Myspace or Facebook

In Danah Boyd reading, they explain how before many would have Myspace because that was popular bavk then, but then all of a sudden everyone changed to Facebook. There are many factors that affect in that like friends, or just other people. In the reading it also mentions that Myspace was then seen as "ghetto". Peiple want to feel popular as others so that is why they follow what others do. In my opinion this is very accurate because as explained in the reading, people just feel like following what othwrs do. They just want to be doing the same thing as others.

Ian Daly's "Virtual Popularity Isn't Cool-It's Pathetic"

In Ian Daly's "Virtual Popularity Isn't Cool-It's Pathetic", he describes how social network sites attract people by making "friending" easy. In other words, people create online accounts, like facebook, to look for friends. He also says that people prefer to be on their social media intead of "doing their work" (480). Ian Daly sees facebook as a bad habit for people,  specially older men. He mentions that "Facebook has leaked out of the college dormitory like some rare tropical disease and has begun infecting grown men in disturbingly vast numbers" (480).

I personally agree with him, because I've seen many older people really obsessed with facebook. Many people spend hours and hours surfing on their accounts,  looking to find new friends. Facebook, like many other social networks, have become an addiction to many.