The Battle of the Social Networks

First it was the Star Wars and Star Trek and then the Mac vs. PC debate. And now? Now we’re debating whether or not Facebook is better than MySpace.

I personally don’t see the point in the debate. A lot of my friends prefer FaceBook to MySpace. I’m sort of embarrassed to be associated to a generation that are so quick to jump to the defense of a social working site –- A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, PEOPLE!!! Gosh, I prefer the Obama and Hillary debate to this any day.

This week, both companies got a chance to see the whites of the others eyes at the San Francisco Web 2.0 conference. I can see it now, little scrawny guys with plastic pocket protectors glaring over their MacBooks.

FaceBook and MySpace have been neck and neck in the war of the social-web world. After FaceBook allowed companies to make programs available to FaceBook users, MySpace followed suit this week.

I don’t see get why both companies are in such a mad rush to out do each other. As long as there are teenagers, with a billion friends, and the ability to make a website flicker and flash enough to give you a seizure there will be a need for social networking sites. Now excuse me while I make a sacrifice to my MySpace gods.