I have had a good look at MySpace over the last 12 months but prefer Facebook. I set up a MySpace account back in July 2007 but couldn't be bothered doing anything with it. I wonder if it will self-combust soon given my inactivity!
I read an interesting article by Danah Boyd in The Age sometime last year. Danah talked about class divisions existing between MySpace and Facebook. The possible cause for this is that Facebook came out of Harvard and at first only welcomed people with a .edu email address.
I was a little obsessed with Facebook in the beginning but I think the novelty is starting to wear off. I have reacquainted myself with some old school friends which has been one of the best things - it beats having to pay the annual AUD$50 account fee for School Friends - not that I ever did! I don't know how much longer sites like School Friends can exist now that we have Facebook for free.
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danah boyd is fantastic, isn't she? I was privileged to see her at a seminar early last year and she discussed that class division in US Facebook use. She said it was particularly evident in the defence forces, where officers could keep in touch with their friends (university-educated, so on Facebook), but ordinary folk (on MySpace) were blocked by internet filters.
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