MySpace to offer email addresses to users(techcrunch.com)

MySpace to offer email addresses to users

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/15/confirmed-myspace-building-stealth-webmail-product/

10 comments

I tip my hat to MySpace. Losing traction to a competitor putting out kitschy services (i.e. Facebook and it's many applications)? Put out a service that actually revolves around what your users care about and use. I know personally quite a number of people that use MySpace and Facebook as a means of communicating with close friends, as opposed to traditional email; often which is reserved for more professional or less personal communication requirements.

Already though, I can tell there are going to be detractors "People wont take an @myspace.com email seriously" but I truly believe the idea behind this is to capitalize on connections already made, and simply remove the abstraction of a profile page to talk to the people on your friends list with much easier access.

MySpace just jumped ahead of the curve.

pclark18년 전

I agree. @myspace would also offer a gorgeous lock in to users to their social network.

I've always been suprised social networks didn't offer email /just because/.

redrobot505018년 전

Probably because a regular email system has no way of "blocking" a user the same way I can block people who are not my friends on those social networking sites from contacting me.

Also, their "mail system" displays ads. More ads, more chance at revenue.

unalone18년 전

Facebook lets you send email, not receive. I've always hoped they'd make an email system, if only because they've shown themselves to be experts at avoiding clutter.

pclark18년 전

i guess the (small) issue with facebook is that you don't get a "unique" handle at all, easily changed, I guess.

unalone18년 전

On the other hand, if a good fraction of users were to get [email protected], then the rest had variations on that theme, suddenly sending email to people would be much easier.

I'm happy with my @me, so I guess I won't worry about it too much.

asnyder18년 전

Is it just me, or does it seem that @myspace.com will become equivalent to what @aol was. A few years ago if someone told me their e-mail address was @aol I would never look at them the same way again, it just couldn't be helped. I wonder, in what way the @myspace will be different, will it be more negative?

redrobot505018년 전

It will no doubt be worse.

optimal18년 전

What's strange is that I have 27 double-verified email addresses on my webapp that are on the myspace.com domain already since 2007. Myspace employees or what?

iamdave18년 전

It's possible.