We Did Not Expect to Suck So Much!

After getting my fifteen-billionth error message on Myspace today, I decided that I have completely changed my opinion of social networking websites. I’d just like to point out that Facebook has become ultimately superior to Myspace in every way. If you live in a cardboard box and don’t have an account on either site, here are a few points to consider when making your decision:

Advertisements
Myspace is lined with ‘em. And they’re some of the most annoying, offensive, and ridiculous ones that exist on the inter-web. Below is a comparison of ads seen on my ‘Home’ page on the two sites. Three sections of ads on Myspace and just one sidebar on Facebook. Note how all the links on Myspace suck. There is a header about some online school, and everyone knows online degrees are crap. Then there’s a super fun game of some sort that involves you clicking a red button as fast as you can in order to ‘beat’ the computer at whichever of a number of lame and meaningless tasks it is trying to accomplish. Further down the page is a list of AdSense type links, pay-per-click junk that takes you to a bunch of spam sites. Also note that the single advertisement on Facebook is a static image banner in an unobtrusive sidebar. Not to mention the fact that it’s an ad for a stock brokerage, which is awesome because — as I’m sure you’re aware — paying low commissions on real-time trades is the jam.

Errors
Again, tons of these on the ‘Space. I have yet to encounter a single error in any non-application area of Facebook. Speaking of applications…

Dumb Applications
I’ve got to admit, these are pretty retarded. But some of them are cool, so don’t disrespect Facebook. They do provide customization in a hella tight way.

Spam
As opposed to its counterpart, Facebook is not riddled with spam messages, fake people, or hijacked comments about penis enlargement.

Wall/Comments
People don’t post lame glitter graphics on Facebook, just regular text-ified messages. Good riddance.

Top Friends
Way to make all your non-top friends feel bad! They’ll think they’re losers — which they are — and try to kill themselves! Now Facebook has an application to simulate this, but still.

Friend Details
One of the great parts about Facebook. Don’t remember how you met that one chick that keeps messaging you, but who you know because you accidentally elbowed her in the face at the 311 concert two-and-a-half years ago? Put it in your friend details.

Profile Name
I frigging hate it when people change their blasted Myspace name from ‘~Joe~’ to ‘{The Ultimate Fighting Machine}’ to ‘mAMa’Z bOi’ to ‘Joe [just found out he has herpes]‘ every five seconds. It further increases the chance that I have no idea who you are.

Status
A short synopsis of your life, and a great feature of Facebook that Myspace has only recently attempted to replicate.

There is a plethora of additional reasons why FB is better than MS, but the ones I have provided should be enough to show any blithering idiot the way.