Myspace will have to keep updating, keep expanding, and keep bettering itself to continue to be relevant. It’s newest and biggest rival, Facebook, has begun to take a lot of the limelight, and with some validity.
Facebook’s selling-point is its user-friendliness, a quality which Myspace has been sorely lacking. I opened a Facebook account at the start of this project to be able to compare the two, and I found the ease-of-use leaps and bounds above Myspace. With fewer clicks it’s easier to perform and action or access information.
Thankfully, Myspace hasn’t simply rolled over, and, as I spoke about in the update of my first entry, has made some usability changes, which I applaud. Perhaps, with it’s coupling of newfound user-friendliness and personalization, Myspace could still remain on top.
But ultimately, regardless of whether it’s Facebook or Myspace or another platform, online social networking is here to stay. As I interacted, I found old friends I had fallen out of contact with, new ways to express my personality, and new ways in interact with my offline friends. I also found access to a whole host of different information, whether it be about new and upcoming bands or events I wouldn’t have known about otherwise. The interconnectedness of the whole experience opens windows of information and communication you simply can’t access anywhere else.
I firmly believe online social networking will become part of our culture, in a similar way that cars have become part of out culture. We don’t just “go for a drive” as a novelty, we use cars to enhance our lives. In the same way, we won’t go online to “go Myspacing”, Myspace is simply there and part of the experience.
Although new issues such as privacy will and are being raised, online social networking will expand and become part of our cultural identity for the better.
The future is bright!
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