I ask myself everyday why I use facebook. There is a lot of personal politics with me that cause this, but I will not include those reasons. Everyday I log into my profile and see what is going on. They are effective in getting your attention. When you first log in you are transported to your home screen where the first thing you see is the most popular thing going on in your social groups (which for me right now was the new "Man of Steel" trailer ... pretty epic.)
Begrudgingly, I have renewed my profile on Myspace. However, at the time that I was researching this their site wasn't functioning properly. I assume they are still beta testing the new look. From what I have already saw I really liked. They did a total revamp and made it artist friendly. The other thing I really like about the new myspace is the tiled boxes giving it that news blog site look. Below is an image of the failed screen when attempting to log in with facebook and reset the password:
Twitter is the odd man out, it appears. I call it "bare-bones facebook" which it essentially is. Essentially just the "wall" option. With a couple of quick inserts of characters and text you can reach millions with whatever you like, which business' love. They have improved vastly since I started, but Twitter is still "busy". They did a great job on the first overhaul by dividing and creating borders in between tweets so you can easily identify them.
Google+ is easy, since I already had a lot of information on my gmail account. The best feature on here is the Hangout. I have already used this to connect with friends and coworkers and even completed my group assignment with my team utilizing Google Drive. The downside is that you need to have gmail account to use Google's social site and any of there other items such as Drive. However I barely look at this site itself due mainly to its mirroring of facebook's timeline.
I loved the idea of a social site for professionals who can network with each other. The idea was great almost five years ago when I originally joined. Lately, it seems to have lost a bit its professional appeal. The idea that a connection can endorse a single skill seems okay, but the better approach would be someone referencing about your work experience for a specific firm. This site needs a bit of work for the home screen. The smalls news box section is great, but aesthetically in the wrong spot.
I agree on Google +,I dont know about you but not a lot of my friends use it. I mean personally its kind of a win-lose situation for me. I love the Hangout feature as for the rest of it. Its simple to use but I cant seem to think its comparable to Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI wrote something similar about Myspace. They are very artist and music focused but seem to have a hard time attracting users. Dead pages when you try to use their website doesn't help that situation.
ReplyDeleteGood post!