Myspace vs Facebook

Hey, it's been a long time I haven't write a new post..I'm too busy now... But in this spare time, i want to share a topic about "Myspace vs Facebook"...

If you're Tom Anderson or Myspace user, you probably will say loudly, "Myspace is the winner, that for sure!"..But the statistics shows in November 2008 Facebook drew 200 million unique worldwide visitors; more than 1 in 5 people who accessed the Internet that month visited the site. When sites are that big growth generally stagnates, but in Facebook’s case it’s still skyrocketing. In December, 222 million people visited the site says newly released Comscore stats, a 10.8% month over month growth rate. 22% of the total Internet audience went to Facebook in December.

Facebook now has nearly 100 million more worldwide users than MySpace, which added 4 million new users in December to 125 million total. The page view difference is more dramatic – Facebook had 80 billion monthly page views in December v. 43 billion for MySpace. Just six months ago the sites were about the same size.

"Why this crap things happens?", said the Myspace user. It just one simple words to answer this simple questions...., Facebook is better than Myspace


And why Facebook is better than Myspace?


Facebook is less emo than Myspace.

If I want to read about some teenager's angst in leetspeak, I'll read livejournal. I'll never do that, though, because Facebook isn't designed around the profile like Myspace is. You can't put crappy Fallout Boy songs on your page so that they start blaring as soon as it loads, you can't put videos of AFI regretting their own existence almost as much as I regret their existence, you can't do anything except maybe put “Catcher in the Rye” as your favorite book. And if you do try to emo-out on Facebook, your friends will rag on you for it on your wall. Which is the way it should be, Myspace.

Facebook has no “Top Friends” list, which Myspace has.


Hey, I've got enough drama in my life without ranking my friends in order of their importance and watching the fallout when they argue over placement. The alternative is even worse—suppose I take a lot of time to rank my friends and none of them care? How am I supposed to feel about that? Facebook doesn't try to make me judge people the way Myspace does; I'm free to do that privately.


You can monitor relationship status on Facebook.

On Myspace, you could never tell if that hot chick in your physics class was really with that big dude who was her lab partner, but on Facebook you can easily look it up and cry yourself to sleep when you find out you don't have a chance with her. This is why the Internet was invented; we can avoid rejection at the source and focus on breaking up the relationships of the people we're attracted to. Plus, relationship status can let people who are into us know we're not into them. In your face, Myspace; you could never match Facebook here without losing your core demographic of online sexual predators.

No technical errors on Facebook.


Dammit, Tom, fix your website! Myspace is plagued with “This error has been forwarded to our technical department,” messages that make you want to drive your head through an ironing board, especially after you write a 2,000 word essay to your girlfriend explaining why the new Fallout Boy album is better than the new AFI album and look up to see it lost forever. Of course, both albums suck, but that's not the point. As one of the most popular websites on the Internet, don't you think Myspace should've fixed these problems by now? I mean, c'mon, it's owned by Fox! Fox wouldn't put up with any inaccuracies or problems in its reporting, would they? Okay, bad example. Facebook runs smoothly, and that's all that matters.


A Clean Layout

Facebook has a cleaner lay out. Think of Facebook as a Mac. A Mac is functional, white, basic, and easy to use. While the PC tends to come with a bit more clutter and problems such as viruses and constant updates. Facebook is better to use for the older crowds such as our aunts, uncles, and parents. It has allowed constant contact between relatives or friends who normally wouldn't hear much of eachother. Myspace's layout is another story for obvious reasons. The idea of customizing your own profile page on their network seemed like a lot of fun at first and people were really into it in the beginning. However, after hidden codes in html, incessant spyware, and hackers became a problem, personalized profiles quickly lost their luster. Glittery, overdone pages, and a zillion applications caused problems for page to load.

Better Privacy

Facebook makes it harder for unknowns to find you. In order to be found on Facebook the person searching must know either your network, full name, or email. On Myspace people are free to browse by age, gender, ethnicity, body type, and sexual orientation. Friend requests from unfamiliars are far more common on Myspace. A lot of sketchy folks will seek your friendship as well as businesses. Filtering through friend requests from the likes of club promoters, aspiring artists, and people who are solely out to up their friend count can be quite the nuisance.

Being Ahead of the Curve


Facebook has been ahead of the game and has cared more about the functionality of their network and accumulating a loyal and massive following. They take better care of their users. Facebooks IM is integrated very nicely and super easy to use. They were first in allowing people to comment on each others updates as well as implementing tags for photos. People get the simplest joy out of hitting the "like" button when they can't really think of anything to say. You are also instantly notified by a little red flag on the bottom right hand corner of the tool bar whenever someone leaves you a comment on your wall, status, or a photo. Myspace implemented much of the features I have listed but they did it a little bit too late in the game. Myspace isn't nearly as interactive as Facebook.



Less Advertisements.


Facebook is better because they do not bombard you with advertisements. They have no advertisements on their main page. The advertisements on the homepage are small, such as in newspaper classifieds. Once Myspace was bought out little dollar bills shone in their eyes. Myspace became more concerned with raking in the cash instead of working on the innovation of the network. Cheap advertisements to dress avatars, large billboard advertisements, pop ups, and over cluttering of the login page made people feel like Myspace wasn't the place for friends anymore, instead it was a cheapened over marketed website. This is one of the main reasons it was easier to march over to Facebook.


Popular and Fun Games

Facebook has more fun and engaging games. Farmville, Yoville, and many trivia games are being enjoyed by millions of viewers on their network. A strong following of gamers has given Facebook a better advantage because one of the main reasons they login and visit so frequently is to keep up with their games. Myspace also contains game applications but they aren't nearly as popular or fun.