Facebook, I Don't Get It

Ankesh, Steve and Phil,

Thanks for the explain'n.

It answers the questions only slightly.

What I can do on Facebook I can do on Myspace - look up a relative's profile and see what they are up to, send them messages, share photos, make my profile available to friends only, etc. It ain't just Facebook.

So why Facebook over say Myspace? Is there a Demographic difference you're aware of, for instance?

Michael Ross

Hi Michael,

I have never had much to do with Myspace. I looked at a couple of pages on it one time and the ones I was viewing were dark and cluttered. I guess it was the nice clean white background and how the elements are organized that attracted me.

But then too... I had family invites from Facebook before I even had an account, so I guess that would be the deciding factor for me.

My lack of experience with Myspace means I'm not able to suggest or compare any differences.

Michael,

You're right, very similar, the reason for tons of other social networking sites to become Niche specific...

And one of the reasons why Niche social bookmarking is so popular these days as a marketing tool...

As far as I know Myspace was originally setup for Musicians and Artsy related stuff...

But like with everything, things change...

Might give you a few more perspectives...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c...Se arch&meta=

Phil

Michael,

I don't know if this will totally answer your question as to why Facebook and not MySpace but here goes. I asked my son the same question not to long ago. His answer was you have more control on Facebook. On MySpace anyone can see your page and send you messages. So you get bombarded and spammed by people you don't even know. On Facebook they have to know you and be invited as a friend to view your page and send you messages.

Ken

P.S. Which may explain why you received the message "do I even know you?".

I've enjoyed connecting with some old college friends and sharing some old photos on FB lately, but I really don't get people that hardly know me asking to be friends and then not even adding some kind of message to the automated "be my friend" request. Could you at least say "Great to see you here - how's everything?" or is that asking too much? lol

So I'm having a little fun with FB personally, but I really don't see how to use it for any other purpose.

Steve