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Originally Posted by ricks
You gotta remember that the group behind it, Intermix, are brilliant marketers and the celebrity profiles, which there are thousands of them gave them instant credibility. Perception is everything.
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Good point. There's DOZENS of sites like myspace but really...it all boils down to how they marketed the community and which small pool of 'tastemakers' or 'buzzmakers' who formed a core community within the site.
I guess, Myspace's success does illustrate the notion that growing a profitable community or forum is like running a successful NIGHTCLUB. It's the characters and the people they draw in which starts an upward spiral that fuels itself.
I remember lurking this board back in 2001 when you have Diabetic Rage and Dirty Sanchez and other 'characters' stirring shit up which brought out other characters. It then fed on its own momentum and exploded to the self-sustaining entity we know now.