Social Networking Sites

Nowadays, we are surrounded by many options in the media world. There are sites for everything and anything. Social networking sites vary from one another, each one has its own culture and way to satisfy the user with one factor in common: communication.  

If we compare Facebook and MySpace, we can see that MySpace is targeted to a younger audience. As soon as you get to Myspace, you get bombarded with a bunch of ads, top music, top videos and movies. The main page looks too crowded and it’s even difficult to find where to log in. On the other hand Facebook [Myspace’s major competitor] is much more organized and neat. Even though both are used to post status and photos, they differentiate a lot from an organization and layout perspective.

Twitter is another social networking site that allows the user to post information that rapidly gets to other people following.  Twitter is a great way to expand news. For instance, if I’m stuck in traffic I can easily tweet my followers so they don't take that road. Twitter is different from Facebook since it doesn't allow you to post more than 140 characters.

Friendster is just a totally different way to network. This is a community that is created to play games and at the same time meet people. It is also targeted to a younger audience. Friendster is also an app on Facebook so you are able to play with your Facebook friends.

In conclusion, all these are created with the main purpose to network but differentiate one another to satisfy different user needs.