Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Myspace Popularity
Williams, Alex. (2005, August 28). Do You Myspace? Retrieved November 11, 2008, from New York Times.
In this article Williams explains why Myspace has become so successful. Why is Myspace so popular? With its many different applications and nearly 27 million members Myspace has become an eye for many teenagers. Researches believe the popularity is because of the imagination for teenagers to have a home away from home. On Myspace they can simulate their own bedrooms by adding posters and photographs. They can have music blasting on their page and also their friends listed in their top 20 friends.
Myspace is more popular than Facebook or Friendster because of it's incorporation of other websites applications. Myspace users feel as if they could come to Myspace and get all their favorite applications on one website that is easy to use. I also think Myspace is popular because it is becoming more than just a social network but a place for people conduct their businesses. Businesses or the average self-promoter can save their cost on printing fliers or using ads in newspapers. Instead they can promote via Internet. It is faster, less expensive and reaches a massive amount of people in a speedy time.
In this article Williams explains why Myspace has become so successful. Why is Myspace so popular? With its many different applications and nearly 27 million members Myspace has become an eye for many teenagers. Researches believe the popularity is because of the imagination for teenagers to have a home away from home. On Myspace they can simulate their own bedrooms by adding posters and photographs. They can have music blasting on their page and also their friends listed in their top 20 friends.
"Mr. Anderson's idea was to expand the social-networking model into a one-stop Web spot, incorporating elements from other sites popular with the young: the instant-message capabilities of American Online, the classifieds of Craigslist.com, the invitation service of Evite.com and the come-hither dating profiles of Match.com."
Myspace is more popular than Facebook or Friendster because of it's incorporation of other websites applications. Myspace users feel as if they could come to Myspace and get all their favorite applications on one website that is easy to use. I also think Myspace is popular because it is becoming more than just a social network but a place for people conduct their businesses. Businesses or the average self-promoter can save their cost on printing fliers or using ads in newspapers. Instead they can promote via Internet. It is faster, less expensive and reaches a massive amount of people in a speedy time.
