Facebook?

I was originally a Myspace user. I knew already that my cousin who was in college had a facebook and was deleting her myspace profile. But I still wasn't convinced. What could Facebook offer that topped what I already liked about Myspace. I liked that I could change my backgrounds and add videos and music to my profile. The main part was being able to communicate with my friends through writing on their walls or commenting on their pictures. Then one day one of my friends decided to get a Facebook, just when everyone else in my high school was seemingly creating a Facebook as well. All of a sudden I found myself being encouraged by friends to get one, so I finally did. At first it was just different than Myspace, and then for a while it seemed like everyone was using their Myspace pages and Facebook, now that was a big job to check each one everyday. Then slowly, everyone started posting on their Myspace how they were deleting their profiles. Everyone was switching over to Facebook. And I found myself doing the same thing. But why?

Well, there are a few reasons why I like Facebook better than Myspace. The big one I remember when making the switch was that on Facebook you have to put your actual name. It was so much easier to find people, whereas on Myspace you could put any name or symbols as your profile name. It was hard to find people.

I guess I like the way Facebook works. In a sense, it makes everyone the same because everyone's profiles look generally the same. It is no longer a competition to see who has the most "friends", and no one is ever hurt because they aren't in somebody's top 10 friends. I also like the applications Facebook offers because there is more to do besides talking to people. Lately, I've been checking out my myspace that I no longer use but haven't deleted, and I have found that I don't know how to use it anymore. I guess "old" Facebook users could say the same about the "new" Facebook. I've also found that certain things on Facebook have been brought over to Myspace, like clicking on the photo (in photo albums) to get to the next photo. That was a new thing Facebook had, and now Myspace has that as well. I guess Myspace and Facebook want to keep up with each other.

I still like Facebook better though. I guess times have changed for me. The only thing I like about Myspace now is how artists have their own pages.