| Facebook has long been known as a social | | | | account. While Facebook has temporarily resolved |
| networking site in which friends can hook up with other | | | | some of these issues, it still comes under the scrutiny |
| friends, find long lost friends, keep up with family | | | | of its millions of users. |
| members or even befriend their favorite professors. | | | | According to some, Facebook is not becoming like |
| But is Facebook becoming like MySpace? MySpace | | | | MySpace. MySpace is less professional. It is something |
| has been a huge hit in the United States for the past | | | | for kids and wannabe musicians, some would argue. |
| few years, but recently it seems like it has lost steam | | | | Whatever the case, one thing remains true; Facebook |
| to Facebook. MySpace users are able to personalize | | | | and MySpace are both social networking sites whose |
| their profiles with cool backgrounds as well as by being | | | | main purpose is to connect people, and that's exactly |
| able to upload music to play when other friends visit | | | | what they both do. On a personal note, if it wasn't for |
| their page. MySpace originally started as a way for | | | | Facebook, I probably wouldn't still be in regular |
| unknown bands to promote themselves. However, it | | | | communication with many of my friends that I went to |
| seems like everyone and their little sister has a | | | | elementary and high school with. This is not to say that |
| MySpace account. Due to recent scandals involving | | | | I am a bad friend. It's simply that as we get older, our |
| children using Myspace and becoming targets for | | | | lives take on new meaning; friends move away and |
| predators, as well as the various problems with | | | | people have their own lives. What Facebook and |
| viruses, MySpace is running a close second to | | | | MySpace does is it reconnects people who want to |
| Facebook, which has gained steam. | | | | be reconnected. Now, any time you want to "check in" |
| Facebook users don't have quite as much flexibility | | | | with what your best friend is doing on the other side of |
| with their accounts. They can't "personalize" their | | | | the world, you can log in and check their status. You |
| profile page with glittered text or live music streams. | | | | can leave your friends a message, upload a picture of |
| But despite all of this, Facebook users seem quite | | | | them or invite them to a party. The possibilities are |
| content with the format. Facebook's layout gives a | | | | endless. Contrary to what many people might believe, I |
| more professional feel to the atmosphere, which was | | | | think that Facebook (when used for it's original |
| once open only exclusively to enrolled students at | | | | intention) is a great medium with which to connect and |
| various universities and colleges. Today, however, | | | | communicate with friends. However, nothing will take |
| Facebook is available to anyone, but some fear that | | | | the place of face-to-face communication or even |
| changing the rules to allow anyone to join will lead to | | | | hearing someone's voice over the phone, but for those |
| the ultimate demise of Facebook. There has also been | | | | of us who live in other states or other countries, |
| some recent controversy over people's personal | | | | Facebook and MySpace are great options to have |
| information being distributed as well as never really | | | | around. |
| being "erased" after someone deletes his or her | | | | |