Re:MySpace now a “digital ghetto”
by Kadin on Friday July 03, 2009 @12:34PM
(#686269)
MySpace sucks because it gives users far more control than they ought to have over their pages.
Facebook maintains high quality and a coherent feel by realizing that most people couldn't design their way out of a paper bag, and only giving users very basic, high-level control over their page.
IMO, everything flows from that. MySpace feels like Geocities: total amateur hour. Even if you had the exact same group of people (and I do agree there are demographic differences between MySpace and FB, I just don't think they're that relevant), Facebook would still be easier and more pleasant to use.
Re:MySpace now a “digital ghetto”
by Tichy on Friday July 03, 2009 @01:15PM
(#686331)
I thought it was a given that MySpace is the epitome of ugliness. So my point was, maybe the "migration" has just the superficial reasons of ugliness and suckiness, not the huge society-psychobabble reasons.
Facebook maintains high quality and a coherent feel by realizing that most people couldn't design their way out of a paper bag, and only giving users very basic, high-level control over their page.
IMO, everything flows from that. MySpace feels like Geocities: total amateur hour. Even if you had the exact same group of people (and I do agree there are demographic differences between MySpace and FB, I just don't think they're that relevant), Facebook would still be easier and more pleasant to use.