
 
 
 
 
 
 MySpace is rolling out a complete redesign of the user homepage (the page users see when they log in), with a focus on content discovery through the stream and more prominent sharing tools. 
 
 The revamp, which will roll out as a "sneak peek" to some users today and to all users on August 16, is part of MySpace's new effort to showcase its value. Christina Wodtke, General Manager of Social Networking at MySpace, told me that they have a lot of loyal users that have been with MySpace for a long time, but they haven't really discovered all that MySpace has to offer. The new homepage is an attempt to show users, especially younger ones, what's cool and interesting on the MySpace network. 
 
 The first thing that should pop out at you is the MySpace Stream — just like MySpace's recent profile redesign, the Stream is front and center, delivering a newsfeed of information about friends directly to the user. There are also a slew of new modules on the right-hand column complete with friend and event recommendations, birthdays and a "My Stuff" module, which gives you quick access to your events, profile, music, photos, video, blog and games — core components of the new MySpace platform. Alerts have also been moved to the top right of the page. 
 
 The redesigned homepage is part of a complete overhaul of the MySpace interface. Last month, the company launch a profile redesign to some of its users, again with a focus on the stream and sharing content. The company has also been experimenting with an updated header. According to Wodtke, it's all part of a "learning to skydive strategy." The company wants to get a few core elements of the redesign right, specifically profiles and the homepage, before jumping out of the airplane and launching the complete overhaul. 
 
 We've got more pictures of the redesign below. What do you think of MySpace's new look? Let us know in the comments. 
 
 Pics: MySpace's New User Homepage 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 MySpace, which has fallen from its place at the top of the social-media heap to national punchline-level, hasn’t given up hope just yet. The site is preparing a major revamp of its homepage in an effort to rebrand itself and attract new users, which it plans to do by, uh, emulating Facebook. MySpace will be instituting a Facebook-style news feed onto users’ pages, with a stream that is “wider and more prominent” and that is constantly updated with status updates and shared content. Additionally, MySpace will feature recommendations — of activities and events, as well as “people you may know” (sound familiar?) — in a more user-friendly, consolidated manner. 
 
 The shift in design comes before what MySpace president Mike Jones promises will be a “major relaunch” this fall. The change comes as Facebook has grown to over 500 million users worldwide, while MySpace claims about 120 million. 
 
 "MySpace and Facebook really aren't even competing in the same category any more," EMarketer analyst Debra Aho Williamson said. "Which is good. For MySpace to be successful they need to carve out their own place." 
 

– MySpace has a new look that’s, well, sort of familiar. The site has revamped its homepage, featuring a “wider and more prominent” stream of updates from your friends, crowned by a “What do you want to share?” prompt and flanked by recommendations of activities, events, and people you may know. Which, New York magazine notes, looks sorta similar to that other social networking site. Some users get a “sneak preview” of the homepage today, and it’ll be implemented for everyone else on Monday. It’s intended, a MySpace executive tells Mashable, to showcase the corners of MySpace that users may not have discovered already. It’s also just a portion of the “major relaunch” the company is promising for this fall.