Re:Christ, I hate Blackboard
by saraid216 on Sunday January 26, 2014 @01:59AM
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This is true if you're only looking at MySpace and Facebook.
If you go back a decade, MySpace won the social network space because you had a lot of control over the webspace. Because setting up shop was more about expressing your personality online than about showing off your vacation pictures.
> (I am not a UI/UX guy, take my thoughts with a grain of salt).
Your thoughts are actually absolutely correct as long as you're not talking about social network sites. This is common wisdom in Information Architecture / User Experience. Which isn't surprising, since they wouldn't have a job otherwise.
If you go back a decade, MySpace won the social network space because you had a lot of control over the webspace. Because setting up shop was more about expressing your personality online than about showing off your vacation pictures.
> (I am not a UI/UX guy, take my thoughts with a grain of salt).
Your thoughts are actually absolutely correct as long as you're not talking about social network sites. This is common wisdom in Information Architecture / User Experience. Which isn't surprising, since they wouldn't have a job otherwise.