Is Facebook the new MySpace? That’s the biggest question many people have been wondering about in 2011. And with 2012 upon us, that question is more vibrant than ever before.
Facebook has gone from having the cleanest and most consistent social networking layout to probably having one of the most complicated layout of all the majority of the sites I use daily. Twitter, Google+, and even the sophisticated LinkedIn is easier to use and manage than Facebook at the moment. And in some areas, Facebook is now as difficult to use as MySpace once was and currently is.
That is not a good sign, is it?
Every hour someone out there is either supporting or bashing all the new things Facebook is trying, adding and releasing. And there is a good reason for such reactions.
Where is Facebook headed?
Do you think Facebook is the New MySpace?
MySpace was dethroned because Facebook came up with something simpler and better. Right now, it seems Facebook is not the simpler and better network anymore. In fact, data shows that users are starting to spend less time on Facebook now compared to before, specially when Facebook keeps introducing new features to try and compete with everything else online.
But, is Facebook really the new MySpace? Or are users (including myself) simply used to the simplicity of the original-Facebook era and are associating any complexity in layout and controls with the complexity that doomed MySpace functionality?
Do these qualities make Facebook the New MySpace?
- Simplicity has been killed
- Unwanted Information Spam. It’s actually official that Facebook will show you information from groups you’re not part of.
- Unwanted Photo Tags
- Unwanted Group Additions. It’s also official that Facebook does not allow you to moderate your group memberships – you can be added to any Facebook group by your contacts without your permission.
- Spam Messages
- App Status Post Spam
- App Invitation Spam
- Facebook Layout is going from being extra simple to being extra complex.
This was the biggest selling point of Facebook back when it was taking on MySpace. This is also one of the 2 big reasons people back then switched to Facebook. However, the Facebook layout is now getting more and more complicated as more new features are added to everyone’s profiles.
Do you think Facebook is becoming the new MySpace?
What are your thoughts on this? Do you think Facebook is headed in the direction of MySpace? Do you think all these new features are going to end up turning users away when something new and simpler, like Google+, comes along or gets more attention? Or do you think Facebook, even with all its features, is still never going to face the MySpace fate and will easily avoid being taken over by Google+ or something else?
Share your opinions or questions by commenting below. Thanks for reading!
well i think the same of amber Google+ is the new social network to get into now and about myspace i think is dead or just for music….
What do you think of Facebook?
Who uses Myspace anymore?? Google+ is the new social network to get into now.
Facebook has lost it by trying to be everything in one and by having so much spam.
Amber, thanks for the comment.
Even though it may sound surprising, millions of users still use MySpace, and the recent aggressive push by MySpace to have musicians and actors be on MySpace seems to be helping a little bit.
Google+ rocks, though currently, majority of casual users are on Facebook. Facebook is indeed getting overly complicated with all the new releases and privacy modifications. Spam is without a doubt the #1 annoying thing on Facebook for me too: App spam, messages spam, group spam, comment spam, and even chat spam.
I wonder if the only solution to the spam is to resort down to having only real life friends that we know as our “Friends” on Facebook? Even then the App spam will continue, though.
I think Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites around. But there is no music in it unless you post one for your site. I guess both have different perspective and will remain that way. Each has its unique features.
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WTF! Facebook is much different from Myspace!!
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