About a year ago, I got talked into creating a MySpace account. I created it, put up a few pictures, added about four people as friends and left it at that. I tried to personalize it the way the cool users of MySpa...read more
by Huma Rashid
There used to be a marked difference between social networking sites Facebook and MySpace. MySpace was open to all users, from the average junior high kid to the average adult. MySpace grew in popularity because of the abi...read more
by Nicki Marks
With the growing popularity of social networking services, such as MySpace and Facebook, it can be hard to decide which ones to sign up for, and which ones are a waste of time. Not to say that you can't sign up for both. I...read more
It seems that Myspace grew like a tidal wave in hurricane season last year, and this year, the "press" seems to be all about Facebook...which is better...only you can be the judge of that! Myspace is a based upon the ...read more
Both Myspace and Facebook are social networks designed mainly to network between friends and relatives. These both have the issues involving the online predators but the one item in common is that the user has to make the...read more
Social Networking sites can be useful, if you're using the right one, and if you're using it for the right reason. Here's a bit of a lesson I've learned, and I think it illustrates the huge difference between Facebook and...read more
by David Irvine
What do they offer us mere mortals of fragile intellect? Simply! a sense of being acknowledged. The human mind thrives on being accepted, popular and a control over its self-image. Both applications offer this in differ...read more
by Holly Rogers
Gone are the days of instant messenger popularity. These days it is all about social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace, however with so many of these sites forming all over the internet, it makes it difficult t...read more
I have used both Facebook and Myspace. To be completely honest, I very much prefer Facebook. So many more people are on Facebook. I'd say about 75% of my family members, including my parents, are on. Only a handful of ...read more
So much has been written about Facebook over the past several months that it is almost easy to forget that there are other social networking properties available to the internet community. The meteoric growth that Facebook...read more
by Juan Leer
Facebook and Myspace are similar sites in many ways, with both websites essentially serving the same purpose... to connect people. As more and more people sign up with these sites and they become more and more popular, you...read more
The social networking site Facebook has been getting a lot of press over the past six months. The user base is expanding rapidly. What started out as a closed community open only to college students has blossomed into a fu...read more
by Ian Cross
When I first became a Facebook member the site was simple. A click here, type a name there, and a quick scroll and you can find a long lost friend. I've kept in touch and rediscovered college, high school, and childho...read more
Facebook is indeed a 'group mentality' type of site. Posing as a 'networking' site, it is another part of the online 'vanity press'. Helium doesn't, of course, qualify as vanity press, no matter how vain its writers, since...read more
by TheTruth
Each of these social networking sites has their benefits. Facebook is primarily the networking site used by college students and this site focuses on a users network. A network is a group of users that have the same workpl...read more
by Music girl
Facebook is largely a social networking vehicle. Its draw-card is the ability to find and locate past friends and acquaintances from various aspects of life, such as school or university. Its quite amazing the diversity of...read more
by Ann Card
For me, it is as simple as good and evil, truth and lies, Facebook and Myspace. I will admit to having dabbled in both, but i have only committed to one - and Facebook is the one for me. On Myspace I was either lonely, ...read more
by Katie Finger
The scene: a modern day pub where two people have been introduced by mutual friends. It's time to go their separate ways. "It was nice meeting you. Keep in touch, yeh?" "Sure, I'll Facebook you." Gone are the da...read more
Facebook focuses on your network; Myspace focuses on the individual. Their respective domain names accurately reflect their underlying themes: Facebook is indeed nothing but a book of faces. You don't bother to read your...read more
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