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.

FACEBOOK WEBSITE

• http://www.facebook.com/

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

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Its immediate Its immediate owner, Fox owner, Fox Interactive Media, Interactive Media, which is owned by which is owned by News Corporation.News Corporation.

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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

Myspace website

• http://www.myspace.com/

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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