Myspace Revived with Social Messaging Makeover

  We thought Myspace was left for dead, in the graveyard along with Friendster and Geocities...but maybe not

MySpace is still alive, which may not be surprising, but the fact that it's alive and kicking is a bit of a shock: It's due to give a sleek revamp to its hideous profile pages, and has bought Threadbox to rejig its social messaging skills.

The news about a revamp to MySpace's profile pages first came via a tweet from a MySpace executive, but then MySpace confirmed it via a short statement: "We're testing a new look and feel of our site among users" it noted, adding that clients seemed to like the changes thus far. "As always, we're interested in hearing feedback from our community as we roll out enhancements to the user experience and look forward to sharing more details with you in the coming weeks" is a much more exciting phrase to read, though, as it points to a more thorough revamp en route.

The new changes seem to simplify and de-clutter the typical MySpace home page style, add in a Flickr gallery connection and some social networking functionality. It's all extremely welcome to those Netizens who find MySpace's current pages to be a visual disaster fit to terrify one's optic nerve into shutting off (I'm among this list) and it both adds a professional sheen, and brings MySpace more into line with Facebook's and Twitter's fairly strict control over how your data appears on their social networking systems.

See the entire article at Fast Company.