I just signed up for Facebook the other day, it seems pretty cool. Cherish the Ladies are on there. Someone on here said it was like Myspace for grownups, so I signed up. I actually found a lot of my friends on there.
I don't think anyone over 40 has a Facebook account; it seems for kids. I opened one, to my kids' horror, and was told in no uncertain terms that Facebook was for kids and to close the account.
No one I know has one, so it would'nt help me at all. But then, I still like cassette tapes and rotary telephones.
Myspace is really good for showing off. Showing everyone how cool you are. "Hey everyone, come and look at my space, it's really cool and sparkly, to reflect just how cool and sparkly I really am!"
Facebook is for communication. All FB profiles look essentially the same, so there's almost no room for the ego-tripping you get on Myspace.
So, for keeping up with friends? Facebook, for sure. But publicising your band? Definitely Myspace.
PS. Yes, some adults do have Facebook accounts (OK, I'm 19, technically an adult, but you know what I mean), but those adults are generally considered losers by the general, younger FB populace. But then again, we consider most adults to be losers anyway, so there's no great loss there.
Facebook is one of the great cultural leaps of our time. Get a page right now and we could finally see, communicate with
the people -and their instruments - on this group.
I am 57
I have MySpace and FaceBook accounts (I'm 32) and to be honest i hardly ever access MySpace. Facebook is very addictive and yes it's very uniform as in everyone's profile looks the same which isn't a bad thing (there's no pimped up pages) but the advantage MySpace has is it's media content it's a great place to sell an instrument where as you might advertise the instrument on E-Bay but have a link to MS so people can hear it play.
Anyway who's brave enough on here to post their Facebook names so we can all see what each other looks like? Come on i will if you do.
FB is much better for communication with closest friends and relations, but if you're musitian or a have a band, it's much better to expose yourself on myspace. You can upload your music, and everybody can hear you, and you don't need to be in the friends list to see other's profiles...
Let's do some party pooping ...
Those who are into social networking may be interested to know that researchers from Google have written a paper about how social networks can undermine privacy. A scenario discussed is 'merging social graphs' when correlating multiple social networks makes it possible to reveal connections that a person has intentionally kept secret.
Here is the link to the paper: http://w2spconf.com/2008/papers/s3p2.pdf (It's a pdf file).
Gee, I guess I should do both? To be honest, a lass in her late 20s I was dating (hold the 'dirty old man' commentary, please) set my MySpace up for me.
"OMG, why don't you have a MySpace page? You're so old, lol."
"Um, 'cuz I'm 36 and I can speak without saying things like 'lol' and 'omg'?"
No no, I tease. Might be a good excuse to give her a call.
Facebook is a nightmare. I've just about put the shutters up on it in time. All the relatives that you don't really want to communicate with every day are on there and they'll soon find you and you'll be trapped! It's insidious and creepy. No-one takes MySpace seriously which is why it remains fun. I'm old by the way!
I signed up for Facebook and soon found that you can control who has access. To do this go to the top right of the page and click settings - privacy settings Under that menu you can customize everything that is public to private you can block your in-laws or friends you've fallen out of touch with etc. The default is for everything to be public so I highly advise changing settings to your comfort level. You can even make it so that you cannot be found through search. You can also have certain security against friends you have already made. There is a custom filter and you can type in the names of those you want to restrict. Also you can go to the bottom of the page on the right and use facebook offline so that people don't know when you are online and won't start a chat session. That is if you are not interested in the chat feature.
Karenk- Or you can use the offline mode if you see someone on line you really don't want to chat with! I wish it was more like the AOL Instant Messenger in the sense that you can be "Offline" but still see who's online and selectively chat with them.
Facebook, hands down. Easier to navigate, so much more stable (less errors), and somehow much less drama?
I think a lot of bands use Myspace to publicize, but I never see them because I never go there... and when I do, it freezes and their little music player won't play. If I were a band I'd make a group on facebook and link in some things through soundlantern, youtube, or podcasts.
You can also try twitter.
I certainly wouldn't rely on any social networking site exclusively at this point, there are just so many other options with just as much or more traffic.
I have accounts on both FB and MS and to be honest I prefer the ego trip on MS and the access to WAY more music. I've found so many great bands there it's like a record store to me.
Facebook is just... lame. And intrusive to ones privacy.
I'm in my 40's and have both FB and MS. Facebook is great for catching what friends are up to etc but I use Myspace for band promotion only. For those of you who apply for festivals, apparently organisers now will only look at your Myspace page to gauge the sort of band you are and not even bother with your cd. So the advice is make sure your MS page is up to date and has a good selection of your music.
I enjoy listening to all the music on Myspace. Such great bands with so much variety.Facebook has spammed my e-mail account even though I have no page there.
I'm with Fishmonger on this one. Besides, I did all that work on myspace (and I like the personalization of a page--flashy or not) and keep it simple and easy to navigate, and then all my friends join Facebook, so I did. I haven't done much on FB, but it sure feels intrusive and gossipy--like everyone's in your biz all the time. At least w/myspace, it's all about YOU and if people want to inquire about YOU, you just send them the link and they can browse.
It's egocentric, I suppose, but it also helps out when people you haven't seen for awhile ask what you've been up to or to send pics. I just send them the myspace link and they can find out all they really are curious about (or if they were just asking to ask I don't have to waste my time with stuff they don't want to hear about and they don't have to look any farther than they want.) And you don't have to join to look.
I don't use myspace but don't really like what I have seen of it. I like Facebook because it is brilliant for keeping in touch with friends all over the world.
(P.S. Banjobabe.... look me up on stalkbook.... hope you will be back in Scotland sooner rather than later)
Just in case you haven't read enough yet - I'm 50 and love Facebook for friends (and you can totally control who you let in and how much they have access to) and MySpace pretty much just for bands and music. I'm heading there right now to check out the session group, too!
Facebook vs Myspace
Facebook vs Myspace
HI
I have Myspace pages and I was wondering should I try to figure out how to do Facebook pages ?? How many bands are there instead or in additon?>
Thank you
DS al Coda
Mick
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by LagansLove.Com
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I just signed up for Facebook the other day, it seems pretty cool. Cherish the Ladies are on there. Someone on here said it was like Myspace for grownups, so I signed up. I actually found a lot of my friends on there.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by pipersgrip
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I don't think anyone over 40 has a Facebook account; it seems for kids. I opened one, to my kids' horror, and was told in no uncertain terms that Facebook was for kids and to close the account.
No one I know has one, so it would'nt help me at all. But then, I still like cassette tapes and rotary telephones.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by Greg the Piano Tuner
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Basically:
Myspace is really good for showing off. Showing everyone how cool you are. "Hey everyone, come and look at my space, it's really cool and sparkly, to reflect just how cool and sparkly I really am!"
Facebook is for communication. All FB profiles look essentially the same, so there's almost no room for the ego-tripping you get on Myspace.
So, for keeping up with friends? Facebook, for sure. But publicising your band? Definitely Myspace.
PS. Yes, some adults do have Facebook accounts (OK, I'm 19, technically an adult, but you know what I mean), but those adults are generally considered losers by the general, younger FB populace. But then again, we consider most adults to be losers anyway, so there's no great loss there.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by Joe CSS
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Facebook is one of the great cultural leaps of our time. Get a page right now and we could finally see, communicate with
the people -and their instruments - on this group.
I am 57
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by jeandegingins
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I don't like facebook. You can't ever fall out of touch with anyone.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by polkageist
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I'm on FB. I'm well past the age of consent and entering the age of grateful. I've been back in touch with many old friends bec of FB.
I do Myspace for the music. Why not do both?
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by David Levine
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I think that, for music at least, MySpace has greater presence within the business.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by Dennis Regan
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I have MySpace and FaceBook accounts (I'm 32) and to be honest i hardly ever access MySpace. Facebook is very addictive and yes it's very uniform as in everyone's profile looks the same which isn't a bad thing (there's no pimped up pages) but the advantage MySpace has is it's media content it's a great place to sell an instrument where as you might advertise the instrument on E-Bay but have a link to MS so people can hear it play.
Anyway who's brave enough on here to post their Facebook names so we can all see what each other looks like? Come on i will if you do.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by upmine3
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Find thesession.org facebook group (yes, there is one -- scary). Last I looked about a 100 session.org members had joined it.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by DrSilverSpear
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
FB is much better for communication with closest friends and relations, but if you're musitian or a have a band, it's much better to expose yourself on myspace. You can upload your music, and everybody can hear you, and you don't need to be in the friends list to see other's profiles...
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by Bile
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Let's do some party pooping ...
Those who are into social networking may be interested to know that researchers from Google have written a paper about how social networks can undermine privacy. A scenario discussed is 'merging social graphs' when correlating multiple social networks makes it possible to reveal connections that a person has intentionally kept secret.
Here is the link to the paper: http://w2spconf.com/2008/papers/s3p2.pdf (It's a pdf file).
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by Trevor Jennings
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Gee, I guess I should do both? To be honest, a lass in her late 20s I was dating (hold the 'dirty old man' commentary, please) set my MySpace up for me.
"OMG, why don't you have a MySpace page? You're so old, lol."
"Um, 'cuz I'm 36 and I can speak without saying things like 'lol' and 'omg'?"
No no, I tease. Might be a good excuse to give her a call.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Or this: http://www.arsebook.org/
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by Finbar Saunders2
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Facebook is a nightmare. I've just about put the shutters up on it in time. All the relatives that you don't really want to communicate with every day are on there and they'll soon find you and you'll be trapped! It's insidious and creepy. No-one takes MySpace seriously which is why it remains fun. I'm old by the way!
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by RichardB
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
'it's much better to expose yourself on myspace'.
Do you use live video streaming or just a selection of candid photographs?
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by MacCruiskeen
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I posted a few videos and photos on facebook, in the Groups section under a group called The Session.Org.
However no-one has ever looked at them.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by bodhran bliss
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
"I posted a few videos and photos on facebook, in the Groups section under a group called The Session.Org.
However no-one has ever looked at them."
Have no fear i'm checking them out now. I just joined the session.org group on Facebook today quite an interesting site.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by upmine3
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I've got a FB account and find it entertaining. As to relatives, I'm still hunting those up.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by I_Fel
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I signed up for Facebook and soon found that you can control who has access. To do this go to the top right of the page and click settings - privacy settings Under that menu you can customize everything that is public to private you can block your in-laws or friends you've fallen out of touch with etc. The default is for everything to be public so I highly advise changing settings to your comfort level. You can even make it so that you cannot be found through search. You can also have certain security against friends you have already made. There is a custom filter and you can type in the names of those you want to restrict. Also you can go to the bottom of the page on the right and use facebook offline so that people don't know when you are online and won't start a chat session. That is if you are not interested in the chat feature.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by karenk
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Karenk- Or you can use the offline mode if you see someone on line you really don't want to chat with! I wish it was more like the AOL Instant Messenger in the sense that you can be "Offline" but still see who's online and selectively chat with them.
# Posted on January 11th 2009 by rob_handel
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Facebook, hands down. Easier to navigate, so much more stable (less errors), and somehow much less drama?
I think a lot of bands use Myspace to publicize, but I never see them because I never go there... and when I do, it freezes and their little music player won't play. If I were a band I'd make a group on facebook and link in some things through soundlantern, youtube, or podcasts.
You can also try twitter.
I certainly wouldn't rely on any social networking site exclusively at this point, there are just so many other options with just as much or more traffic.
# Posted on January 12th 2009 by steadkeeper
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5440336&op=1&view=all&subj=868970312&id=581490606#/group.php?gid=12687046593&ref=ts
# Posted on January 12th 2009 by I ♥ Dow
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
myspace is grand the rest is b*******
# Posted on January 12th 2009 by lisaniska
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Up Face, &$%#! Space.
# Posted on January 12th 2009 by fidkid
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I have accounts on both FB and MS and to be honest I prefer the ego trip on MS and the access to WAY more music. I've found so many great bands there it's like a record store to me.
Facebook is just... lame. And intrusive to ones privacy.
# Posted on January 12th 2009 by Fishmonger
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I'm in my 40's and have both FB and MS. Facebook is great for catching what friends are up to etc but I use Myspace for band promotion only. For those of you who apply for festivals, apparently organisers now will only look at your Myspace page to gauge the sort of band you are and not even bother with your cd. So the advice is make sure your MS page is up to date and has a good selection of your music.
Jeremy
# Posted on January 12th 2009 by Tassiebodhran
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
To Greg the Piano Tuner:
Jayzus....... I'm 59 y.o. maybe I should delete my account
# Posted on January 12th 2009 by ceili
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I enjoy listening to all the music on Myspace. Such great bands with so much variety.Facebook has spammed my e-mail account even though I have no page there.
# Posted on January 12th 2009 by vonnieestes
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I'm with Fishmonger on this one. Besides, I did all that work on myspace (and I like the personalization of a page--flashy or not) and keep it simple and easy to navigate, and then all my friends join Facebook, so I did. I haven't done much on FB, but it sure feels intrusive and gossipy--like everyone's in your biz all the time. At least w/myspace, it's all about YOU and if people want to inquire about YOU, you just send them the link and they can browse.
It's egocentric, I suppose, but it also helps out when people you haven't seen for awhile ask what you've been up to or to send pics. I just send them the myspace link and they can find out all they really are curious about (or if they were just asking to ask I don't have to waste my time with stuff they don't want to hear about and they don't have to look any farther than they want.) And you don't have to join to look.
MYSPACE wins
# Posted on January 12th 2009 by banjobabe
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
I don't use myspace but don't really like what I have seen of it. I like Facebook because it is brilliant for keeping in touch with friends all over the world.
(P.S. Banjobabe.... look me up on stalkbook.... hope you will be back in Scotland sooner rather than later)
# Posted on January 13th 2009 by DrSilverSpear
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Just in case you haven't read enough yet - I'm 50 and love Facebook for friends (and you can totally control who you let in and how much they have access to) and MySpace pretty much just for bands and music. I'm heading there right now to check out the session group, too!
# Posted on January 21st 2009 by New Zouker
Re: Facebook vs Myspace
Thank you ALL!
I guess I'll stay with 90/10 ratio for myspace for now
It does seem much more handy for pubs to check you out
# Posted on January 30th 2009 by LagansLove.Com