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Facebook succeeded because MySpace failed.

• g0atbutt 16y ago
  I disagree. Both Facebook and MySpace tried to solve the problem of connecting people digitally, but that's where their likeness ends. They tried to solve that problem in fundamentally different ways.
  • spitfire 16y ago
    Both were(are) homepages that list your likes/dislikes/memberships and have a stream of comments. It was friendster et al that tried to do the real hard CS graph theory stuff. Facebook /still/ doesn't do those things - though they talk about "the graph" constantly. Just try searching for everyone within X miles in your network.
• OstiaAntica 16y ago
  MySpace failed because Facebook succeeded.
• hackscribe 16y ago
  I had a MySpace account before I had a Facebook account. When I first joined MySpace a lot of my friends were on the site but soon after a lot of them started to leave and move over to Facebook. MySpace allowed users too much freedom to design and customize their pages which resulted in a horrible user experience for most users, while Facebook offered users a more clean design and professional experience.
• famousactress 16y ago
  Hardly worth belaboring the point, but no way. If anything MySpace was 'Too Big To Fail™' and Facebook exploited their shortcomings rather expertly. I don't use either site much, frankly.. but to suggest that Facebook somehow fell into owning the market seems patently false.