A Facebook and Myspace Mashup

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          Social Media has come a long way since it first started.  Back in the day there was bebo, yearbook and xenga. It wasn’t until Myspace, when Social Media started to be a big thing. Now that Facebook is taking over the Social Media World, who wouldn’t want to be a part of the grand social network? That’s where the old and new big social networks decided to collide and make a mashup.

After a whole year of rumors, Myspace allows you to finally be able to log in using your Facebook account.  That isn’t the only thing they incorporated though. Facebook’s “like” system can also be done through Myspace now.

“ Through a product the companies are calling “Mashup with Facebook,” users who log in with Facebook (or connect their existing MySpace account) are able to pull in their likes and interests, which makes it easy for them to do things like follow updates from their favorite entertainers. MySpace also has plans to integrate “Like” buttons across the site, meaning MySpace content like music and videos will start getting shared back to Facebook.” -Mashable

   This was a good choice for Myspace to make because it was dying without Facebook. Let’s face it, nobody logs on Myspace to chat with friends anymore.  It made sense for Myspace to join the popular social network.  The only thing Myspace was good for, was entertainment.  At least, that’s the major reason I signed on from time to time.

I think MySpace should make a niche for itself and start doing social networking specifically for the music/entertainment industry--all of the elements are already there, and catering to everyone (i.e., teenager girls) seems to be failing for them now that Facebook is so popular. Now with this feature, it would make even more sense.  We’ll see what happens due to this decision.