Should Social Networking Sites Be Members-Only?
I stopped sending my husband links to New York Times articles when I realized that he couldn't see the articles unless he was a member of the online site. He wasn't. I was. So I completely understand the frustration when someone's on MySpace and wants to share photos with someone who isn't. Now, I also completely understand that that's the draw: If you want to see the photos so badly, you'll sign up.
It makes sense if you think of people of the same generation or interests cluing others just like them. But what if you want to show something to your grandmother? She's just interested in you, not in becoming a part of this bigger thing.
If you think in terms of what the business needs—what does MySpace need to grow?—"members only" makes perfect sense. But if you think of it in terms of what the members, themselves, want to do with their spaces on MySpace, then it's not very customer-centric.
What do you think? How would you strike a compromise? What about a visitor's pass?
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