Facebook vs MySpace debate keeps moving ahead

Facebook has experienced phenomenal growth in South Africa over the last few months. As recently as early May, there were only 25,000 registered users in the South African network on Facebook, and that has exploded to over 120,000 as of 2 July. That’s over 45,000 new users per month for the last two months. Now I have been a MySpace user for about 18 months or longer. I can’t remember when I signed up. And on MySpace, I have almost 500 friends, while on Facebook, I have almost 50 friends. So a funny thing happened a few months ago that led me to register on Facebook: one of my friends, Shannon Smith, a model and TV presenter, announced abruptly that she was moving to Facebook and invited a whole bunch of people to join her. And several did. The amount of interaction for me on MySpace has decreased a little, and there is a flood of interactions on Facebook. In my view, I can see why Facebook has become preferred because it has a much cleaner and smoother interface. Where MySpace is riddled with adverts and the screen is almost clogged, Facebook is refreshing.

So it’s with no surprise that I just read this insightful article, Facebook = Smart, Rich, Cool; MySpace = Dumb, Poor, Loners? And I concur that MySpace will continue to lead with over 120 million registered users vs Facebook’s 28 million registered users because of its deep ties with the Entertainment industry. You may also be interested in my mentor, Arthur Goldstuck’s ,views on Myspace and Facebook.