[zaidf]

MySpace lost to Facebook, partly by not matching what became popular features on Facebook, such as "The Wall"

That is a gross over simplification of why MySpace lost to facebook. One of the main reasons I think MySpace lost was that they never seemed to have a grand vision like Zuck and fb seemed to have developed around '06-07. Not to mention, MySpace was an offshoot of a super shady marketing company, not a technology company. That became more and more apparent as MySpace suffered constant performance and security issues.

[Ntrails]

Facebook was about real life, myspace was about the internet. Facebook was about statuses, groups, uni life, wall to wall convos and organising your life. It's where I heard about climbing club trips, or socials, or that someone in halls was watching top gear on their tv and the price of entry was 1 slice of pizza ordered.

Then of course there was the user experience. Facebook was plain, simple, uniform and quick. Myspace...

    -Click on myspace page
    -Wait 10 secs for background to load
    -Really loud obnoxious music is playing
    -Animated page background starts going
    -Quizzes load
    -A wild photograph appears
    -You can see an embedded youtube now - hit pause
    -It wasn't the goddamned youtube making the noise, now you've got two things running you idiot
    -Try and pause the youtube again
    -page freezes
    -audio player loads
    -manage to stop everything playing
    -have epileptic fit from background
    -forget why you came here anyway