I created a profile on Myspace over 2 years ago and have seen Myspace undergo quite a few changes in that amount of time, as most websites do to keep up with the times. I created my Facebook profile a year or so ago and have seen a few changes there as well. Both sites have been great ways to keep up with most of my friends (except for those who are too lame to create a profile! lol), but I have decided to retire one profile, my Myspace profile.
Why? Well, over the last year, I have constantly compared my experiences with both sites. Myspace, for all its grandeur and popularity, has a horribly faulty server that allows a plethora of technical difficulties. I can't tell you how many times I will type out a message to a friend, click Send, and watch as all that typing goes into a black hole when the words "Sorry! An unexpected technical error has occurred." It happens so often that I usually copy my text before sending so that I don't have to re-type it when the error occurs. Not good at all, Tomboy.
Another thing I have grown to despise about Myspace is the explosion of ads on the site. Now, it's so bad that I have to wait until the latest movie trailer plays through before being able to sign in. Absolutely ridiculous. Then, when you are in, you are bombarded by huge ads throughout the page..they take up way too much room, compared to the space occupied on Facebook's pages. How annoying are the guys and girls pretending to talk to us via Match.com or True.com? I'm tempted to try to contact them and tell them their make-up artist missed a spot. This tells me either Myspace is hurting financially and needs lots of advertisers, or that Myspace is greedy for $$$$.
Yet another grievance is that Myspace is a chaotic mess, compared to Facebook's more pristine, Apple-esque look. Myspace looks like it was put together by a bunch of teenagers (hell, it practically was)...and because people can customize their page in any horrible way possible, it can be a nightmare to visit a potential friend's page lol. Scrolling photographs, videos galore, backgrounds that make reading a person's profile an exercise in futility. Maybe when I get a computer with more RAM, I will appreciate such freedom of expression lol. But most of the time, I cringe when someone wants me to check out his/her page, fearing Mr. Freeze will visit my 5-year-old computer yet again.
Facebook, on the other hand, is a bit more organized. I can visit profiles without fear of my computer overloading. I can message friends without an error occurring. In fact, I can barely even recall 1 or 2 errors occurring on Facebook. Myspace's technical team should give Facebook's a call. Facebook is more appealing to the eye, as well. AND the ads are much less than what you find at Myspace. I can sign in without having to watch a movie trailer..woohoo!! Also, it's important to note that Myspace has been playing catch up and copycat with Facebook for the last year or so. Look at Myspace's news feeds that showed up recently...looks very familiar...and Myspace started letting users move boxes around on their profile...also familiar.
Facebook is the Apple to Myspace's Microsoft. I am pleased to announce that in the battle of Myspace vs. Facebook, Facebook wins by 1,942, 342 points.
To any of my Myspace friends who aren't on Facebook or who haven't friended me on Facebook, go to Facebook now and either set up a profile and/or Friend me...time's a-wastin...hop to it! lol
I'll be deleting my Myspace profile on July 31st...can't wait!! Sorry, Tomboy...
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I'm not the best critic since I only recently signed up on Facebook and don't take advantage of any of the applications, but MySpace scares me. Not going there.
So... does this mean you'll be buying a Mac when your computer does give out?
Yes, I am planning on getting a Mac, probably by the end of the year. Woohoo!!
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