Social Network Profile Analysis

The purpose and focus of my profiles on the two sites and then the twittering I do occasionally are to let my friends, new acquaintances, and potential employers get to know me better. I have written all of these sites so that any and all of these people can read and hopefully enjoy learning more about me.

My audiences so far are other colleagues mostly. Just a few are starting to come in to My Space that I didn’t meet in college. All of my twitter friends are from college and in fact were the ones who turned me on to it. I enjoy it, but don’t get to it as often as they do. I think now that I am using it more, I may invite more people to join with me and seek out others outside of college.

The three services are different; especially twitter. My Space, from what I have gathered so far, allows much more creativity than the others. I love that you can change the background and add music that you like. This may be the reason many like this service. Facebook is good if you don’t want to mess with all of that creativity. Lots of my friends are on that one, so I may end up using that more than My Space. Twitter I try to get to at least once a day, but find it hard because of the demands of my life. I guess this is true with all of these social networking sites.

Personally, I prefer My Space over all the others. Twitter is easy and fun if one has the time. This is probably my second favorite. Facebook seems a little dull so far, but maybe I haven’t learned about it enough. Maybe there is more creativity to it than I realize. So far it is my least favorite.

I think users would choose My Space if they want to be more creative, Twitter if they just want to chat randomly, and Facebook if they just want a social networking tool that is easy to use. Of the three sites that I chose, I believe the main thing that makes people choose a particular site is if their friends are on that space.

All of these social networking sites are new to me and I am glad I am forced to try them out. I am having a good time learning the new technology and look forward to exploring each one further.