Monday, April 21, 2008

MyFace and Spacebook

Over the time of this class we have taken a deep look into a popular part of our society. Everyone has been spending time on these various social networking sites but not many people take time to look into what really happens with these websites. The difficulty and challengers of keeping its users interested well not taking away from the sites original purpose. Advertisements are a big issue for people because of how it adds to the noise on a particular site and makes it difficult to read through. What doesn’t usually go through the users mind well their surfing through these sites is the necessity for people in charge to create revenue and keep the site running. We also spent time in this class looking at the amount of social networking sites there are competing with each other. The list I viewed of social networking sites was all jam-packed into http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites. I’m sure another handful has hoped into the competitive pool within the time it has taken me to post. This aspect of it makes it difficult for the user to know which one will best first his or her purpose of social networking online. It also makes it difficult for people creating sites to try and serve a unique purpose that will keep the users at bay.

1 comment:

Deepak Shahani said...

I think its great to have several social networking sites, as it gives people choice. Also increased competition means that there is no membership fees and people get better technology as sites compete with each other. It is a hassle to use different platform and it is more convenient if everybody uses the same thing, but I feel this tends to happen anyway, and a few popular sites gets most of the volume from users.