Prettier Than myspace
It’s not like I’m a big fan of myspace or anything, but the service has been in the news so much it’s hard to ignore. So, I found this Christian version, Ditty Talk, that seems to sport all the same features with three important differences. 1) Visually, it looks much nicer and cleaner… much more sophisticated and adult, therefore I doubt it will supplant myspace with the younger crowd. 2) The pages load very quickly and don’t seem to get pushed out of shape so easily. Everything works without a hitch. 3) Super-responsible moderation for inappropriate content.
Perhaps the difference is Ditty Talk’s PHP/MySQL solution versus the myspace ColdFusion and JavaScript choice. The site was birthed by Brian Bozarth, a web designer from Maui, who promises no banners and a listening ear as far as content and features users are looking for. The site only lacks one feature I would add right now; QuestionPark on the FAQs page. Memo to Levi and Joe: Contact Mr. Bozarth now and put the hard sell on him.
March 17th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
Man, you should tell Sue about this site because she is ready to blow the whistle of alarm on MySpace. I’m fairly certain that every, single kid at youth group sports a MySpace account. Except our darling Roz, the trend setter.
March 18th, 2006 at 7:01 am
Roz used to be on MySpace… whuh happan? I think Sue knows about it…
March 18th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
Thanks for the compliments. I just checked out Question Park. What are the advantages of using Question Park, other than my FAQs is the simplest you can find!
Thanks again and Lord Bless your Day!
March 18th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
Hey Brian, I’ve referred your query to the developer of QuestionPark, my pal Levi. He and Joe will probably try to work you with the good cop/bad cop routine, but don’t roll over easily. Put up a bit of a fight.
Ditty Talk looks great and will probably avert a church split, which has been brewing over the MySpace vs. Blogger controversy in our little fellowship. Your brainchild arrived just in time.
Lord bless you in your endeavor.
Proverbs 16:3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
September 30th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
[...] This is welcome news, as far as I’m concerned. I just signed up on Facebook and the interface was noticeably less cluttered and usable. I’m not a huge fan of these new-fangled social networking sites, but from a design perspective things are starting to look up. As I pointed out when Ditty Talk rolled out, the MySpace design is just plain ugly and whenever someone adds a photo or video to their page, it gets pushed all out of shape and the user ends up scrolling in all directions. [...]