IMeem was kind to all. It gave everyone the opportunity to listen to anything that anyone else uploaded. It didn’t discriminate; it didn’t force you to have a membership. Its music search engine was fabulous, and its interface was sleek. IMeem was the best free online music player around.
But then it sold out to Myspace, and Myspace changed everything. The sleek interface was replaced by Myspace’s slow, clunky one. Songs are no longer uploaded from everywhere, but gathered from Myspace music players – that means no more rare songs, no more covers. The playlists are supposed to be up in a few days, but who knows what’s changed about them.
Why did IMeem sell out? It had a good thing going. It was becoming big. It could have made it on its own. Why did it sell out so soon? Oh IMeem, didn’t you know? The way to sell a website is to wait until it becomes big enough to stand alone. Wait until it is popular enough that when you sell it, nothing will change. And if you were forcdd to sell out due to copyright violations, you should have known better.
Oh, IMeem. You were a great website. You are already missed.
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