Thing 18: Facebook and MySpace

I created an account on both of these sites when I first began teaching my "Pop Culture" workshop. At that time MySpace ruled and Facebook was a niche social site for college students. Now Facebook has surpassed MySpace in the number of users and "time spent on the site per day" (a precious commodity when you are making your living off ad revenue). Each has their own appeal, which is probably why they can continue to co-exist.

I don't regularly visit or maintain either site, so I won't link to them here.

I will do a shameless plug for an upcoming NEFLIN workshop "Facebook for Librarians" in May.