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  • Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Time: 11:04 am Category: News, Social Media, The Internet Tagged Facebook, FriendFeed, myspace Discussion: 0 Comments

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Some “Good Reads” for your Tuesday.  Check out these posts and let us know what you think.

I’m often asked what the differences between MySpace and Facebook are and I finally found a post that explains it rather well.  I never could really put my finger on what it was about MySpace that didn’t appeal to me and now I understand.  MySpace was always intended to be a place to meet people whereas Facebook is about connecting with people you already know.  This article also discusses the strategies MySpace is using to bring users back.  Interesting read MySpace in a  MySpace Welcomes Me Back; What Is MySpace?

There is much ado about a recent study making a tenuos connection between Facebook usage and lower grades.  Media have latched on to the story, according to ReadWriteWeb, but that, as it turns out is a rather simplistic interpretation of the study. The reseracher admits that those students who admitted to using Facebook probably would have found another way to distract themselves even if Facebook hadn’t been a factor. Read about this here: Fox News Says Facebook Will Ruin Your Grades (ReadWriteWeb) and here: Does Facebook Lower Academic Performance? It’s Still Too Soon to Say (The Chronicle Wired Campus Blog)

Last week TechCrunch posted FriendFeed Is In Danger Of Becoming The Coolest App No One Uses drawing our attention back to a service we mentioned a few months ago, but, yes, just simply isn’t as popular as Facebook or Twitter.  TechCrunch posted this past weekend that You Will Be Using FriendFeed In The Future — But It May Be Called Facebook.