MySpace is Fixable?

Proposed ways to fix MySpace and save it from the slow death it appears to be suffering now.

1.) Have those who work on it forced from their caves.

How can people working on the site know what's really wrong unless they've experienced it? Personal experience is very valuable, thus, one way to help save MySpace would be to have its workers exposed to the problems. This would help them gain a better understanding of the problem as well as see why/how said problem works.

This extends to error messages, the compatability issues between Macs and Windows, and what I call SPAM friend requests.

2.) Enact something to promote closeness between members.

At this point, it seems like the only thing that all MySpace members might get up in arms about would be a major, major change that went south (ex. like what happened with Facebook). However, surely MySapce still has the capability to offer incentives for competitions. A good competition offered to groups for some achievement in the name of MySpace would be good press and it would also cause any groups interested to grow closer as they worked toward a common goal.

3.) Have better user controls and make knowledge of these controls easy to come by.

The more control users have over the information they let others see, the safer they feel. However, just installing better user controls wouldn't be enough. The controls must also be easy to use and easy to find. If you have the capability of doing something, but it takes forever because it's hard to find out how, people will still be unhappy.