MySpace to Get a Facelift

by Terrence O'Brien — Nov 19th 2007 at 5:06PM

Rumor around the Internets is that MySpace is getting ready for a major facelift. Word is News Corp is looking to hook up with Zach Klein, the designer behind YouTube-clone Vimeo, to clean up the hodge-podge of disparate design elements that a lot of people are complaining about at MySpace.

Users have been fleeing MySpace en masse for the more respectable and less spam filled Facebook. A bit of a redesign will be good for MySpace, but will it be enough to save the site clearly in its death throes?

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Kathy Boulier said 1:27AM on 10-11-2008

Facebook does not give you the artistic license that MySpace allows in design (CSS/HTML options) which is why I have 1 facebook profile I rarely access with all its inane teenage widgety crap (which MySpace is starting to, admittedly, get too much of), and 9 MySpace profiles with various themes surrounding favorite artists, etc. I finally broke out of MySpace after all the self-teaching it allowed me over a period of several blissful months (keeping my danged sites, though) and moved into website ownership which gives even more artistic legroom. All I can say is thank you to MySpace for my start in web design, small -time though it may be, it makes me happy.

tom said 1:16AM on 3-06-2009

I have accounts on Facebook and Myspace, Myspace is superior but the media has decreed that facebook is the latest thing to have so the mindles sheep follow. Truthfully neither sire is anything to get excited about but I use Myspace to look for music and it is much more conducive for that feature. The only question is what will be the next site to be promoted as the new thing to be a part of? My only reason to be associated with the facebook site is because my wife asked me so she would have another friend on the site.

Jim said 6:21PM on 11-19-2007

Myspace was very popular until facebook started taking over. I prefer to blog at http://www.thoughts.com myslef...

S said 7:24PM on 11-19-2007

I prefer a new social site that has video dating, resumes and emails that pay you to share it. http://www.friendswin.com/view_profile.php?member_id=3949

Josh said 6:29PM on 11-19-2007

there isnt anything wrong with how it is anyway so why change it, must been a democrat who thought of this lol we all know how stupid these dumba**es are haha

DAVI said 7:48PM on 11-19-2007

MYSPACE WAS #1 AND IT'S BETTER THEN FACEBOOK AND THOSE OTHER COPYCATS.

Dawn said 5:13PM on 11-20-2007

Myspace was first for me. I prefer to keep connected with my friends through my myspace profile. So many sites out there to keep track of, im happy with myspace.

Liz said 6:48PM on 11-19-2007

I think facebook should be kept for college students only; its just creepy when you see older ppl prowling around on there

jmf said 6:35PM on 11-19-2007

What's wrong with myspace? I have no problem with it!

LuC3lLYs said 6:38PM on 11-19-2007

MySPACE IS jUSt MAKiiN EVRYTHiiNG CONfUSiNG FOR THE US3RSz THAT R USED 2 THE OLD LAYOUT....FAC3BooK IS A FAK3 MYSPACE ND IT SUXx...SOo I DUNT THINK THE NEW WALLPAPER WHATEVER WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENC3...

megglez said 6:46PM on 11-19-2007

hi! =oD

Kate said 6:47PM on 11-19-2007

DIDN'T YOU EVER HEAR THE SAYING, "if it's not broken, don't try to fix it." It usually ends up screwed up and people lose interest in it. That seems to be what happens on here all the time.

morgan said 6:47PM on 11-19-2007

too many spam hackers stealing passwords are so
bad and PEDOPHILIA RUN RAMPID MEN OVER 18 PICKIN
UP KIDS 14? COME ON NOW,AND 15 WITH 20 PLUS YEAR
OLD MEN OFF MY SPACE.COM THAT SITE NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN I CANNOT WAIT TILL THEY ARE FINALLY
NON EXISTENT.

ADIOS!

panopticon7 said 6:52PM on 11-19-2007

this is an asinine article. "internets"? you just totally wiped out your cred, man. pfft, gone. "clearly in its death throes"? lol--from a guy on an aol partner? LOLLLLLLLLLL stop, you're hurting me, i'm laughing too hard!!!!!!!!

Paradiseland said 6:54PM on 11-19-2007

Hey Josh isnt Newscorp considered a republican Media outlet?

DINA said 10:12PM on 11-19-2007

To Davi:

Facebook did not originally copy myspace. Facebook was started at Harvard as a student directory. Eventually it opened for all colleges. You were not able to sign onto facebook unless you had a college email. Unfortunately for us college students, now any creep can get onto facebook and took over our "private" space. I find both sites to be very unsafe now. Viruses are all over myspace, and people put way too much information on facebook.

Ned said 6:58PM on 11-19-2007

Myspace has its strengths just like Facebook and YupYap, which cater to different groups. To me ... I see them as graduating from one site to the next. Now I use YupYap.com to network since I am out of college now.

cyndy said 7:15PM on 11-19-2007

..i am one of the older people on myspace, you can't beat it for connecting to your favorite musicians, it is very cool

whoknows said 11:14AM on 11-20-2007

I used to like myspace, but the pedophilia problems and the penchant towards pin-up girl pop-up adverts for the singles websites made me kind of sick to my stomach. The pedophilia's hard to cut off, I guess, but the pictures could have easily been done away with. I asked them to do something about it, but was ignored. Little too late to change, now, in my opinion.

aly said 7:55PM on 11-19-2007

I actually like MySpace, however, I am in the real estate business. I haven't had much luck networking on MySpace so I found www.WannaNetwork.com. They are a real estate specific networking site where I don't get bothered by 16 year-old kids when I am trying to establish working relationships! I love WannaNetwork!

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