Hi there, today I will be comparing the ever so popular social networking websites MySpace to FaceBook. So here is some information you may or may not know about the two web sites.
Let us start off with what they are and offer.
MySpace is a place where you can send messages to your friends, or chat to them live, post photos of yourself, friends and family, and places you’ve been. You can also put up videos, post blogs or lessen to music by most of your favorite arties, and even unsigned artist. You can also personalize your profile page, just like you would on your own web-site. It’s also a great place to keep in touch with loved ones, family and friends new or old and it’s a great place to meet new people that are close to you, or even on the other side of the world.
FaceBook is a place that you can chat to your family and friends, people you went to school with, or even the people you work with, by sending them a message or putting a comment up on their page. You can also be a part of a group or community, (the only way you can browse for new friends outside of your friend’s friend list.) You can also post pictures of yourself, family and friend, places you have been or just photos of things you may like. You can put up videos of yourself and events, and share them with your friends. You can also put up a lot of info about yourself, play games, send a gift and buy a friend a drink using the Applications.
Now let’s compare some of the features both MySpace and FaceBook has.
On MySpace you can Post Bulletin. Tell your friends about news and other things that are happening or you can be a part of a surveys, games and contests.
Another great feature is Photo Albums. Put up photos of yourself, friends, family and places you’ve been. You can even place them in their own albums, e.g. you can place photos of yourself in one album, photos of friends and family in another or photos of your favorite events.
Next, post a Blog. That’s right; you can write a review (like this) write about something you like or a movie that you’ve seen. A song or just have your say about anything you want.
We now move onto Groups. Join a discussion group, there you can find a lot of people with the same interest that you may have.
MySpace uses Html, CSS and Flash. Like so many web sites out there. You can personalize your page by adding graphics, music, videos, photos and info about anything you want. Now you can add animations to your page. And you don’t have to worry about working out where to put everything, it’s already done for you. All you need to do is, add the info.
Last up is Mood. You can let your friends know how you’re feeling, and what you’re thinking buy putting up a comment, and you can select one of many auto mood that comes up under your profile picture (it also has a small smiley faces that match the mood your in.)
On FaceBook you have the option to Poke someone. What is Poke someone you ask? It’s pretty much what it sounds like, if you happen to find someone that you think is cute or hot or someone you wanna sleep with. All you need to do is give them a Poke! That’s right; it’s the new way of flirting with people on the net. So if you poke someone and then you get poked back, there’s a good chance that you’re in. Now they also have Super poke, and X me, you can find them under your Apps.
Have money you don’t want? Buy someone a Gift or Drink. Well, you don’t need money on FaceBook to give someone a gift or buy them a drink. But you can give or buy as many gifts/drinks as you like, just to let your friends know how you feel about them.
You can also be a part of a Game. Yes that’s right, you can enter yourself or a friend into a game that doesn’t even exist. The way it works is you try and get as many friends as you can to join up to the game under you, the more friends, the more points. It’s just a lame way for you to become popular. They do have games that you can play like, online poker, Pacman, Frogger, Bejeweled and many more, by using the Apps.
Want to leave a comment; you can post a message up on their Wall. Doing so, your friends can read your comments and then send one back to you. When it goes up on the wall, everyone sees it.
With FaceBook when you put an item or Apps on your profile page, you can move it just about anywhere you like too. It’s easy, you just click, hold, drag and drop the image or texts where ever you like (Well, anywhere FaceBook lets you.)
Now just for fun, let’s go over some fun facts by comparing the two in the way they work.
MySpace is the PC of the way it’s used. Like a PC it has spammers, people trying to still your ID and hacking your page. There are also ads popping up here and there, MySpace, it’s very popular. Where FaceBook is the Mac in the way it’s used. Like the Mac’s there are no spammers, people trying to still your ID, because you can’t get into anyone’s account, you can’t even browse their profile.
MySpace is the Mac of the designing and entertainment on the site. Where FaceBook is the PC of the way it looks. It’s there and it works. It’s kind of straight to the point.
MySpace is a place for the artistic and creative type. And FaceBook is for those who have no creativity in them or, just can’t be bothered with it.
MySpace is for the people that are out going and fun. While FaceBook is for the private and personal type.
In a final note, MySpace is cool, fun and it’s the best place to meet new people from all around the world. It’s the best place to be creative and yourself. MySpace is my choice.
On the other hand, FaceBook is the place you go when you don’t want anyone finding anything on you. It’s also the best place to go hangout with your close friends and family. This is why I have both MySpace and FaceBook accounts.
