#5 Myspace & Facebook

Myspace and facebook.

I had joined myspace in early '04. It wasnt until after I had graduated H.S and went to college, Fall '04, that myspace became a massive social network. Everyone was then on myspace, it was madness! I remember before I went away to school I had went onto myspace to see if my future roommates were on there. Needless to say, it wasnt until they met me that they learned about myspace. Now I think it may have been spring '05, my second semester as a freshman, when facebook hit the internet. It was all the rage on campus. Professors were even talking about it. Now at that point, facebook was strictly for those in college, I think alum were allowed to join the site as well, as long as they had an email account with the school that they had attended. Myspace at that point was still far more popular because it was more accessible. Now thats all changed!

Despite the fact that I still have an account with both sites, I rarely go on to either of them. I should just delete the accounts, but I cant. I once deleted my myspace but then a few months later started up a new account. I mean, they are both great sites for keeping up with those from the past. Not really into the whole adding strangers aspect though, I think its weird.

It seems like the facebook account that the library has is much more popular than the myspace account. Currently the facebook account has 120 fans as opposed to the myspace account which has 14 friends. Oh and look at that, the myspace teen account has 13 friends. FACEBOOK WINS! Both pages offer the same links for the library but, the myspace page is just much more.......fun looking. I suppose though that glitz, glamour and graphics arent everything. Facebook has a much more cleaner looking page and seems to appeal more to people nowadays.

Social networking is so popular because the internet is now a part of everyones lives. In a sense, it is truly mind blowing.