Myspace was an early social networking site created in 2003 that grew rapidly in popularity from 2006 to 2008. It allowed users to create profiles, share content like photos and videos, and connect with friends. However, it lost users to Facebook as that site continued innovating with new features. Some criticisms of Myspace included usability and design issues from heavily customized profiles, as well as child safety concerns like cyberbullying and predators.

1. Myspace By: Alex Subers

2. Overview Myspace is a social networking site that became very popular in 2006 till 2008 HQ in Beverly Hills, California Taken over by its main competitor, Facebook, in 2008

3. History Employees of eUniverse with Friendster accounts saw potention in Friendster and took the more popular features and decided to make their own version. Within 10 days the first form of Myspace was made

4. Purpose Myspace was originally created for the employees of eUniverse and it was a little contest between employees to see who could sign up the most people With the site expanding within the company, the creators decided to make it a public social networking site

5. Purpose cont. Myspace is a social networking site, which means it is a place for people to socialize with other friends, post pictures, videos, and comments.

6. Content A Myspace profile consists of…. Moods Blurbs, blogs, multimedia Comments Profile customization Music

7. Uses Myspace can be used for keeping in touch with old friends or even finding long lost friends Also, sharing pictures and videos with your friends

8. Similar Sites Xanga Facebook Friendster Twitter

9. Research about the tool Myspace has been used in a variety of ways such as in the 2008 presidential election Candidates set up accounts with pictures and blog posts in hopes to attract younger voters

10. Positives Myspace was an easy way to create a page modeled around yourself There were a lot of different ways to personalize your page Easy way to socialize with friends

11. Negatives Because most Myspace pages are made by people with little HTML experience so they did not meet the criteria for valid HTML Myspace had so many options of profile modification that sometimes viewing profiles became a strain on the eye because of the picture backgrounds and songs

12. Negatives cont. Some say that Myspace failed because it did not bring anything new to the site after it was created, whereas Facebook keeps making new things to keep users using Child safety, such as sexual predators and cyber bullying.