MySpace v Facebook

I’m shocked, shocked I tell you. According to Wired, MySpace users are richer than Facebook users. Then again, there is very little correlation between money and taste – a fact that’s been afirmed more times than I can count now that I live in LA. (WTF! “rocker couture”.. just wear your old concert shirts instead of that bedazzled ‘street’ wear.)

Anyway, this reminds me of the ongoing feud I have with my friends in LA. They think that it’s embarrassing to have a Facebook profile if you’re not in college. Luckily, I am in college. It’s grad school but still I think there is some sort of grandfather clause. That may even be what it’s called.

On the other hand, my friends in SF wouldn’t be caught dead on MySpace. It’s the stuff of the young, tech-ignorant crowd with annoying user interfaces, blaring music and constant invitations to “check out my webcam.”

Now that I’m a noted expert on social networking (ha!), it’s time that I weighed into this MySpace versus Facebook fracass. If happiness is a mall, theme park or theme restaurant, you’ll love MySpace. Otherwise, Facebook is the place to go to stay away from all that.

OK, you will get constant invitations to sign up for the latest widget, test out superpowers, constant superwall postings, etc. (Yes, they are just as annoying as they sound.) But, at least they’re easy to opt out of and it’s always nice to be invited, even if it’s an invitation to your personal version of hell.

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