Social networking sites

Facebook and Myspace are the two sites I visit most frequently. However, Facebook is my favorite. I like it because it is easy to search for friends. The mini-feed is great because it lets you know what all of your friends are up to. Out of all the social networking sites, I think Facebook is the most interactive. You can join groups, post videos, post pictures, tag your friends in your pictures, send drinks to your friends, and many more fun, distracting things. There are also many different applications you can add to your page. You can add an aquarium or a garden for example, and send fish or flowers to your friends' aquariums or gardens.

Myspace is a little different. One cool thing about myspace is that you can personalize your page's background and add music to your page easily. Facebook does not offer the personalized background themes. And although you can add music on Facebook, the songs are just samples, and the entire song is not played like on Myspace.

Despite these advantages of Myspace, the site could be better. For instance, it seems harder to search for friends on Myspace. I suppose this is because there are no networks to which you can limit your search like there are on Facebook. This can be frustrating when you have to search through tons of people from all over the world just to find a friend from home or school. You can enter their zip code, which helps. But if you don't know their last name or if they go by a different name on their page, it is even more difficult. Also, it would be better if you could tag your friends in photos like on Facebook. This is a fun aspect because you can include your friends in on your profile pictures. I think Myspace is still a good site, but I believe Facebook seems to be more popular and interactive now.

Twitter and LinkedIn are simpler than Facebook and Myspace. I am less familiar with these sites, but they seem to just focus on one area. For instance, Twitter is limited to one simple question: "What are you doing?" It is really similar to just keeping up with your friends' statuses on facebook. This can be fun and interesting for viewers because they can find out exactly what their friends are up to at a certain moment in time.

LinkedIn is more focused toward the professional side of networking. You can either join through your company or your school. It is helpful for getting advice, looking for jobs, and making connections.

Overall, I think all these sites should follow Facebook's lead and keep adding more interactive applications. These kind of things keep viewers involved with the site so they don't get bored. Sites should also make it as easy as possible to search for people.