Myspace

Myspace is a wonderful place for networking with people with leisure time and the self-employed, but it is inaccessible to 98% of the 'real world' of working stiffs who sit behind a corporate firewall. This is the reason why I believe in preferring the openness of the blogging world.

Myspace is great for targetting that section of the population which doesn't have a job in corporate america, which is primarily students (mainly teens). This can give the illusion of participation, when in reality only a special fraction of your contacts have the leisure access to interact there. In college, most people migrate to Facebook, which was created to specifically cater to the needs of University students and alumni. But even Facebook is blocked at the firewall, and thus inaccessible to most of the people, most of the time.

If you want to reach the average man, you cannot stay within the walled garden of any social networking site. Your people deserve more than just a static web site and interaction on myspace; forums and especially interactive blogs are a great way to network and keep in touch.