Thursday, 19 May 2011

Activity #13: MySpace

MySpace was so cool when I was at University, then Facebook came out and no one talked about MySpace anymore.  I didn't even know that they had updated their page!  It just used to take so long to load the pages and upload photos.  The thing I liked about MySpace was that you were able to personalise your page a lot more with backgrounds and music, but that was probably the thing that also made it so slow. 

If I had to choose between MySpace and Facebook, I would choose Facebook because it is easily accessible and very user friendly.  However, I just searched the AppStore and found a MySpace App for my iPhone so I think I am going to explore that and see how it goes.  At the moment, I am getting annoyed with all of the spam that I am getting through Facebook so it might be time for a change.

I can definitely see why MySpace is more appealing to the younger population, as you are able to have more fun with your profile and the site has more of a 'wow' factor.  Facebook is suited to the older demographic because it is more about connecting people and sharing information.  Of course it still has the fun elements of different games and a variety of applications which you can engage in, but I believe Facebook is definitely the best way to connect people and stay in touch regardless of the distance between each other. 

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