Different Social Networks Are... Different

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 9, 2006 @01:54AM from the also-salt-tastes-salty dept.

An anonymous reader writes "International Business Times reports that not all online social networks are the same, according to new research released this week. Internet research firm, comScore Networks, said on Thursday that significant age differences exist between the user bases of these websites. "While the top social networking sites are typically viewed as directly competing with one another, our analysis demonstrates that each site occupies a slightly different niche," commented Jack Flanagan, executive vice president of comScore Media Metrix."

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Re:MySpace is now mostly older men because... by Lemmy+Caution · 2006-10-09 02:25 · Score: 4, Insightful

I created a MySpace account because I like new and unusual music. In my experience, people in their 20's and 30's are more interested in unsigned bands and new music than teenagers are. In fact, the person who sent me a "request" to join MySpace was a composer of experimental "classical" music whose work I've followed for years!

MySpace has become virtually obligatory for musicians, and may be part of the path to breaking the major labels' control of the music production and distribution system.

I still can't stand MySpace, though. Hideous, hideous pages.