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Which do you like better Facebook or Myspace?

Posted by devilsfan • 7/29/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: Advertising, blog, facebook, Marketing, myspace, network, retail

I am trying to determine which social network would be best for retailers to have a presence on. Which site do you use or prefer and why? Do you watch the myspace videos/movie trailers? Have you joined many "fan pages" on facebook?

Either Comment here, or leave a comment to this blog post:

retailbizblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/power-of-social-networks-myspace-vs.html

THANKS!!!

User Comments

7/29/09

devilsfan

Wow...2 hours on here and nobody has an opinion on social networking sites??!!!

My vote: I like Facebook, but it should allow design of personal profiles.

For retailers: Myspace has a better advertising platform

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1. 7/30/09
  
  kushagra666
  
  I too like facebook
7/29/09

mizzeboni

I prefer Twitter cuz im a slave to trends lol.. I dont really go on either one right now. I loved loved loved myspace back in the day but now its nothin but "spam-space", facebook was coo but it was kinda boring, i loved the fact that myspace let you design your page and stuff. But right now I dont care for either one.

check me out @ youspeakonit.blogspot.com

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7/29/09

pillownaut

I think Facebook is a better way to gain readers in terms of using the "Networked Blogged" applications, which can post to folks' pages. It's also better on a personal level for staying connected and communicating, commenting on photos, sharing links, etc. However, myspace is more fun and flexible in terms of coding and customization.

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1. 7/29/09
  
  Rainhat
  
  Wouldn't it be easier to just post new headlines or notes on facebook? The networked blog thing doesn't really work unless people are actually following the blog, which not all of your friends will?
2. 7/29/09
  
  pillownaut
  
  Oh I do headlines too, by doing a "Link Attach" share to the more popular posts. But you can't beat people to death with constant posts that way every day. Working to gather followers yields more interested readers, and they tend to make more comments.
  
  All I know is, I've used it for a month now and already have 33 followers there... some are complete strangers. I also put a Facebook button ON my blog, and people who like FB have clicked on it and sent messages, friend requests, etc. Every chance at gaining audience is welcome!
  
  So far the best "friend request" that came my way was a teacher in who said she and her entire summer-school class were following my blog. WOW! So I sent them a pack of space stuff, LOL...
3. 7/30/09
  
  devilsfan
  
  That is REALLY cool that a class is following you!! BTW...classy move sending them some appreciation!! I love that!
7/29/09

Rainhat

For a retailer, I'm not sure either one is great. MySpace has indeed turned into SpamSpace. Anyone on there trying to promote themselves just add as many people they possibly can as friends to get a big following, but it's pretty transparent and just seems shallow and cheap. The people you add out of nowhere are not going to care about your stuff anyway since they know you only added them to get more friends in the list.

Facebook is better if you have a lot of friends to begin with since it's more flexible in regards to communication with your friends, but if you have 0 following to start with, you'd better have a seriously kick-ass product for anyone to notice or care. Facebook is quite limited that way. The things you post in your profile are only seen by your friends, so if you have none, you can post until you turn green and nobody will ever hear about it anyway.

I'd say set up your own website, promote creatively with twitter and get on eBay.

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7/29/09

merja

Facebook. Witihn three days I've managed to get 23 of my friends to follow my blog on networked blogs. I'm not sure if I'm right on this one, but the problem with notes app is that people don't actually need to go your blog, thus no clicks. I did get on Twitter just today in order to promote the blog further. And hey, go have look.

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7/29/09

CoyoteRose

In a non-blog promotional sense, I Love Facebook. Myspace has become too available to people and spammy. I find the customizable screens to be a nuisance because i don't want to see 800 fricken graphic just to post a comment on a friend's space. Facebook divides up that stuff and makes it much easier to find what your looking for.

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7/29/09

ThroughSmudges

more people i know use facebook. but i like both really. myspace is better for listening to music and keeping up with celebrities you may have a fancy for, plus more options for customizing my page. facebook has more of my friends on it though.

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7/30/09

devilsfan

THANK YOU!! Everyone that has posted comments so far!! It looks like facebook is winning by a landslide, however, I am still waiting for my Google analytics to update to tell me exactly how much traffic I saw from each today. It also appears that I should have allowed for twitter in the category as on my blog, and here, there have been quite a few twitter comments.

Please keep voting...either here or on my blog...OR BOTH!!

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7/30/09

thetravellingteddi

Somehow i refuse to use Facebook - don't know why... I don't even know MySpace existed!

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1. 7/30/09
  
  devilsfan
  
  Ok...I'll bite...Seriously?!! Both are great networking tools. Pretty much all the comments above do a good job of detailing the pros/cons of both. But apparently I gotta stop fighting this tweeting thing and get my as* working on twitter!
7/30/09

chosenclick

i like facebook coz everything is in place. Its clean unlike myspace.

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9/15/09

JeremyHawthorne

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10/12/09

mandekira

I love twitter, if you can express yourself with 140 characters it is a good place to reach out to millions of people who have interest in what you do.

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10/12/09

christibroer

Facebook.

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10/12/09

Halconite

Facebook forever...

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10/12/09

FredSr2009

I like facebook better.

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