From MySpace to Facebook
I have my DVR set to record 60 Minutes on CBS every week. As a result, I recently watched Lesley Stahl interview the 23 year-old CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. By the way, Mark reminds me of a younger Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com.
I already had an account on MySpace, but I was never happy with MySpace. MySpace is unpredictable. The site is choppy. The advertisements are too much, and it belongs to Fox.
After watching the Facebook piece on 60 Minutes, I scrambled to create an account. I liked the site's privacy control, crisp style, and subtle ads.
Unlike MySpace, which uses ColdFusion, Facebook is powered by the open source PHP script. This helps my PHP scalability discussion with co-workers. According to the Facebook Developers Wiki entry, "Facebook was developed from the ground up using open source software, and we are proud to give back to the open source community through various open source projects." I think this statement helps to explain why the Facebook site is so much more responsive and less cluttered than MySpace.
So today, after setting up my Facebook profile, I posted my last message on MySpace which reads, "I've moved to Facebook. I'm no longer accepting friend requests on MySpace. Thanks."
Jan.15.2008.
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