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EM411 vs Other Social Music Sites
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Rant forthcoming...
I've seen and participated in a few of the community music sites out there (albeit on a limited basis), yet they all left something to be desired. To me, EM411 is the only one that seems to put a majority of the focus on users rather than jerk itself off all over the users (MySpace and PureVolume come to mind).
As I see it, EM411 does this in three distinct and very useful ways: releases, blogs and forums. Each are on the home page, and everyone is showcased. It really keeps the concentration of "social wealth" spread evenly across its users and not held up in the power of a few (yet it also "rewards" popular blogs in the center column). Compare this to a site like MySpace where artists get popular by spamming and running bots and scripts to comment on other profiles and to build up their friend count to a tipping point where they might get noticed.
Yet I don't see any of those bad trends on EM411. Most users are genuinely interested in hearing new music and enjoy giving feedback and participating in the community. Why? I think it's the difference between wanting to make music and wanting to get famous by making music. The latter is so prevalent on the larger social music sites - the "what can you do for me?" mentality. People only want "friendships" because it increases their friend count, which, in turn, may help them get "discovered." It's deplorable, and it's why I've largely stayed away from online social sites even though I spend a lot of time on computers and the internet - hell, I even work on teh interwebs for a living.
And just in case you need some evidence as to the sheepish mentality of a site like MySpace: link
But I digress. Thanks for listening...
Cheers,
The Stringed Theory
p.s. Can anyone clue me into old "versions" or "designs" of EM411 and how things have changed to what the site is now? | |
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01/11/07
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rizem
It's an issue of authenticity. MySpace is common place, mass commodity, mass consumerism and em411 is still reminiscent of an underground culture, even if ever so slightly as it too has evolved to become more social. Though this is what differentiates the two.
01/12/07
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tonearm
ahh myspace. where the internet looks like 1997 all over again!
01/13/07
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rizem
They were good times, 1997...
01/13/07
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datathinner
the thing about em411, for the most part, is we are men (and women) of good tastes. we are uncommon, each and every one of us here. that alone makes all the more grandiose and valuable than myspace, which is common, worthless, and so of poor tastes.
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