MySpace vs. Facebook

[PepperElf]

i know... but i'm still cautious about who i give my real name out too when i'm online.
old habits die hard.

[BlaqueKatt]

i know... but i'm still cautious about who i give my real name out too when i'm online

yeah in order to find me on facebook you have to search by my e-mail addy, or know both my last name and my spouse's as I'm listed under "firstname Mylastname-Husband's lastname" And I don't actually use my husband's last name-so anyone that wouldn't actually know me IRL couldn't find me.

[guywithashovel]

I have a Myspace page that I only created because I was talked into creating it. I've had it for a few years now, and I log on every so often. It's been a fairly nice way to keep in touch with old friends who have taken different roads than I have. The only down side is that some people I knew in high school have tracked me down and sent me friend requests, and some of those people were people who weren't very nice to me back when we were in school. For example, there was this one guy who used to try to steal from me and liked to occasionally try to get me into fights with his friends (he knew I studied martial arts, so he wanted me to "test my skills"). About a year ago, out of the blue, I got a Myspace friend request from him. His message was something like, "Hey man! It's me. Long time no see! How've you been these days?" (As if we were close friends back in school). I ignored his request, and I never heard from him again.

I've also gotten requests from other people I knew in high school, and I've usually added them as friends. It sometimes strikes me as odd, because some of the people who have contacted me are people who I rarely, if ever, talked to back in school. I once got a request from this girl who I talked to maybe once or twice when we were in school. I was thinking, "Okay, if you want to be Myspace friends, then that's cool. But we never really knew each other back in school, so I don't know why you're interested in me now." I never said that to her, though---maybe she just wants to keep our class together via Myspace.

Aside from the friends requests from people who never really treated me as a friend, the only other thing I dislike about Myspace is the fact that people often go overboard when designing their pages. For instance, I'll pull up someone's profile, and I'll see a glowing, extravagent background that is so bright I have to turn down the brightness on my monitor just to stop it from hurting my eyes. I'll see text that is not colored to properly contrast it from the background, so I have to highlight it just to see what the person has written. I'll be inundated with all the music and videos the person has plastered onto their page. After having to navigate through all of this, I am no longer in the mood to learn about who the person is or what the person is up to these days.

[Antipsych]

As for Myspace, I deleted my account. Like Greenday said, there's just too much drama. And too much spamming, and it's annoying when someone's rap music starts blasting when you click on their page.

I agree that it can be annoying sometimes, especially if you have your volume cranked and forget.

But as far as spamming, there are controls that allow you to limit or eliminate spammers.

[Evandril]

yeah in order to find me on facebook you have to search by my e-mail addy, or know both my last name and my spouse's as I'm listed under "firstname Mylastname-Husband's lastname" And I don't actually use my husband's last name-so anyone that wouldn't actually know me IRL couldn't find me.

Or find you on friends lists of other people, or the like.

[blas87]

I hate Myspace. I rarely ever log on. Too much spam, too much drama, too many senseless posts and surveys, and too much crappy music on people's profiles.

Although Facebook's layout is quite bland, it is so much easier to find what you need. To go to your profile. To go to a friend. No loud music. No crazy backgrounds.

[Antipsych]

Although Facebook's layout is quite bland, it is so much easier to find what you need. To go to your profile. To go to a friend. No loud music. No crazy backgrounds.

I don't want to be the negative guy who disagrees with everyone, but currently on Myspace, it's very easy to navigate to a friend's page or to view your profile. Maybe it wasn't always that way, but it is now.

[tropicsgoddess]

I like Facebook better,no guesswork on who you're adding as a friend, not dealing with immature poseur jitterbugs and groups sending friend requests just to promo themselves.

[Lace Neil Singer]

The only thing that I don't like about Facebook is you can't use a funky name like MySpace and you have to use your own name.

You do? I have a Facebook account and I use my netname. I guess it sounds enough like a real name to pass muster.

I used to have a Myspace, but got fed up of losers like Gordon Gerbert (if you've never heard of him, GOOD!) trying to friend me even after I'd said no. -.- Not to mention all the drama, spamming and trolling that goes on there; it's not very well moderated. At least Facebook is trying to get rid of all the prostitot's nude photos.

[Dreamstalker]

I'm very tempted to change my Facebook name to that of my GBRPG character, but then everyone I've added up to this point will probably get really confused.

My mom says that since employers are looking people up on facebook, I shouldn't even have an account (why? My profile is probably one of the more boring ones...I don't party or play MMOs, so if they do find me--unlikely due to my privacy settings--I'm not too concerned*).

* I do however take issue with why employers are trolling the site at all, but that's another rant.