MySpaceMySpace filled the niche in the social networking community by giving users more freedom.Compared to the social networks around at the time MySpace had only two degrees of separation, while the next closest had four.MySpace added new features to further differentiate itself from the competition.These features include things such as blogs, online mobile, online video, and AIM. They also allowed users to customize their profile.

Applications

News feed was a vital addition to the Facebook community-

Helped friends stay connectedHelped market use of applications such as

games, quizzes and video and picture sharingimmediate and real time access

Professional Quality

More appealing to the eyes less cluttered than MyspaceEasier to navigate

What is OpenSocial?

A new way to shareOpen source for third party developersEasy development

What can OpenSocial do for MySpace?

Allow MySpace to be competitive with Facebook

Syncs with other social networks Enhances what is already thereIncrease traffic

Google OpenSocialThird-party programmers will be able to build

widgets that take full advantage of personal data and profile connections on a social-networking site.

Build apps that will easily interact with friends and colleagues.

Standard JavaScript and HTML available Developers can create apps that access a

social network’s friends and update feeds.

OpenSocial vs. FacebookFacebook is a closed network that is coded in its

own programming language.Developers who want to create an application for

Facebook must use Facebooks programming language.

Makes it difficult to provide applications for other social networks

Open Social will be able to provide many web applications because of open APIs.

Write once, use anywhere.OpenSocial has a market potential for 250 million

user, compared to Facebooks 64 million active users.

ConclusionFacebook currently offers a large number of

applications and programsTime constraints – quicker than starting a

specialized platform for MyspaceCost effective- cheaper than producing a

specialized platformEncourages ease with mergers of different

sites who use Google Open Social