MySpace had all of these things too, but it didn't prevent people leaving in droves when FaceBook really took off. FB competitors seriously missed a trick when

MySpace had all of these things too, but it didn't prevent people leaving in droves when FaceBook really took off. FB competitors seriously missed a trick when the new real-time feed was rolled out. A lot of my friends hate it deeply, but there wasn't really a good competitor ready and waiting, so people stuck around. MySpace looks like it's trying, as it adds ever-more FB-esque features, but the brand is tarnished and the site is burdened under the weight of legacy accounts with their hideous custom CSS and auto-play music. The hordes of spammers don't help either. The solution there is either to clean house (a big risk), or set up on a new domain. Either way, the window of opportunity is almost closed.