Yeah, I'm sure a lot of it is just because the novelty of MySpace is wearing off, which is probably the same thing that happened to Friendster.
Additionally, I know a lot of people dislike how much customization MySpace has, especially in terms of page design and CSS. Not that customization in and of itself is a bad thing, but the unfortunate fact is that most people are not natural graphic designers, and in their rush to create something that's "unique", they also wind up creating something that's ugly. (This is also partly due to all the stupid shit you can do in CSS, and how it's human nature to try out everything you possibly can the first time you hear about it.) Contrast that against Facebook, which has only one design for everyone, but it's a much cleaner, simpler, and prettier design.
But yeah, no worries about not having Facebook. I've kept in touch with some people from Michigan through it, which is cool, but again there's no reason that I couldn't have done that through email. And I do have to say that Facebook still has a sense that your friends list is almost more of a trophy case than a list of people you actually keep in contact with. It's like "Look at all these people I've found!" and you never ever talk to any of them. Such is social networking, I guess.
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Additionally, I know a lot of people dislike how much customization MySpace has, especially in terms of page design and CSS. Not that customization in and of itself is a bad thing, but the unfortunate fact is that most people are not natural graphic designers, and in their rush to create something that's "unique", they also wind up creating something that's ugly. (This is also partly due to all the stupid shit you can do in CSS, and how it's human nature to try out everything you possibly can the first time you hear about it.) Contrast that against Facebook, which has only one design for everyone, but it's a much cleaner, simpler, and prettier design.
But yeah, no worries about not having Facebook. I've kept in touch with some people from Michigan through it, which is cool, but again there's no reason that I couldn't have done that through email. And I do have to say that Facebook still has a sense that your friends list is almost more of a trophy case than a list of people you actually keep in contact with. It's like "Look at all these people I've found!" and you never ever talk to any of them. Such is social networking, I guess.