Content • Introduction • Facebook • History • Websites • Features • Critism • MySpace • History • website • Features • Critism • Friendster • History • Website • Features • Comparison • Conclusion • References
Content• Introduction• Facebook• History• Websites • Features• Critism
• MySpace• History• website• Features• Critism
• Friendster• History• Website • Features
• Comparison • Conclusion • References
INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
Facebook, MySpace and Friendster are social networking websites
These websites help people to communicate to each other. Besides, they are also a platform for people to keep in touch instead of using phone
Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves
INTRODUCTIINTRODUCTIONON
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook
with his friends while he was a student at Harvard University
A social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.
The website's name stems from the
colloquial name of a book given to
incoming students at Zuckerberg's high
school
HISTORY OF FACEBOOK
Mark Zukerberg created Facebook in his Harvard dorm room.Mark Zukerberg created Facebook in his Harvard dorm room.
News Feed, which appears on every user's homepage and highlights information including profile changes, upcoming events, and birthdays of the user's friends.
Status, which allows users to inform their friends of their whereabouts and actions.
The Wall, a space on every user's profile page that allows friends to post messages for the user to see
Features
Photos, where users can upload albums and photos
Critism of Facebook
The school later unblocked Facebook after the website
rectified the situation by displaying a notice on the login
page stating the credentials used on the website are
separate from the ones used for their school accounts
It cited a violation of the university's Acceptable Use Policy for abusing computer resources as
the reason, stating the website forces use of the university's
credentials for activity not related to the university
In October 2005, the University of New Mexico blocked access to Facebook from its campus
computers and networks
First local cases
In Iran, the website was banned because of fears that opposition movements were being organized on the website, although access has since been reinstated.
The Syrian government cited the ban was on the premise that the website promoted
attacks on authorities. Facebook was also used by
Syrian citizens to criticize the government
Due to the open nature of Facebook, several countries
have banned access to it including Syria, China and
Iran
Banned by governments
INTERFACE INTERFACE EVOLUTIONEVOLUTION
Facebook profile 2004-2005Facebook profile 2004-2005
Facebook profile 2006Facebook profile 2006
Facebook profile 2007-nowFacebook profile 2007-now
Its immediate Its immediate owner, Fox owner, Fox Interactive Media, Interactive Media, which is owned by which is owned by News Corporation.News Corporation.
The origin of the The origin of the MySpace.com MySpace.com domain was a site domain was a site owned by owned by YourZ.com, Inc.YourZ.com, Inc.
The project was overseen by Brad The project was overseen by Brad Greenspan (eUniverse's Founder, Greenspan (eUniverse's Founder,
Chairman, CEO), who managed Chairman, CEO), who managed Chris DeWolfe (MySpace's starting Chris DeWolfe (MySpace's starting CEO), Josh Berman, Tom Anderson CEO), Josh Berman, Tom Anderson
(MySpace's starting president), (MySpace's starting president), and a team of programmers and and a team of programmers and resources provided by eUniverseresources provided by eUniverse
HISTORY OF MYSPACE
MySpaceIM, an instant messenger that uses one's MySpace account as a screen name.
Groups feature,which allows a group of users to share a common page and message board.
Bulletins, posts that are posted on to a "bulletin board" for everyone on a MySpace user's friends list to see.
MySpace profile, which contain mood(small emoticons that are used to depict a mood the user is in), Comments, Profile customization (HTML) and music.
Features
Criticism of Myspace
MySpace party problems
There have been some well-publicized incidents where MySpace
parties have caused thousands of dollars damage to property, and even
(in at least one case) loss of life
MySpace is often used as a venue for publicizing parties,
sometimes with the host's knowledge and sometimes
without
Profile layout
Friendster was founded by computer programmer
Jonathan Abrams in 2002 in Mountain View,
California
Friendster has over 90 million registered users and
over 61 million unique visitors a month globally
Friendster is a privately owned
social networking website
History
Friendster website
• http://www.friendster.com/
Languages, include Tagalog, Thai, Malay, Vietnamese, Indonesian,
Chinese(both Traditional and Simplified), Japanese, Korean, and
Spanish
Friendster Mobile and Friendster Text Alerts, free for users from any web-enabled mobile device and is
available globally. Available in several languages in addition to
English (Indonesian, Malay, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional
Chinese)
Fan Profiles,encompass over 40 different types of "entities" – including artists, celebrities,
models, musicians and organizations
Features
Friendster
Friendster
Profile layout
COMPARISONS
Facebook, Inc.
Type Private
Founded Cambridge, Massachusetts(February 4, 2004)
HeadquartersPalo Alto, CaliforniaDublin, Ireland (international headquarters for Europe, Africa, Middle East)
Key people
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEODustin Moskovitz, Co-founderSheryl Sandberg, COOMatt Cohler, VP of Product ManagementChris Hughes, Co-founder
Revenue ▲ 300 million USD (2008 est.)
Employees 700 (November 2008)
Website www.facebook.com
Type of site Social network service
Advertising Banner ads, referral marketing
Registration Required
Launched February 2004
MySpace
Type Subsidiary
Founded 2003
Headquarters Beverly Hills, California, USA
Key peopleTom Anderson, PresidentOwen Van Natta, CEOMike Jones, COOJason Hirschhorn, CPO
Owner Fox Interactive Media
Employees 1000
Slogan A Place for Friends
Website www.myspace.com
Type of site Social network service
Advertising Google
Registration Required
Launched August 2003
Current status Active
Friendster, Inc.
Type Private
Founded 2002
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Key people
Richard B. Kimber, Chief Executive Officer Chander Sarna, Senior Vice President of Engineering & Operations David Jones, Vice President of Global Marketing Aaron Barnes, Vice President of Global Sales & Business Development
Friendster Team
Website http://www.friendster.com
Alexa rank 64 (June 8, 2009)
Type of site Social network service
Advertising Banner ads, Contextual ads, Sponsorships
Registration optional
Launched March 22, 2002
Current status active
Conclusion
• The usage of Facebook, MySpace and Friendster are similar.
• We may use each of the website as what we like most.
• With the comparison, we hope that we as the users may choose the right website.
• Remember!!! Learn widely! Use wisely!
References
• http://en.wikipedia.org/• Gary B.Shelly,ShellyVermaat & co.,
Discovering Computing 2010; 2008, Shelly Cashman Series.
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