The world of social networking is changing, but don’t worry, it’s not permanent. It’s more of a tide than anything that reaches and recedes from all things. MySpace is changing, Facebook is catching, and Friendster is resurrected.
MySpace is Las Vegas, Facebook is IKEA
Danah Boyd, a sociologist and researcher in the U.S. who specializes in youth culture and online social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, has posted a draft version of a new paper she is writing on what might loosely be referred to as “class divisions” between the two popular social networking sites. Although she says that the differences between the two audiences are not strictly class-based, there appears to be a clear difference between teens who gravitate to one versus the other.
All The Good Kids Are On Facebook
Through several months of observation, Danah Boyd found something of a divide between users of social networking sites MySpace and Facebook.
Digg, Facebook Hit Magical Mark
Both Digg and Facebook passed the 20 million visitor mark, which measurement firm Compete considers a magical milestone for Web 2.0 sites.
Jaiku/Twitter/Facebook/Kyte/Plaxo – Pay Attention!
I’ve really been bitten by the Facebook/Twitter/Kyte/Jaiku bug. Stephanie Booth, everyone’s favorite Swiss blogger, met me tonight at the Jaiku party (that’s Jaiku’s PR guy, Neil Vineberg holding the Jaiku poster) and said I had to add Dopplr to my bag of tricks (it keeps track of where you, and your friends, are).
Design Flaws in Facebook, Jaiku & Twitter
Oh, how I hate when social networking software tries to be my parent.
Jon Udell touches on this in his post about Facebook: “how do I know this person?”
See, the developers who make this software really want to make it hard for you to add more friends. And what the hell is up with calling everyone a “friend” anyway.
Social Burnout: MySpace & Facebook
One question online community operators wrestle with is how many communities (social networks, blogs, forums, wikis, etc.) one individual can participate in.
iLike & Facebook Attached at the Hip
When Facebook — the social network everyone and their mom is on now — launched its new F8 “platform” initiative, one of the first to really take off was iLike.
Google, Facebook Emerge As Winners In Britain
In some markets, Google is getting trounced. Take China and South Korea, for instance: the big guy just can’t win. In other regions, Google continues to reign supreme, and the latest numbers from comScore confirm that Britain is willing to crown Google as king of the search engines. Social networks also fared well in the UK.
Zuckerberg Announces Open Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook, sent the blogosphere into a digileptic (digital + epileptic) episode yesterday evening, announcing that Facebook was now officially open for you to tamper with.