I have been a Friendster member for quite a long time now, probably about 3 years already. I am quite picky when it comes to approving friend requests- I make sure that I really know the person prior to my approval. Maybe that explains why I have only about 150 friends. Some people kind of get the impression that it is all about quantity. Well, it is different for me. I want to make sure that the people who can view my profile are really my friends.
Just recently, I have been introduced to Facebook. According to my husband, Facebook is popular worldwide. Friendster, on the other hand, is mostly known in the Philippines and probably, in some Asian countries. Anyway, with my brief orientation to this social networking site, I already started to enjoy being a member of Facebook. Right after signing up, Facebook already prompted me to add my friends from high school. So I got instant friends right there and then. Of course, with my great experience with Facebook, I started promoting it to my friends. Sadly, most of them are hard-core Friendster loyalists. Out of the few friends that I have, I only managed to convince one (she also happens to be my sister). For this post, I tried to come up with a crude comparison between these two well-liked social networking sites…
In terms of site design, Friendster appears to be more colorful and easy to navigate. Facebook is, in my opinion, more formal looking. For a not-so internet savvy person like me, it took a while before I learned the in’s and out’s of this site.
In terms of applications, I guess both sites have enough applications available to spice-up an account. However, I feel like Facebook is heavy with advertisements.
In terms of social networking features, I think Facebook is the best! Honestly, I do not give much attention to the network updates of Friendster. In the case of Facebook, it is actually fun checking out the updates about my friends. Their simpleWhat are you doing now? Feature is enough for me to somehow get in touch with what is going on in my good friends’ lives. Also, as I have mentioned a while ago, it is easy to generate ‘real’ friends in Facebook. Thanks to this feature that automatically links you with old-time friends.
But of course, generally speaking, I am thankful for the presence of these two wonderful sites. Another good thing is that we do not need to choose between the two. In fact, they complement each other! Hence, there is no harm in signing up for accounts in both sites.
So that’s about it for now… feel free to add in your ideas and opinions!
