With Facebook allowing user names last night (I stayed up and grabbed up facebook.com/briancarl FTW) a lot of the talk has been why didn’t Facebook do this sooner when Myspace and every other social network has been doing it for quite some time. This is true, but Facebook pwns Myspace in so many ways. There is a lot I can write here but two biggest ways are:
- Facebook Pages. Facebook does a great job in separating people from the 3 annoying B’s of the social media, businesses, bands, and brands. The pages look very similar from your user profiles, but with a few key differences. Facebook pages can’t send you friend requests or solicit to you in any way on Facebook except through a paid advertisement. So you have to actually choose to become a fan and not have your inbox spammed.
- Streamlined look on all pages. Myspace lets you customize your page in anyway you want. This sounds like a great idea and it was when it first started, but then it got out of control. There are millions of sites on the web that give codes for people who don’t know how to use code. Now anyone can have an annoying profile that they probably don’t know how to undo.
If having your inbox was enough spam, most pages spam your eyes and ears as well. I don’t want to hear the music on your page while I wait 10 minutes for everything on your page to load. Do not even get me started on pages that have multiple songs and videos all autoplaying. On more than one occasion my computer has been crashed by a poorly designed pages.
There are many other reasons Facebook is growing at such a rapid rate and myspace isn’t. Feel free to leave your comments on how you feel. Is there something else major that should be on this list?
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The greatest benefit of Facebook is that it has many groups on the site that you can join. So if you are interested in Chicago Cubs you can research Chicago Cubs in the groups section and you will be able to find friends on there that like the Cubs. This is just one example, I know that you can join groups of your favorite football team, television show, or whatever you want for the most part! If you can’t find a group for your interest, you can simply create one!
James
Hello. I think the article is really interesting. I am even interested in reading more. How soon will you update your blog?
Gary, I generally update my blog 3 times a week on Monday, Wednesdays, and Firdays and am going to start posting relevant links on the weekend.