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Wait, Facebook is MySpace?

Janet Fouts

Facebook is showing off a brand new look and as usual everybody’s in a snit about it. On Twitter today Myspace is trending, not because it’s about Myspace but because people are suggesting Facebook is doomed to the same fate as Myspace. Trying to do too much has been the downfall of many a platform.

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Facebook considers competing with Myspace on the music front

Freelance Social Media

The surging social-networking giant is talking to a number of song-streaming services and music community sites, including Rhapsody.com, iMeem.com, iLike.com and Lala.com, about an outsourcing deal that would more deeply integrate their music experience into Facebook, sources familiar with the situation said, the NY Post reports.

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

That doesn’t typically fly elsewhere (Facebook will kill the account), but Times Square on Friendster required 2 accounts at the time because I maxed out on the initial 500 person limit. The High Point: Facebook In 2004, I joined Facebook and my behavior changed drastically. I had many friends just like that.

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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity SMM

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? From its founding, Myspace took off like a rocket ship while Facebook had a much slower ascension from launch.

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The New Facebook Page is launched

Mindjumpers

Tweet Facebook has for some time now had these changes in store and some users got to experience a taste of it when Facebook accidentally published the new design for a brief moment late last year. The look and feel of the new pages are now more consistent with the rest of Facebook. Use Facebook as page. Wall filter.

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Social Branded Applications – build it once and leverage on several social networks

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Social Network have all opened up their platforms which means that brands have cost effective access to more than 500M engaged users (250M of them on just Facebook and MySpace alone!) New Balance Created a Social Branded Application to get in front of key customer and influencers. It is simple, fast, easy to use etc.

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When You Are Graded as a Facebook Friend

Ari Herzog

There is a Facebook application which grades your level of friendship in accordance to the number of times you interact. It’s just an application. If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit When You Are Graded as a Facebook Friend in your browser. Why Facebook Breeds Voyeurism.

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