My first impression of myspace is that its content is targeted for teens. On their homepage it has links to things like television shows, music artists, movies, games etc. Looking closer into myspace you can browse through other public profiles without logging in. The atmosphere seems casual, people taking pictures of anything and everything. You can even find random people throughout the myspace community. Myspace allows their users to be creative and almost anything they want to include in their page is possible.
Facebook on the other hand is a step up in professionalism. Facebook looks plain and the homepage is a basic profile with all your updates. Also on your homepage are the links to various places like photos, videos etc. Facebook increases privacy as well. In order to look at any profiles you have to be a member first. After you become a member you are still limited to what you can view by the owners of their specific page.
Being a first time visitor to friendster I thought it was like a merger between facebook and myspace. The homepage is like facebook showing you updates but the other content is like myspace. Like facebook access to the website is limited to members only. Some unique aspects of friendster is that it allows to create a blog or join a forum.
Finally we look at linkedin; they are a professional network that allows members to get in-touch with professionals and more importantly stay connected. The basic idea of linkedin is for people to create a professional profile so people who want to find you can. When you upload your address book to linkedin your contacts will continue to update even when people move between jobs and change their emails. Linkedin provides a place for professionals in the same industry to discuss things related to their work as well. One last remark about linkedin is that you can search for a professional you met the other day right on the homepage even if you don't have a membership.
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