the last thing i have to say about myspace...ever

it's been a LONG time coming but i finally deleted my MySpace account. i've been calling MySpace detroit for a couple years not, so it shouldn't come as a huge surprise but up until this week, i haven't had a serious problem with them...they just sucked.

this week, MySpace officially bought parts of imeem (read: the technology, the users and the 4 C-level execs) and then sent a nuke to the rest of the company. without telling the 16 million imeem users and developers who use the platform, MySpace shut down the service and took away all of the playlists and community messages that had lived on the site.

when i was asked to choose a reason why i was leaving, i chose 'too much drama' - an option they provided - as the reason. here's my letter to them:

the way your company conducts business is pathetic. you purchased 16 million imeem users and then couldn't be bothered to effectively communicate with them about the changes you were making to their service. you have continually taken the big business approach, when the product you're trying to sell is a social tool for dialogue and building relationships.

if you want to compete with facebook, then you have to start thinking about your users and listening to them. winning on the music front is not going to sustain your business long term- especially considering the poor quality of your music player and all of the ads plastering your pages. i would rather pay a subscription fee to stream whatever music i want than click on your music pages. i no longer want to have anything to do with your company...and i'm not the only one.