MyYearbook Nips at the Heels of MySpace

Social Networking Site Created by Two High School Students May Be the Next MySpace

MySpace is the giant of the social networking website world. As with any highly popular idea, the copycats came out in droves. But are all of these sites just copycats, or do some of them actually have merit and original ideas? Most copycats are falling to the wayside after being crushed by MySpace, but some sites (such as FanPop.com) have carved their own little corner of the social networking website world. One site that is not just content to have their own little corner of the World Wide Web is MyYearbook. This social networking site created by two New Jersey high school students is quickly becoming the new MySpace.

What sets MyYearbook apart from MySpace and the other new social networking sites that have sprung up all over the internet? The simple answer to this would have to be lunch money. Since MyYearbook has a school type theme, many activities you do will add lunch money to your account. This is used to buy virtual gifts for your friends and other members, which range from items such as an apple (which runs about four dollars), to the moon (which runs about twenty thousand dollars). This lunch money aspect actually increases the social interaction between users, which really makes this a social networking site. Even MySpace has noticed the strength of this lunch money system. They have started a new 'Own Your Friends' type feature in which you can 'buy' your friends and resell them to make money.

There are many features on MyYearbook that enable users to interact and make lunch money. Some of these are the same as on MySpace and other social networking sites, but with different names to keep with the school house theme. Things like comments (autographs), adding friends, picture comments, updating a profile page, and adding videos are all very common things on such sites.