Facebook vs Myspace

Facebook

Facebook was launched in February 2004 and now in 2010 there are now around 500 million users all over the world. It was originally started for students whereas Myspace was made for teenagers.

As as user you can:

• you can add other users as friends
• send them messages
• chat to them in real time
• update your 'status' which is like a mini blog to tell people what you are up to
• add a profile picture
• upload videos and pictures
• edit your information section to where you work, live or where you go to school. Add your interests, favourite music, favourite films and favourite books.
• You can join groups with people who have similar interests to you and talk to them such as sports.

Myspace

Myspace is also another example of a social networking site which is a close rival of Facebook although now Facebook is much more popular since about 2008.

Myspace was launched in 2003 although what you can do on Myspace has been updated with a new design since then.

Before you could update status', leave messages called 'comments' on your friends profile pages which contain information such as your interests.

Today though Myspace now has a chat feature much like Facebook where you can talk in real time as well as messaging to an inbox system.

Although the main feature of Myspace today is music. There is a myspace music player where you can add music which you like to your profile, you can download music to put on your ipod or mp3 (which are hand held music devices which allow you to listen to all your music on the go) or just listen to the full song on your PC. 

You can also add your favourite bands as friends on your page so you can receive regular updates from them about new songs or new tour dates.

Unlike facebook you can add themes to your profile to make them more unique.

Conclusion

From this i believe that Facebook is better for communication with friends as it is easier to navigate around and send posts but Myspace seems more personal and is much better for music than Facebook. Myspace is now considered to be more of a rival to a program called 'Spotify' which also allows you to listen to music and download rather than it being a rival to facebook as facebook has now clearly taken the lead over the last 3 years proven by the amount of users. I now believe that Facebook has over 100,000,000 more users than Myspace. 


In 2008 member totals on myspace were a lot higher than facebook but this have now changed a sugnificent amount