Reviewing the Radio Show with Kevin & Sean (part 2)
Part 2 of 2… Here’s a link to part one.
Here’s an archived recording of the show. Personally, I liked the feature that used to be on this player where I can download it as a podcast to iTunes instead of streaming it live. You have to go to the show’s page to get that player…
I really enjoyed talking to both of these prestigious guests. Hearing Kevin’s commitment to making Friend Burst the kind of site that we, the users, want it to be makes me very optimistic about their future. We need to be patient though; it won’t happen overnight.
Hearing Sean admit that MySpace made mistakes in this conversion to 3.0 when it comes to understanding the blogging community was a mature admission as well. He said he initially didn’t understand what we liked about the old format of blogs and this platform. It was so 8 years ago…Top bloggers on MySpace count their subscribers in the 100’s whereas in the rest of the blogosphere, it’s measured in the 1000’s or tens of thousands. Then he said he realized that we liked is that our people were on MySpace. To blog on MySpace these last few years has not so much been to have an audience; it’s been to be part of a community. A community that fights a lot, has more than its share of drama and is somewhat dysfunctional in many ways, but a community nonetheless. The changes of 3.0 have ruptured that community.
I had to assume the role of diplomat, moderating the angry mob of MySpacers wanting to tear Sean apart. Not sure how well I did there. In any case, many, many thanks to my two guests, my two co-hosts, everyone who called in (hearing Bad Lisa square off against Sean Percival was priceless) and everyone who listened or will listen.
I think it will make a difference. I think continuing to talk about what we want in a social network, as opposed to just bitching about what we’re not getting, will make a difference.
After all that, and my regular Sunday ritual of falling asleep in front of the TV watching football (I love the game, but for whatever reason, it’s an instant tranquilizer for me), I needed a nice musical wind-down. Ran across the chords to a song I’ve loved for years. I don’t think I butchered it too badly either.
*scream* tits or gtfo… makes slightly more sense that way…
Joko, you did a great job, at least for what I heard as I came in late. It was my first time ever joining a BTR, and because of my anger and resentment toward Sean for destroying MySpace without thought to what was already there and ingrained, I raced home to listen.
I’m not so sure I would have been so “diplomatic”…hats off to you on that one. I probably would have been the one yakking at him the whole time 🙂 I’m going to go listen to the whole thing since I missed the first half or so. I guess I’ll get angry all over again.
I’m resigned to the fact that MySpace will never again be what it was as long as these two are in charge. From what research I did on those two, they are a “couple” and seem to move through companies together. Maybe when they go (and they WILL go, membership is doomed now) Kevin can buy MySpace, merge them and become a social network genius!
Meh, I can dream can’t I?
Again, thank you Joko and Tom!
Hats off to Percival for telling the truth: bloggers never mattered to MySpace and that no “resources” were ever committed to the enterprise and that none are forthcoming. [You can also bet that the “report abuse” button was only that and that nobody on the company end gave two shits. It was like watering a tree on Farmville]
He shouldn’t and didn’t get his ass chewed for throwing bloggers under the bus because they aren’t and never have been a marketing draw.
I don’t think the bloggers heard that; I don’t think they heard him say their exposure to the greater MySpace audience was always miniscule, either. Bloggers have long been in denial about these things.
If you write because you must or it makes you happy, do it.
Good job with the show, Joko and Tom.
I’ve said many times that “we” were only a few hundred compared to the millions of users…
I heard every word he said, he actually seemed, bored, and like he felt he really shouldn’t explain himself to “bloggers”….
ditto to what josh and skrib said. I didn’t make myspace money. And eventually, this place will fill up with ads and things too, because the more it grows….opportunity baby. It’s just cool to be here at the beginning. Usually I’m the last to arrive. Cool show though and a million kudos..votes…likes…for putting it together.
Gotta get that blog subscription thing going, I won’t always catch it on the stream and don’t have time to visit everyone all the time. Tits
For some reason the stream is no longer the interview. I would really like to listen to the archived version.