook? If I can, imagine if you'd used the #3 site globally that people use for finding and streaming music, or the #2 site people access to stream video? You followed the numbers of Facebook instead of sticking to your marketing tools, which no one else can match right now. You could be selling downloads of your tracks, marketing your gear, and gaining fans. MySpace isn't as popular as a social medium for everyone, but they expect all musicians to have a page. Name one that doesn't that has a major following.

Re: Where's the MySpace support??
 

I'm glad you said it and not me. I've worked on being nice, but I still have to figure out a way to get the developers to get that sense of service that was so prevalent in the Symbian world. You have to pull teeth and beg to get something unless they want it to. I won't beg. I asked nicely. I've gotten a response from the MySpace developers in the meantime about my wish, and they said they're open to working with our community and the Maemo platform, but I don't think they're rushing to get anything done. But I'll keep my fingers crossed. Haven't heard from them again yet.

Re: Where's the MySpace support??
 

Just for that, they wouldn't pay $500. :P
You only buy a N900 if you know how to use its full potential.

Re: Where's the MySpace support??
 

Right, the folks that actually use social networking the best and are usually tech savvy and geeky. Why would we want to cater to that demographic? So they can brag about using MySpace on their N900 to stay in touch with their fans? That would suck, huh? You know 50Cent is a Symbian user, and may jump to Maemo. He could really help give us visibility to the mass market. When he said he used the N95, it was all over the web. I even wrote a piece:
http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/00...Share_user.htm
He's now running his own branded social network called www.thisis50.com, and a univeral social network app would be super if he could port his site into it. I see big success enabling MySpace on the N900.