We hadn’t actually logged into MySpace for over two years, which in Internet time means our MySpace page had creaky floors, cobwebs and was haunted by ghosts. Also, mummies. A friend told us we should login and see what they’ve done to MySpace since we’ve been gone. For those of you like us, who have neglected their MySpace page for a long time now, MySpace has tried to become Facebook in the most blatant way possible. It’s kinda spooky. We knew they were losing the social networking wars, but man oh man, MySpace has become so desperate.
We counted 7 Ways That MySpace Has Ripped Off Facebook. Get out a sheet of paper and see if you can guess the features MySpace has stolen. The answers will probably not surprise you!
7. Friend Suggestions
I may know this feature — it’s a direct rip-off of one that Facebook is famous for.
6. Tagged Photos
This feature has “Facebook” tagged all over it.
5. Bottom Toolbar IM Chat
facebook: hey thats on my site!
myspace: lol, srsly?
4. Status Updates
Which we suppose were technically on Twitter first, but check out the design of the comment box. Yowzers.
3. News Feed
We’ll give MySpace this: Activity Stream is a way more hilarious name.
2. Terrible Applications
Don’t worry. Now you can get bitten by some kind of monster wherever you network socially.
1. The General Look and Feel
Put those features together, along with a lot of cute icons and pastel blues, and you get… well, it’s still MySpace, but with Facebook limbs grafted on, like some kind of Frankenstein monster. Rwaaar!!! Fire bad!!!
Are there any other features they took that we didn’t mention? Tell us in the comments.
There are more social networking hijinx to be had with 10 Signs You’re Too Old To Use Facebook and the 11 Funniest Things About Billy Ligue’s MySpace Page.
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