Why Is Myspace More Popular Than Facebook?
Ok kids, I'm gonna be honest, I really don't have much to talk about so I thought about this topic...
Alright, Myspace is by far the most popular site for networking, blogging, sucking up to friends, and losing them. Umm, so uhhhh, WHY!?!? I realize that there are so many sites like this out there, and one has to shine above the rest, by I don't understand how the national favorite could be the most corny, security-lacking, and time consuming one of them all. I have a Myspace for one reason, and it's ColorBlindRed...I'll admit that it's much better for bands than Facebook, but when you look at pages for individuals, it's somewhat retarded. One of it's biggest features is the users' ability to change the layout of their page. You can find just about anything to make your page stand out. Categories range from your favorite sports team to "I think President Bush is a hottie!". Ya, that's pretty sad. And, I suppose, that's a pretty sweet feature...if you have nothing better to do than sit at your computer all day and look for "that special layout" that only last about 3 days or until you realize that you didn't get any compliments on it from your friends. Know why? Because they're too busy doing the exact same thing to care! It's these layouts, full of pictures that take 20 minutes to load, that make Myspace so time-consuming. A person could spend an entire day at their computer...half picking out a new layout, and the other half loading your friends' pages. You spend 30 minutes loading one page only to find out that your friend hasn't updated their page is 2 weeks...ya, that was a well-spent portion of your day. So you finally load your friend's entire page, and you look at their top friends list. Hmm, you're not there. So now, Myspace has wasted about 30 minutes of your day, and you've decided not to talk to your friend for a month. That's Myspace's mission: take their time, and ruin their friendships.
Why go through that when there's such a gift to the world as Facebook. With Facebook, you know exactly what your friends are doing, when they do it, and when something changes about what they're doing. And, you can see it all on one page. I can see exact updates from my friends in 10 minutes...ya, 10 minutes. That's unheard of on Myspace, even if you have ONE friend. You can actually add the same things to your profile page as Myspace, only instead of confusing html codes that can make your page look stupid, you press a button called "Add Application"...beautiful, I know. You know what's happening with your friends from events such as "Curt is going to the lake" to "Curt updated his favorite music". And, if you just want to look at someone's profile to see what they've added, it doesn't take 20 minutes. Actually, it takes about 2, even on dial-up. I have a toolbar on my Firefox browser that tells me when I have new messages and friend requests, as well as status updates from my friends. It also imports blog posts. This entire piece I'm writing right now, will be imported into Facebook for all of my friends to see. On their main page it will say "Curt has written a new note", automatically, I won't have to do a thing.
So why then, is Myspace so much more popular? It can't just be because of the layouts you can't have on Facebook. I, personally, think it's just because so many people are afraid to try something new when the old school stuff they've used since the very beginning is still working. I'm tellin' ya people, Facebook is much better. It's fast, it's convenient, it looks good, and it gives you the information you want when you want it. Screw myspace, it's old and outdated now, they keep adding new things but these new things only make pages longer to load! I don't think Myspace is going anywhere any time soon, but that's alright, I'm going to keep enjoying Facebook...only now, I feel as if I've done my duty by telling the rest of the world of its wonder. You're welcome Facebook, you're welcome.
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Tomorrow, I'm going over to Alex's house to help him record some stuff on guitar and then I'm taking my sister to Ft. Smith because I was conned into it by my mom. They scheduled an appointment for me, just so I'd HAVE to take Kaleigh! WOW! It's ok though, they're canceling my appointment, and I'm just taking her. I'm not excited about it, but whatever. I think we're going to try to record again after church, hopefully things will go a little smoother this time.
That's your update/commercial/flame for today. Cheers yo!
Alright, Myspace is by far the most popular site for networking, blogging, sucking up to friends, and losing them. Umm, so uhhhh, WHY!?!? I realize that there are so many sites like this out there, and one has to shine above the rest, by I don't understand how the national favorite could be the most corny, security-lacking, and time consuming one of them all. I have a Myspace for one reason, and it's ColorBlindRed...I'll admit that it's much better for bands than Facebook, but when you look at pages for individuals, it's somewhat retarded. One of it's biggest features is the users' ability to change the layout of their page. You can find just about anything to make your page stand out. Categories range from your favorite sports team to "I think President Bush is a hottie!". Ya, that's pretty sad. And, I suppose, that's a pretty sweet feature...if you have nothing better to do than sit at your computer all day and look for "that special layout" that only last about 3 days or until you realize that you didn't get any compliments on it from your friends. Know why? Because they're too busy doing the exact same thing to care! It's these layouts, full of pictures that take 20 minutes to load, that make Myspace so time-consuming. A person could spend an entire day at their computer...half picking out a new layout, and the other half loading your friends' pages. You spend 30 minutes loading one page only to find out that your friend hasn't updated their page is 2 weeks...ya, that was a well-spent portion of your day. So you finally load your friend's entire page, and you look at their top friends list. Hmm, you're not there. So now, Myspace has wasted about 30 minutes of your day, and you've decided not to talk to your friend for a month. That's Myspace's mission: take their time, and ruin their friendships.
Why go through that when there's such a gift to the world as Facebook. With Facebook, you know exactly what your friends are doing, when they do it, and when something changes about what they're doing. And, you can see it all on one page. I can see exact updates from my friends in 10 minutes...ya, 10 minutes. That's unheard of on Myspace, even if you have ONE friend. You can actually add the same things to your profile page as Myspace, only instead of confusing html codes that can make your page look stupid, you press a button called "Add Application"...beautiful, I know. You know what's happening with your friends from events such as "Curt is going to the lake" to "Curt updated his favorite music". And, if you just want to look at someone's profile to see what they've added, it doesn't take 20 minutes. Actually, it takes about 2, even on dial-up. I have a toolbar on my Firefox browser that tells me when I have new messages and friend requests, as well as status updates from my friends. It also imports blog posts. This entire piece I'm writing right now, will be imported into Facebook for all of my friends to see. On their main page it will say "Curt has written a new note", automatically, I won't have to do a thing.
So why then, is Myspace so much more popular? It can't just be because of the layouts you can't have on Facebook. I, personally, think it's just because so many people are afraid to try something new when the old school stuff they've used since the very beginning is still working. I'm tellin' ya people, Facebook is much better. It's fast, it's convenient, it looks good, and it gives you the information you want when you want it. Screw myspace, it's old and outdated now, they keep adding new things but these new things only make pages longer to load! I don't think Myspace is going anywhere any time soon, but that's alright, I'm going to keep enjoying Facebook...only now, I feel as if I've done my duty by telling the rest of the world of its wonder. You're welcome Facebook, you're welcome.
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Tomorrow, I'm going over to Alex's house to help him record some stuff on guitar and then I'm taking my sister to Ft. Smith because I was conned into it by my mom. They scheduled an appointment for me, just so I'd HAVE to take Kaleigh! WOW! It's ok though, they're canceling my appointment, and I'm just taking her. I'm not excited about it, but whatever. I think we're going to try to record again after church, hopefully things will go a little smoother this time.
That's your update/commercial/flame for today. Cheers yo!
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