Check Out Social Networking Sites

The 4 major social networking sites that I visited were Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, and twitter. Prior to today I was a member to both MySpace and facebook. I haven’t heard of Friendster and twitter I was just hesitant to join. From what I see these 4 sites are very useful to stay in contact with people and just to find out new things about people.
Facebook- I would say I use facebook the most out of all these sites. Facebook is easy to use with very direct buttons allowing you to browse the network with ease. I think I use facebook the most because it is most popular with the people I am in contact with. It’s a great place for friends to post pictures of gatherings and get togethers. I think one of the most important aspects of facebook, for me, is the birthday reminders. Although all the other sites have it, most of my friends are on facebook, so I get the reminders of their birthdays.
MySpace- MySpace was the first of the social networking sites that I was a member to. This was because when I started, unlike facebook (back in the day), I was able to create a profile with just an ordinary email address. Now facebook allows you to sign up using any email, but before you needed a school email. MySpace is very useful in the fact they let you customize your page to the fullest extent. They allow you to change the backgrounds, fonts, and pictures. This allows many users to use their pages as advertisements for their company or service. A lot of musicians post their music on their page to get feedback from other users around the world. Stores, djs, and party throwers use their pages to update their fans to tell them where they will be on what dates. People can also send direct feedback by leaving them a message.
Twitter- Twitter is a relatively new site. This allows people to "follow" people they admire or just their friends. A lot of celebrities have a twitter, where they constantly update their status letting the fans know what they are up to. This is an interesting site where people feel close to the people they admire. You can also follow your friends, but for me personally, I don’t find them to be that interesting. I think that twitter is a great way to promote the privacy of celebrities. Ever since there have been celebrities there has been paparazzi. As we have seen on TV shows such as TMZ or many others TV shows on VH1, celebrities don’t like camera men following them everywhere they go. I think twitter is giving the fans the information they want to know reducing the necessity for the paparazzi.
Friendster- I've heard Friendster before but never looked at it deeper. I never made a username because most of my friends are on facebook. It wouldn’t be such a bold statement to say that none of my friends are on Friendster. I signed up this morning and it doesn’t seem that bad. I see it has advertisements (possibly viruses due to the nature of the ads) and many tabs for social networking. The one that caught my eye the most was the classifieds. This combines the standard social networking site with a craigslist type of network. This allows you to post anything from for sale items to volunteer opportunities. I think that with more popularity this web site can be as big as the others.