Comments on: Myspace vs. Facebook-my take

By: Brian Bergman

Brian Bergman — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:35:22 +0000

Better late than never! I started off as a MySpace advocate. Loved it for the ability to connect with family and friends but over time (as you mentioned) it became sluggish and lost its sex-appeal (literally and figuratively) after all, they say MySpace is the new Booty Call. So, I find it interesting to note that while MySpace started out as a site for musicians, it has devolved into a meat market and Facebook, which started out as a meat market where you could rate women, evolved into a classier social network. I have since become a Facebook advocate and will shortly delete my MySpace account.

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By: Kevin Montgomery

Kevin Montgomery — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:34:13 +0000

I almost see a theme arising here. Alot of people have problems with the apps that people seem to get distracted by……………..and there is an easy fix for that. Just block them in your settings…………
Also, facebook of last year is a whole different thing ………..the new facebook rocks, and hardly resembles it.
I was about a day away from leaving facebook when they suddenly came out with the chat……….and that made it dynamic enough for me to stay……….but now it is even more dynamic…….I love it.

By: Kevin Montgomery

Kevin Montgomery — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:30:32 +0000

Liz,
That is strange. That is not my experience at all on facebook. In fact, facebook is the number one referrer now to my blog here……I update myspace as well with every blog, but people seem to be more active on facebook.
I know what you mean about the music thing, but it is not really meant to be a site for music.
That being said………I have “my band” and “Ilike” on my site and with one click people can hear music and see videos.
I don’t have the problems with slowness either on facebook. Could be a connection thing?

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:06:55 +0000

I’m in the minority: I loathe FB with a passion unbound. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve vacated MySpace for FB like everyone else has, but as a music consumer rather than a touring musician, I feel:

1. It’s too dang hard to explore/find new music on there, Imeem hookup notwithstanding. MySpace was and still is FAR easier.

2. I miss being able to have a music blog right there on my MySpace page that ppl could just click to easily and effortlessly w/o having to leave the site. It’s almost impossible to direct FB traffic to your blog. Half the damn time you get a script error if you try to click on someone’s link.

4. FB is SO slow. As a former journalist, I type 120 words a minute, so typing 2 characters, hitting the space bar and being told to wait 5 minutes does NOT set well with me.

5. The appeal of throwing virtual sheep at people is, for me, no appeal at all.

4. Of course, once you take away all of FB’s lame quizzes and all the stupid apps, you’re left with… Twitter. Which is where I spend most of my time nowadays. So far, it has none of the disadvantages of FB and ALMOST all of the advantages of MySpace. But I miss MySpace, I really do.

By: Kelly Tillotson

Kelly Tillotson — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:03:04 +0000

As a young singer/songwriter, I have found that Facebook is much easier to use and accessible. I found your post very interesting! Looking forward to connecting on Twitter!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:51:27 +0000

Drew,
They did rescind their views on copyright after an uproar……at least that is what I understand.
Yes, If they are just hosts for people’s stuff……eventually it won’t make sense.

By: drew stephenson

drew stephenson — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:57:14 +0000

I was on facebook but left, partly because it didn’t do anything for me really (no i don’t want to throw a sheep at somebody) but mainly because of their stance on copywrite and privacy. I guess that being much more nomadic you find a lot more benefit than me in the regular updates, as i still gig in the local area i guess i get most of my interaction face to face.
Tools for a job to a large extent, but i agree with you that if all that myspace becomes is a hosting engine then i can’t see it lasting.

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:23:59 +0000

Tarleisio, Yes, I think myspace missed the boat in alot of ways. They started trying to play catch-up with facebook, but never truly made their site interactive with other users the way facebook did.

By: tarleisio

tarleisio — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:56:18 +0000

I’m beginning to think that MySpace lost an opportunity when it had the chance to become THE social networking/interaction/music site by adding a horrific amount of apps and other stuff that just tend to bog everything down and make it s-l-o-w. In contrast Facebook is immediate, spontaneous and directly interactive, and so far as that goes, I like it much better! I use both, if not equally, but in all honesty, Facebook is better because it is instant. Myspace missed the boat, and I think we’re beginning to see the results. Too bad!

By: Marybeth D'Amico

Marybeth D'Amico — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:02:28 +0000

One more point I should make in myspace’s defense, Facebook’s “Fan” pages suck as far as I can tell. Talk about undynamic! It’s hard to add events for example. I have more interaction with potential fans on my personal page than on my fan page. And know one can really find the fan page unless you point them to it.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:17:07 +0000

Marybeth,
That is THE question, and exactly what I thought this past weekend when every single musician in the band said that they used myspace to host their songs and videos……….a hosting service. This cannot go on forever.
While I believe there are some holdouts……I believe that most people are only checking their myspace accounts sporadically.
Last night I checked my “Friend Requests”……..I have about 140 friend requests waiting to be approved. Every single one of them were from bands, or musicians……except for about 9.
That tells me that some bands are still using their bots and going on and seeking new fans, but normal people have moved on. It was a whole other scene 2 years ago. It was on fire.
Don’t get me wrong. I love myspace, and wish that it had an active, healthy community…….but I’m seeing it dwindle.
That being said. Myspace drove 30% of the traffice yesterday to this blog……followed by Facebook and twiiter……….BUT, I have 42,000 friends there, and 3,100 on Facebook……..SO, statistically, facebook is sending more click throughs.
Just some thoughts.

By: Marybeth D'Amico

Marybeth D'Amico — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:56:15 +0000

Hey Kevin,
the two things I still find myspace useful for are, as you mentioned, to host my music and videos, but also its a useful tool for researching venues and musicians in a specific market. In this respect, it’s superior. But for interacting with fans/friends, Facebook has indeed won. I wonder how long myspace will want to act as free hoster to musicians if the other part of its audience falls away.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:43:11 +0000

Hey, Kevin. I’m a friend of yours on MySpace and have a Facebook account as well. I can see how Facebook serves people better as a networking tool, particularly now that it’s the site of choice for more people; I think that people new to social interaction sites choose Facebook over MySpace. So certainly if one is trying to reach the largest number of people, Facebook makes more sense. But for inteaction, I prefer MySpace; it has the same features (news feeds, status updates, and IM) as Facebook for immediate interaction, but it’s also more personal. I’m no fan of sparkles or unicorns, but one gets a better sense of a person through a MySpace page than through the sterile Facebook format. And I have a lot of friends who are visual artists, and MySpace is a nice forum for their work. Finally, I blog and am interested in others’ blogs, and those are presented better in MySpace too. Simple need will bring me to Facebook more often eventually as friends migrate over, but MySpace is a nicer place and more user-friendly in my book.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:46:21 +0000

Will, I hate those apps, too, but you can easily turn them off in your settings.
Not sure what it should be telling me? What is tells me is that 3100 people are much more interactive than the 42,000 because of the 42,000…………..there is a very small percentage of them actually active anymore.
Aagin, just my opinion, but it is what I’m seeing.

By: Will James

Will James — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:30:14 +0000

“I have 42,000ish friends on myspace, as opposed to 3,100 on Facebook. I wish the opposite were true.” Shouldn’t that be telling you something else? I realize Facebook is this moment’s fave flavor, but if I want instant communication (which I *can* do on MySpace), I use a device called a “phone.” I personally HATE facebook, all the third party apps that are STUPID (yes, Mr. President, it’s OK to use the word when it fits). And what about music; no comparison.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:19:50 +0000

Without parallel is right. I cannot imagine my life without facebook now. I was serious when I said it was more important than my phone. I can essentially do everything I now use a phone for right on facebook!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:18:12 +0000

Totally agree. The flow of information through facebook is amazing…………..and twitter. Those are my two go-to places to learn, browse, think……..or just have fun with my interactions with friends.