Trying to Figure Out Which is Better

attle over which is better; Face book or Myspace is atcommunication with many of my friends that I went to
the forefront of everyone's minds. For devout Faceelementary and high school with. Contrary to what
book users, Facebook has long been known as amany people might believe, I think that Facebook
social networking site in which friends can hook up with(when used for it's original intention) is a great medium
other friends, find long lost friends, keep up with familywith which to connect and communicate with friends.
members or even befriend their favorite professors.However, nothing will take the place of face-to-face
However, for doubting fans, many are wonderingcommunication or even hearing someone's voice over
whether or not Face book is becoming more likethe phone, but for those of us who live in other states
Myspace. In the beginning, Myspace was a huge hit inor other countries, Facebook and Myspace are great
the United States. It was (and still is) a free service inoptions to have around.
which members could play around with the layout ofFacebook accounts aren't quite as flexible as their
their web pages, mixing things up and checking outMyspace counterparts when it comes to page layout
other people's profiles. You could also add music andand various design elements. They can't
other neat special effect to your page. However, over“personalize” their profile page with
time, it turned out that Myspace was attractingglittered text or stream in live music...or can they?
younger and younger users, which has since led to aHowever, despite all of this, Facebook users aren't
slew of problems with underage issues and childcomplaining about the format. Facebook's layout gives
pornography cases. While myspace users are nowa more professional feel to the atmosphere, which
able to personalize their profiles with cool backgrounds,was once open only exclusively to enrolled students at
it was originally started as a way for unknown bandsvarious universities and colleges. Instead, the thing that
to promote themselves. Now, it seems like everyoneseems to irk FB users is the fact that lately, FB keeps
and their little sister has a my space account. Due tochanging its look. It's as if you get used to one thing,
recent scandals involving children using My space andand then you realize that it's all been changed around.
becoming targets for predators, as well as the variousAdditionally, Facebook used to be something that was
problems with viruses, Myspace is running a closeclosed off, only being available to those people who
second to Face-book, which has gained steam.were actively enrolled in college (which was verified
According to some people, Face-book is not becomingvia a college email address). Today, however,
like My-space. Sure, Myspace is less professional, andFacebook is available to anyone, but some fear that
some would even go so far as to argue that it ischanging the rules to allow anyone to join will lead to
geared more towards kids and wannabe musicians.the ultimate demise of Facebook. There has also been
No matter the case, one thing remains true; Facebooksome recent controversy over people's personal
and Myspace are both social networking sites whoseinformation being distributed as well as never really
main purpose is to connect people, and that's exactlybeing “erased” after someone deletes
what they both do. On a personal note, if it wasn't forhis or her account.
Facebook, I probably wouldn't still be in regular