Social Networking Sites

Facebook:  If I'm not mistaken, you had to have had a college email address to be able to sign up for Facebook years ago.  However, it seems now that anyone is able to get a Facebook page.  Being the most popular social networking sites, its clear to see how it has gained such popularity.  Not only are you able to reconnect with people who have moved away or transferred to different schools, you are also able to interact with them virtually with the "poke" system.  Other things that you can use Facebook for includes social gaming, the most popular being Cityville or other games ending in -ville, status updates, creation of photo albums, etc.  What you can do on Facebook appears to be endless.

Myspace: It used to be the King of social networking until it was dethroned by Facebook.  In my opinion, their "top friends" option was very interesting as it determined people's popularity in a way.  The Music option was very unique at its time as it allowed artists to upload their work for people to "sample."  Other than that, Myspace does not appear to be as popular now.  Instead, it appears that only young teens are the majority of its user base.  Also, their attempt to be "cool and hip" by having their name as "My______" appears to have the opposite effect.

Twitter: In my opinion, Twitter appears to be a clone of Facebook's status update without the Facebook.  However, it appears to be very popular with teens and adults, even celebrities are on Twitter.  Although it does not have the feel of a social networking site similar to that of Myspace and Facebook, it still appears to be popular.  Other than status updates, it appears there are other ways to use Twitter, such as photo upload, video upload, etc. that makes it interesting and popular to use.

Deviantart: In a way, Deviantart can be considered a social networking site as it is a community for artists.  With Deviantart, people are upload their art to be viewed by others as well as viewing other people's arts.  There are many talented artists out there and with this site, people are able to get noticed.  However, this social networking site only attracts a niche of users; artists.  Also, it does not appear to have the same look and feel of Facebook and Myspace, but people are still able to comment on each other's works similar to commenting on each other's page of a social networking site.