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MySpace platform less annoying, less effective than Facebook's

FBtop3.jpgLooking after his investment in online gamemaker Zynga, VC blogger Fred Wilson reports that applications on MySpace's platform "are not taking off in quite the same velocity that Facebook apps did." He blames MySpace's lack of "viral channels" — code for spamming tools.

You can't invite via MySpace.You can't notify via MySpace. So these apps are spreading by less effective means than the Facebook apps did.
WIlson's screenshots of the top 10 apps and their stats in MySpace versus Facebook, below.

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10:00 AM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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  • Image of tokenfemale tokenfemale at 12:14 PM on 03/19/08
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    Facebook's platform has been out for nearly a year, I think?

    MySpace's platform has barely been out for a week - and is "beta," as in, people can't even find it from myspace.com.

    Kind of unfair comparison?

  • Image of escapegoat escapegoat at 12:35 PM on 03/19/08
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    Er...this is a semi-closed beta. Unless you are a developer, you don't even really know where to look for the apps. The only app installs at all, are due to app developers that have some means of promotion outside of MySpace. If you, as a regular user, log into MySpace, I don't believe there is any way to click through and just see and install apps.

  • Image of Fidel on the Roof Fidel on the Roof at 03:46 PM on 03/19/08
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    @tokenfemale: Don't forget the built-in vw bias on that comparison.

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