So Microsoft invests $240 million in facebook and makes its 23-year old founder worth $3 billion: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/technology/24cnd-facebook.html?hp
The founder says "MySpace is not based on authentic identities. Facebook is based on who you really are and who your friends really are. That is who marketers really want to reach, not the fantasy you that lives on MySpace and uses a photo of a model”...
However, the first article I had noticed a couple months ago about "myspace vs. facebook" was this one: Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace
Note: this is a little 'dense' so you can skim it (like I just did). You can find comparisons by googling "myspace vs facebook". The top hit (as of 10.24.2007) is Facebook Hammers MySpace on Almost All Key Features. I have sites on both: the bob-i-lynn band on myspace and my own personal site on facebook. For an old-time band, myspace works well - the calendar is smart - and we know a lot of fellow musicians with sites in it. We've actually gotten a few gigs directly because of it. One of these was the Stone Arch Festival ; in fact I joined facebook when the woman who booked us for the festival invited me. I now have a total of 17 facebook friends - mostly nieces and nephews and 20-somethings from a folk camp I go to (plus Al Franken - the one friend who is almost as old as I am;-))
In an attempt at viral marketing, I've added a few music apps to facebook ReverbNation and 'Entertainment' which have entries for the 'bob-i-lynn' band. The RevebNation has 3 fans, while Entertainment is stuck at one (me). However, I may be approaching it wrong - the 'Hammers' article says:
Music: MySpace wins, but only just - we all know that every band ever has a MySpace account . However, with the new Facebook apps you can add your data from music tracking sites like Last.fm and iLike: in fact the top app on Facebook at the moment is the iLike app.
I suppose I'll check out 'iLike', but I don't think it will function as a web site in the same way as MySpace does. Even if you are not a MySpace user, you can view most of our content (schedule etc) - for facebook, you actually have to join to see anything but a name and picture.
In any event either site works as a time sink and I'm sure total productivity for the US is suffering for it (but then most of our 'productive' time produces too much crap anyway).
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment