Ever since I can remember I have been a big fan of social media. It all started when I was nine and I started to use AIM profiles to write about me and write different things about myself that I wanted to share with your buddies. As the times evolved so did social networking and I remember my first experience with the newest type of channel, Myspace. I got a Myspace originally to promote my band but I later used to to socialize with friends, meet new people, and share my life with others. I remember feeling so impressed with the way the website looked and the speed in which you could browse through someones profile and messaging them. Then the world changed forever, Facebook emerged and stole everyone from Myspace. I got a Facebook in 2006 and since then I never quit. the first time I used Facebook I remember thinking that Myspace was so outdated and the website which once impressed me so greatly was now an antique. Although i never used Friendster, I was excited we were assigned to look at this site because I never heard of it and I was even more excited to see what Myspace had to offer since I hadn't been on the site since 2006.
The standard for social media websites for me is Facebook. Facebook has constantly evolved into what the times called for and always kept a fresh face. Every few months we here a large public outcry of individuals complaining because Facebook changed the way they view their news-feeds, or see their messages or many other small changes that people seem to love to make a big fuss over. Yet, everyone continues to go on the website.
Myspace- When I first went on the site I was so surprised how much they truly changed about the website. It took me a minute to find how to log in but once I found it, I logged on and was up and running. Well not exactly, I had no clue how to access my old profile and once I did all my old pictures and messages were all deleted. The website was also really slow, was centered around music more then ever before, and it seemed like most of the active accounts were bots. Overall I see why I left the website to begin with, the site is boring, hard to navigate at times, and is EXTREMELY outdated.
Upon registering for Friendster I was left dizzy and confused. The website seems to be a hub for individuals who love to play games and incorporate social media. Ia m not one of those people other than if I am playing scrabble. Once registering (I felt like I was signing myself up for a virus), The website seemed hard to navigate at first and the odd mixture of colors made me a little dizzy and seizurish but I continued on. As I played a game and messed around with the websites, I got bored of the website very quickly by the amount of time it took to load content felt like I was getting nowhere with the website. I also felt like it wasn't as much of a social media website rather a gaming website where one was able to interact with another like the old website logo.
Overall it seems clear that Facebook continues to reign over all social media websites and it's obvious why they are so successful.
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