The online community battle goes on...This week for my college course i signed up to a few online communities, i was already a member of Myspace and personally thats where i draw the line. I'm not the sort of person who buys into fashion sites, however i wanted to look at the navigation layouts. It quickly came to my attention that Facebook and Myspace were the two big guns in the online community set up.
Myspace
I have been a member and a fan of Myspace for the last three-ish years now, its quick, fun and easy to use. The navigation system is that simple to use a monkey could get the hang of it.
Those that know a bit more about html can customize there account, add pictures, music, videos, pretty much anything they can find on the net.
The database search engine works well and friends are easy to find. Anyone can view your account and look through your friends list, however you can set your profile to private, which means only your friends can view your profile and people that wish to need to add you as a friend first.
The possibilities for Myspace are endless, it has already revolutionized the music industry and it is doing the same to film and television. Myspace has given everyone a voice to express there thoughts and feelings, whether it is blogging on there page, sending out a bulletin or even going on a forum.
I am a new member of Facebook and my first impression is that the site is awful, it seems hard to work and i'm forever lost. The navigation is terrible, there are links everywhere and there are far too many. When you go on a site like this you want something simple and easy to use, not something that gives you an headache. These sites are built for fun, but Facebook seems a little confusing.
Looking at the website from a designers view, it looks ugly, there are bits and pieces all over your profile. It becomes a strain to look at.
This website doesn't compare to Myspace, it is a poor imitation of it...
Is it just me or is all the hobo/zombie wars seem silly and confusing. What i have found quite interesting about Facebook is that some of my old school friends have uploaded old pictures and this is a popular thing throughout the website. In my eyes Facebook is only good for nostalgic reasons.
I'd like to know other peoples views on these online community sites, am i the only one that is sick of filling out about me, film, music sections...
I haven't finished with this blog, i may add some more to it in the near future.
2 comments:
I think you made some good points there James. Both sites have there uses from a social networking point of view, but it would appear that Facebook with it huge array of plug-ins and quizzes seems to be more of a time sink IMO. I also have concerns about the security aspect of it. We don't use it as a course tool because all the issues to do with privacy; also what or how should we react as tutors if we saw you in facebook off your face on whatever? (I'm not saying you are by the way!!) It's a tricky one.
Yeah good point,
also don't like the way it tells you what everybody else is doing i.e fred has wrote on sarahs wall, why do i want to know that and maybe they don't want be to know. You are correct there is no privacy!
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