Why Facebook is Better Than Myspace

A Comparison Between Two Sites that Can't Get Me a Date

Social networking sites are all the rage. Why? Because people don't really like dealing with eachother unless it's in text and pictures. Two of the biggest social networking sites are Myspace and Facebook, and I've had accounts on each because, well, I'm scared of actual human contact. However, I've got a definite preference for Facebook over Myspace, and here are some of the common sense reasons why.

1. Facebook is less emo than Myspace.
If I want to read about some teenager's angst in leetspeak, I'll read livejournal. I'll never do that, though, because Facebook isn't designed around the profile like Myspace is. You can't put crappy Fallout Boy songs on your page so that they start blaring as soon as it loads, you can't put videos of AFI regretting their own existence almost as much as I regret their existence, you can't do anything except maybe put “Catcher in the Rye” as your favorite book. And if you do try to emo-out on Facebook, your friends will rag on you for it on your wall. Which is the way it should be, Myspace.

2. Facebook has no “Top Friends” list, which Myspace has.
Hey, I've got enough drama in my life without ranking my friends in order of their importance and watching the fallout when they argue over placement. The alternative is even worse—suppose I take a lot of time to rank my friends and none of them care? How am I supposed to feel about that? Facebook doesn't try to make me judge people the way Myspace does; I'm free to do that privately.