Myspace

Myspace has over one million users and more people get one every day, but why? Why is everyone on Myspace? Why do so many people get addicted to this site? Seriously, I don't know. But I would like to take some time to analyze this conundrum and present a few possible reasons.

First of all I think that Myspace became popular because of social pressure. A few people got it and liked it so they invited all their friends to join. Their friends joined because they got invited, and they used it because everyone else did, eventually over a million people joined myspace.

Myspace is also the most user-friendly of the social networking sites on the web. Your profile is very easy to change and what you can do with it is very flexible. Although technically speaking the profile structure isn't the most efficient, practically speaking it is the best because it is so easy to change how your profile looks and people like that. Speaking of practicality I would like to look at a few other social networking sites I've tired.

Facebook - On a scale of one to ten I would give Facebook a one on customiziblity. Basically all you can do is add, remove, and move modules that contain 'apps' for Facebook. Although it does havc some cool apps Facebook isn't as flexible as I would like, not by a long shot.

Tagged - Tagged is designed very similarly to Facebook, but more relaxed. On Tagged you can change your theme and include third-party code in your profile but the code cannot change the theme. Themes are selected from a list built by the company, not by users who know what they want or what someone else wants.

Why do people get addicted to Myspace? Who knows, maybe its the way you can talk with your friends or maybe they just like it. This question will probably never be answered...oh, well.