Comments on: Facebook vs MySpace: The Tale of the Tape http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/ Sat, 25 May 2013 06:11:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Myspace Glitters http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174286 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:16:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174286 I think that Facebook will own Myspace. Facebook is much more popular right now and its member base is stil increasing and I think that many myspace users now have a facebook profile, too.

]]> By: Affiliated Business http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174285 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:49:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174285 Facebook and Myspace are quite different in their nature. It is not absolutely correct to compare them. And Facebook has no chances to outrun Myspace at least because it is just a good social networking site but Myspace is perfectly suitable for social advertising. Nine of ten emails I get form Myspace are spam advertizing from multi-level marketing scams or porno sites. At Facebook you won’t have that dimension of spam traffic.

]]> By: Amy http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174284 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:49:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174284 Well, I love it when I predict something. Myspace took another cue from Facebook and added a status updates/mood feature on the front page, and then a link to click to view all friend status updates. It debuted today for a few hours; then they took it offline to tweak it (which annoyed me… don’t put someone on the main page unless it’s ready to go, IMO), but, none the less, it’s there. They are adapting and evolving and integrating ideas from other networks. So, again, don’t underestimate Myspace. And I would agree with Gerry about errors– I am tired of them on Myspace, that is my biggest gripe.

As for the ‘self-indulgent’ profiles of Myspace– well, I don’t like glitter graphic clogged profiles either, but I like to design mine– it’s fun, something I don’t get from Facebook. Perhaps in the future Myspace could add a feature where one could turn ‘off’ seeing graphics and code in other profiles as one browses the site, just see the default Myspace profile and text instead; might be a popular option for people out there who are still on dialup.

]]> By: Rajan Sodhi http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174283 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:20:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174283 I’m a big fan of Facebook. To me, it’s the right way to design and execute a social networking site. I find the experience of navigating through self-indulgent Myspace sites that have very little meaning to me. I know for many, the ability to ‘express’ one’s individuality makes Myspace attractive. For me, staying connected with friends and colleagues in a pleasing, professional portal that’s easy to navigate through is much more appealing. Facebook is a clear winner in my books, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it leapfrogs Myspace in the next two to three years. I blogged about this very topic earlier when I first started using Facebook a few months back.

]]> By: Canadian Cinephile http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174282 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:57:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174282 Facebook is much better as a social networking site, Myspace is much better as a social advertising site.

]]> By: totaltransformation http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174281 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:31:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174281 Every email I get form Myspace is about some multi-level marketing scams or accounts that are fronts for porno sites. I joined Facebook and haven’t had that problem since.

]]> By: Bieds http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174280 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:40:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174280 Without corporate backing, how can Facebook ever overcome Myspace?

It’s not Coke vs. Pepsi…..it’s Coke vs. R.C. Cola.

]]> By: kevin http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174279 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:40:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174279 Facebook is not going to catch myspace. Just because webgeeks want it to happen doesn’t mean it will.

]]> By: Elly http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174278 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:20:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174278 Facebook’s new homepage consolidates every one of your friend’s updates. It is clear that the decrease of pageviews is due to the fact that you no longer need to visit your friend’s page to see what they’re up to.

Personally, I use both on a daily basis. I now spend less time on Facebook because if any one of my friends updates their page, I see it on my own homepage. While on MySpace, I have to sort through my friends in order to see if anything new is up with them.

]]> By: Gerry http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174277 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:13:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/facebook-vs-myspace-the-tale-of-the-tape/#comment-174277 Performance problems were one cause for Friendster’s fall from the summit, and MySpace is certainly having its share of them right now — I’m getting errors for about 5%-10% of my clicks. Unless they get their infrastructure in order fairly quickly (or I’m just an outlier), the cumulative frustration will surely have some effect.

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