Why did Facebook become the number one social network?

[sdn90036]

In your opinion, why is Facebook number one.

Thanks for your input.

[Raymond Duong]

Because it has been popular and the company makes billions of dollars.

[miriam]

It makes people feel important because they're able to put their pictures and entire life on facebook for their many friends to see. The more friends you have on facebook, the more popular you really are. People think it makes them more confident, but it actually destroys their confidence because you end up comparing other people to yourself.

[Angela]

It provides a simple, at-a-glance view of the current goings-on of all the people you've ever known in your life! (Or at least of those who are available on facebook.)

Blogs are great, but they're too in-depth, and you can only see one person/family at a time.

Facebook is consolidated, to-the-point, while keeping you connected with all the familiar smiling faces you've known all your life.

[Ravar5]

Mainly because Facebook targeted the adult demographics from the beginning. It started out as a site for university students only, most of these people were in their 20es.

Even today the main users of Facebook are between 25 and 35. These people use it the most because they need to keep in touch with their friends, ex school/university friends, ex colleagues etc.

And these adult users work, have money, they buy stuff. That's why Facebook could generate income using ads and stuff..actually making money, hiring the best people to work for them, and always be ahead of the competition.

Myspace and others targeted teenagers mainly, and providing something for these means to be trendy, always offer something exciting and innovative, that's why they failed.

It takes an enormous amount of money to run a social site like these, and if you don't have money coming in, you simple can't keep up.