Why is facebook more popular than MySpace?

[Venkat]

What makes facebook to be the no 2 site in the world? In what manner it is different from MySpace?

Waiting for your answers.

[Abdul bari M]

Personal : I like Facebook WAY more for few reasons..
*It's less laggy
*All my friends use it, I won't find a single person I know on Myspace (I live in Israel)
*It's a lot more simple, there's no need to have "a cool profile" like on Myspace

A short article explaining why Facebook is better than its main competitors, Myspace and Twitter.

* As far as telling about yourself, Facebook makes it so that you have some very basic information showing directly on your Profile for easy access for your friends. If they want to know more about you, they just click the “Info” tab and they can access more info.

* Application wise, Facebook allows you to use a vast majority of apps at no cost. You have calenders, quizzes to tell you about your personality, games, puzzles, etc. at your fingertips.

* Facebook gives you a unique and innovative display of your friend’s status updates, links, pictures and video posts, and much more. Myspace however, has separate spaces for each member which can make things confusing. Twitter has nothing but “Tweets” to display, so it is relatively boring. In short, the interface is much much better than its competitors.

* Facebook is more popular, you are more likely to find friends on there. It is also easier to add friends and find friends than on Myspace and Twitter. It gives you basic information about people that come up in your search, but not to the point that it is dangerously getting into people’s privacy.

* The Instant Messaging feature in Facebook is better than the one in Myspace because it allows you to see when your contact is writing, it crashes far less often, and has a cleaner and more streamlined interface. Twitter on the other hand, does not have a Instant Messaging feature AT ALL!

[Shane]

Facebook had a better theory behind it.

Though in concept, they are more or less the same, Facebook gives a more friendly, semi-professional look than Myspace. It was not monitored that well, and led to people using it for porn and viruses.
It is more customizable, drawing people looking for more freedoms, but it is a little bit more sketch. it is easier to locate people in Facebook because it is has a stronger infrastructure meant for security and ease of use.

The platform that each was built on is really the difference. Facebook has more versatile features allowing it to better serve for the purpose of "networking."

[Quetondra Dailey]

MYSPACE IS THE PAST AND FACEBOOK IS THE FUTURE.