Myspace vs. Facebook
Socioeconomic Differences – MySpace vs. Facebook
Research: Myspace and Facebook are different class
Social Networks like myspace and facebook have increase in popularity users world-wide
Which Platform is better Facebook or Myspace et al. . Whats your favorit ?
Facebook vs. Myspace is an epic battle that has been raging since Facebook arrived on the scene. It used to be that Myspace was the only cool place to have a personal page. It all changed and Facebook has surpassed Myspace in accessibility and in fun.
Maniac
May 19, 2008
As I see it, the Facebook has most of the advantages: the fact that it’s organized around real-world communities makes it 100 times more useful than MySpace. The design is cleaner and the directory is easier to use. The photo-sharing is much better. It’s relatively bug-free, and always loads quickly. The school-oriented “announcements” as a form of advertising is useful to school communities.
marcy
May 21, 2008
But MySpace has two significant advantages: (1) after college the school-oriented focus of Facebook becomes a restriction, and Facebook hasn’t yet found a way to make the directory relevant. Because MySpace is more open, it becomes more useful out there in the real world. And (2) MySpace has Facebook beat on music and video because it allows for “artist” pages.
Kareen
May 21, 2008
Which is better? For college students graduating this spring — should you stick with Facebook or switch to MySpace? For high-school students — should you switch to the new Facebook highschool-edition, or stick with MySpace? For two websites that essentially do the same thing, it seems like a real comparison is in order.
tomi
May 21, 2008
Around a year and a half ago, if I remember correctly, the Facebook launched Wirehog, a P2P file-sharing application. As far as I can tell it didn’t take off. Because when it comes to distributing and sharing the media from a community, straight-up file sharing won’t cut it. It just turns into a way to pirate MP3s and TV shows. But there is another way to share media in a community…
SpyderRs60
May 21, 2008
I reluctantly set up an account on FaceBook several months ago, and now it’s moderately interesting as a way to reconnect with friends from 1st grade, and occasionally peek in on the lives of my college and business school classmates. It occasionally bugs me with its “pokes” and “candy corn” (what the heck?) but it’s not riddled with often obscene and sometimes frightening content, as is MySpace; the space that’s not mine, at all.
peters
May 23, 2008
You want to open the social network to the grater internet network. Have you been smoking some wacky weed? It is bad enough people like parents, perverts, and future employers can access to one’s personal life via social networking sites. My concern is that openness might lead to a more erosion of one private life. No thank you and you do try to be one of my online friends. I do not need blabbermouths.
richi
May 26, 2008
MySpace is trying to defend it’s territory, and in raw numbers it’s still kicking Facebook’s butt.
MachoMan
May 26, 2008
lets see who wins, personally I never had a Myspace account, the website doesn’t look too clean, full of ads and ad-ons and there is no standard to each ones profile, sometimes the theme is hard to see, some times the music is too loud and awkward. For my use Facebook fits better, easy to navigate and more professional. If you click here you’ll see 5 top reasons Facebook is better. Enjoy the video, and post your comments lets see who wins!
Mental Lyst
September 9, 2008
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heidi castiglioni
September 24, 2008
myspace is on the way out, I think that’s pretty clear. Although it won’t ever go away entirely, you have to admit the people signing up for it now are pretty late to the game. If you want to network go to Facebook which is now open to everyone. If you want to really get a good experience go use Linkedin or something similar that will really get you somewhere. I voted for Facebook because myspace blows, but I would rather use LinkedIn anyway. I guess it depends on the demographic… and intelligence level haha.
jezzyfay
October 16, 2008
I think everything here seems very valid, the main problems mySpace face is the the transient changing nature of the average surfer. Or in other words boredom. So far it has done very well to survive.
Facebook is still young enough to have not faced that factor full on and time will tell. Personally I find facebook bland and it’s apps overwhelming and irritating already so the only reason I keep with it is because everyone else does… The moment something better appears I’ll be off.
Myspace on the other hand my survive, albeit in a smaller capacity if it is careful, the music-centric approach means it has a niche and thats something every company needs in the long run for when customers lose interest.
The question is what is facebooks niche and could it survive a new, more attractive, more cool alternative… I wonder
Kyssimo
January 2, 2009
I like Facebook because i only care to talk to people i already know not ones i want to meet.
PinkGirl
January 19, 2009
Ok, enough hype…I know that giving application developers a solid api is what is supposed to have catapulted microsoft past it’s competition, but allow me to ask one question: What applications exactly are going to send facebook to the next level? I mean, the iLike app is very nice but I don’t think someone is going to switch from myspace or start using social networking just to get music recomendations based on what their friends like.
Personally, I just think that despite APIs and potential apps, facebook is about photos and comments for college kids. I’m sure that companies will create a lot of very cool and compelling apps, but I don’t think any of them will convince someone who uses another service or doesn’t use any social networking at all to become facebook users. And if the new applications can’t do that, then how is this anything other than a solid improvement for their existing users?
Joels
January 22, 2009
I have both, and I like them both for different reasons. I like how facebook can only be viewed by your college or region, I like how people can post albums and you can be tagged in it, and I like how you it is organized and neat, without a lot of clutter… hate the applications they have allowed people to use. I like myspace because you are able to do stuff to your own page and create wallpapers and such, but I hate how, unless you page is private, everyone can see it. I’m not opposed to meeting new people in my area, but not across the world. Plus I hate all the add’s and scams on bulletins and such!
kwitcholk
February 7, 2009