Comments on: MySpace is Only Hindering Its Own Platform by Not Providing Better Public Metrics to Developers

By: Top 25 MySpace Games for December 1, 2009

Top 25 MySpace Games for December 1, 2009 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:48:39 +0000

[...] lack of detailed, official metrics has made it hard to find the answer. But, by comparing raw user counts every month, we can get a [...]

By: Top 25 MySpace Games for November 2, 2009

Top 25 MySpace Games for November 2, 2009 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:30:41 +0000

[...] Question is now: How did MySpace do? As we have noted in the past, on Inside Facebook, MySpace has hindered its own platform by not providing clear monthly active user counts for [...]

By: Striking Differences On Social Networks Over The Plow And The Sword | FixCV.com

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:58:52 +0000

[...] on the number of Facebook and MySpace game users. Since both sites report different numbers — Facebook reports active monthly users; MySpace publishes only total users — direct comparisons can’t be made. Still, the lists of the top 25 games on each site [...]

By: Striking Differences On Social Networks Over The Plow And The Sword : ERE.net

Striking Differences On Social Networks Over The Plow And The Sword : ERE.net — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:15:19 +0000

By: The Top 25 MySpace Games for August 2009

The Top 25 MySpace Games for August 2009 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:02:50 +0000

[...] the inability to see monthly active users on the MySpace Platform, the level of change within the MySpace gaming charts this past month has [...]

By: The ISG Top 25 MySpace Games for July 2009

The ISG Top 25 MySpace Games for July 2009 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:06:24 +0000

[...] MySpace only reports game installs and not monthly active users, it can be difficult to clearly see what is going on within the [...]

By: Top 25 MySpace Games for June 2009

Top 25 MySpace Games for June 2009 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:47:13 +0000

[...] MySpace doesn’t report active users (only total users) – something we think is hurting innovation on the MySpace Developer Platform – it’s hard to know exactly which games are doing best on a month to month basis in terms of [...]

By: Justin Smith

Justin Smith — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:10:11 +0000

Bret and Arseny, of course I’m assuming everyone is using internal analytics. The problem is that is slow, expensive, and only leads to relatively local maximums. Those are not deal breakers for the top developers, but the lack of any useful public comparable metrics really slow downs down the pace of iteration across the board.

By: Adam Lovallo

Adam Lovallo — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:44:18 +0000

Anything would be a great help. It is nearly impossible to stay abreast of what is working.

By: Bret

Bret — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:55:47 +0000

In general, most devs uses internal analytics to track this stuff, but transparency from Myspace would certainly help Myspace become a platform that journalists and analysts talk about more. Every one love watching the horserace of DAU/MAU between the top developers.