Is Facebook taking over MySpace and Twitter?
Posted on : 12-08-2009 | By : Erika Marie | In : Entertainment, News
Tags: Classmates, Facebook, FaceTheJury, Friendster, MySpace, Social Networking, Twitter
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According to ComScore, Facebook had 87.7 million unique visitors in the month of July, increasing their visitor count by about 10.7 million from the month of June whereas MySpace’s unique visitor count went down by 168k totalling 68.3 million, and Twitter only went up by 1.1 million unique visitors, totalling 21.2 million in the month of July. That’s a mouth full but it shows the progress of Facebook. Twitter is growing like a weed, just not compared to Facebook’s monopoly on the Social Networking sites.
I see my friends making status comments saying they’re not even sure why people still use MySpace. However, I see benefits of both. MySpace offers customization, and after all, it was the first social networking site to really go big. Back before that, we were stuck with sites like Friendster and FaceTheJury. To find old school buddies, we had to sign up at Classmates.com and pay their outrageous fees on a monthly basis. I guess that’s why I have a bit of a loyalty to MySpace. I also use it to keep in touch with acquaintances that I might want to network with at a later time. Facebook seems so much more personal, but I love the fact that I don’t have to show every person every side of me. Now, my aunts can add me on Facebook without me being worried they’ll lose all respect for me when they realize some of the things that come out of my mouth, or in this case, fingertips would make a sailor blush. All I have to do is block them from status comments! This also works with the people who like to leave inappropriate comments in my status messages as well. It’s a win/win for me.
As for Twitter, I’m still trying to get the hang of updating it. I like to use it for when I’m out and I take a picture of something with my iPhone. I am using it for blog updates too. It’s a great little resource but it will never trump the likes of Facebook and MySpace no matter how hard it tries. It does well for what it is, but if it changed its entire concept of micro-blogging, it just wouldn’t be Twitter.
So, it’s not surprising to me that Facebook is doing so much better than the rest. Now, if I could just stop getting stupid app requests that I have to keep blocking, we’d all be good.
I just clicked on “Read full article” from the front page, and the post remained the same size! Trickster
Well, I’m actually trying to figure out why it shows the full article in the first place. Haha. However, you don’t get to see comments until you “read full article” but I appreciate the comment nonetheless!
Twitter and Myspace can go down.
But twitter is growing an using by millions of Business promoters.But myspace is not a popular like Twitter.
I’m not sure about your topic.
There’s not really much to be sure about. The numbers speak for themselves. Twitter will definitely grow, no doubt. I think they might even make a big jump here very soon because of the advertising, but it could never replace Facebook. While I don’t think Facebook will replace MySpace, I think MySpace should do some serious brainstorming if they don’t want to lose too many more members. In the race of social media, Facebook is far in the lead.
Erika,
I was just checking out your page and saw this article which I found really interesting. I first started social networking with myspace and really love how customizable it is. I’ve noticed that myspace has really lost its thunder over the last couple of years. The one thing I’m not crazy about with facebook is that it isn’t very customizable. Facebook has gone through many changes since I signed up for it. It feels like they’ve tried to make it more like twitter with how they are managing updates. I still think Facebook is way better for building relationships. I have only been on twitter for about 3 weeks and don’t really like it. I know that it has HUGE marketing potential, but I just don’t feel like the relationship building aspect of it is as strong. Maybe I’m just using it wrong…
Either way, You should check into an excerpt plugin for wordpress. Excerpt Editor works for me, but I’m sure there are dozens of other good ones.
Blake Waddill
Thanks for the response! Twitter and I have a love/hate relationship. The more followers I have, the less relationship I have with the followers. I did a review on HootSuite which has greatly improved my Twitter experience: http://erikamarie.com/blog/hootsuite-a-better-way-to-tweet-on-twitter/
Try it out. I think you’ll have a different perspective of Twitter.
I downloaded the Excerpt Editor. I didn’t actually take anything word for word in this blog post, but I have used excerpts in others. Can’t wait to try it out!
I prefer Facebook over either of them. Customization is lovely, but with customization comes the responsibility of every person to keep the site clean… let alone fully functional. How many myspace pages have you been to that you just simply cannot navigate due to stupid falling images or flashing lights?
You can share links and images with a simple preview on the front page, and if you don’t like something, such as the number of posts, from a certain individual, you can simply choose not to show anything they post. Quite helpful when trying to keep the peace.
I don’t use twitter often, but I don’t really want people knowing about every little thing I’m doing… so I don’t think I’d really use it.
I could not agree more! The over-customization could send an epileptic into seizures at times. I hated nothing more than visiting people’s myspaces only to be lambasted with crazy music. I am quite fond of Facebook, but I’m very selective of those I add as friends but I love that I can have a FB fan page too.