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Ask HN: Why is Facebook still wildly popular but MySpace, not
Friendster, MySpace and others have come and gone but Facebook is still here and extremely popular. Why?
- sevensor 6y agoOne of my favorite pieces about this is Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace: http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html The short of it is that during a crucial point in time Facebook positioned itself as a high-class alternative to MySpace. But the article puts it better than I do.
- runawaybottle 6y agoI agree with this, but fashion happens in cycles. The trend shifted from the classiness of Facebook, to the quirkiness of Insta or TikTok. Somewhere towards the end of this cycle, we’ll probably want something a little classier again (a new classy, not the old classy).
- tejas3732 6y agoThere is an interesting article on Forbes on Exactly this -> https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2011/01/14/why-facebook-beat-myspace/#7f71e2db147e https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2011/01/14/why-face...
- peruvian 6y agoMySpace Tom peaced out after its purchase and News Corp. didn't really know what to do with it.
- catacombs 6y agoHe laughed his way to the bank.
- uvw 6y agoI really liked Orkut. Damn google.