Talk:MySpaceIM

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[edit] Mypace is NewsCorp

Let's get this right... as far as ownership, and the companies involved, MySpace is a property of Fox Interactive Media and no longer its own company. Intermix no longer exists as a separate entity and neither does MySpace. Ross Levinson is at the head of FIM and reports directly to Rupert Murdoch. MySpace can announce anything it wants, but it's operations are managed at FIM, which should be credited for any developments or announcements at MySpace or any of NewsCorp's online properties. Want a job at MySpace? The applications go to FIM. Wanna partner with MySpace? You gotta go to the top. Nuff said. There is no benefit to wikipedians or the general public in trying to hide this relationship. I have my opinions about fox and I'll keep them out of here, but the fox ownership is an issue for alot of people. Let's keep it out in the open.

As far as authorship, there is nothing to indicate that this software was coded in-house. To the contrary, an inspection of the executable indicates otherwise. Does anyone know who actually wrote the software? Previous versions were from a company called gtv, based on the sonorck platform. It is hard to imagine that FIM could give up on one partnership and transition to in-house develoment and put out a production release in less than a year.

24.5.77.126 20:48, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Who does what?

But I think that if MySpace releases a feature or product, it should be just that. We know FIM owns MySpace, and that's an important point for the article. However, to say the parent company releases software the child entity released seems confusing to me.

I would like to point out that AIM says that the product is by AOL, not Time Warner. Seems like a fair comparison to me.

Yes, it would be pretty incredible if MySpace rolled a production IM network and client in a few months.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.117.135.11 (talk • contribs) 02:00, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Who cares?

About: "Fox Interactive Media is the parent company of MySpace and a division of Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp." The software is being released by MySpace, not Fox Interactive Media or Rupert Murdoch or Newscorp. That information belongs within the MySpace article not the MySpaceIM article. Opinions? - Deron Dantzler 18:23, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trillian integration, what protocol will it be using?

Digg says[1] Trillian will have MyspaceIM integration... I didn't even know MySpaceIM existed, and I'm sorry to discover that it does. What protocol will it be using? Did they go ahead and invent yet another incompatible protocol that third-party clients will have to reverse engineer? Are we going to see this in Gaim, Adium etc.? --Skyfaller 20:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, as it states, it is msn based, so yes, probably. [wossi] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wossi (talk • contribs) 02:25, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

I have doubts about the allegations that MyspaceIM will use the same port as MSN though... backed up by the fact that :1863 is blocked on my LAN firewall, but I'm still able to use the beta program. [Chuboy] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chuboy (talk • contribs) 22:08, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adware

I'm disputing the veracity of the adware claims, as I have found nothing that corroborates them. In fact, an older version of the program was certified by Softpedia to be 100% clean.[2] Unless some reliable sources are provided to support the claims, I will delete the section again in the near future. Dancter 02:26, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree this section should be removed. People are indeed concerned about adware issues; however, this detailed information should be in the Adware article instead of this article. The information in Adware appears to contain a more objective analysis of the matter than what was added to this article. C++Phil 00:30, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

MySpaceIM does not install Adware. It is the adware. The current version displays an ad unit at the bottom of the contact list, which carries similar ads to those on the website, itself. The display of this ad classifies the software as Adware. C++Phil 02:34, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

This is similar to Windows Live Messenger, which isn't classified as adware. Perhaps this links more to MySpaceIM being MSN-based? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.87.119.103 (talk) 04:26, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

I have just installed MySpaceIM to test this, it does have an ad at the bottom of the program when it's running. Going by the definition of Adware, this is Adware, period. I don't see why there's any discussion what-so-ever. There is also the issue that my computer has never, and I mean never had a popup in the past, and today I had my first. I'm unsure if the issue is MySpaceIM related, because I haven't tracked it to it's source yet - when I do I'll update. Trocisp 02:16, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

The discussion was over the malware implications that were added before (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MySpaceIM&diff=102100682&oldid=102045461). You should probably note the policy on original research: personal testimony isn't adequate to support Wikipedia content. What is needed is verification by a reliable source. Dancter 16:09, 22 March 2007 (UTC)