# New opportunity for MySpace fundraising

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/10/13/new-opportunity-myspace-fundraising/
- Published: 2007-10-13T06:47:10+01:00
- Author: Bryan Miller

**[Rumours are bouncing around the web](http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/myspace-platform-to-launch-next-week)
that social network site [MySpace](http://www.myspace.com) is preparing to launch
its 3rd party developer platform at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco next
week.**

Creatively called_ ‘MySpace Platform’_, it is expected to comprise a set of APIs
and a new markup language that will allow any developer to produce advanced applications
with the ability to access member information (profile data, friend list, activity
history, etc.) – rather than just sit on the surface of the site as a plethora of
MySpace profile pimping options currently do.

This launch has been expected ever since [Facebook opened itself up](http://livinginadigitalworld.com/2007/06/14/pimp-my-profile-facebook-opens-up)
to 3rd party applications in the same way back in May – in a move that has contributed
significantly to that site’s astonishing growth since then.

## Advertisement

For online fundraisers, MySpace Platform will offer opportunities to engage with
the MySpace member audience in a far more sophisticated way than ever before. So,
look out for the launch of new MySpace fundraising apps similar to the [**r**ange of Facebook apps that have appeared over recent months](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/blogs/bryanmiller/2007/08/24/facebook-fundraising-apps-a-brief-review).

 

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