Karissa Explains it all

Lets face it, MySpace is dead. The social networking site is no longer the leader, and more and more users are heading over to Facebook and Twitter whose sites are the latest craze right now.

MySpace had 124 million monthly unique visitors last month, a decline of two percent, according to the marketing research company comScore. Facebook, by contrast, racked up 276 million unique visitors, an increase of 16.6 percent.

Twitter alone has racked up millions of new users. "U.S. traffic growth has been just as dramatic, with Twitter reaching four million visitors in February, up more than 1,000 percent from a year ago," comScore reported.

I have found myself following the trend and deleted my profile on MySpace just last week. Why? Well, personally I just don't use MySpace anymore. What's the point of going out of my way to update a profile I don't use?

I'm tired of the upkeep MySpace requires. It seems like you constantly have to customize your profile or else you get bombarded with comments about why you haven't updated your profile in a long time.

I'm a busy person. With school, writing and taking pictures for the Accent, and raising my kids, I just don't have the time to maintain a flashy profile on MySpace.

The simplicity of the designs of Twitter and Facebook are why I opted to use their sites over MySpace. Besides, how is MySpace a "social" site anyway?

MySpace has very little socializing integrated into their design. The site feels more like a place to post pictures and share music than being a place to converse with others.

Sure you can comment on one another's profile, but Facebook allows you to chat with one another rather than broadcasting your conversations to everybody.

Also, why does MySpace bombard its users with giant advertisements on every page? According to the site's Help Center, "MySpace is supported solely by advertising."

Despite being the sole source of revenue, I don't think MySpace should be a place where ads dominate the site over actual people's profiles.

People use social networking sites to connect to other people, and I think Facebook and Twitter are on the right page while MySpace has detached itself from what makes social networking sites so popular.

The company is a great place to find bands and learn what big blockbuster movies are coming out, but socializing is definitely on the bottom of the list of reasons to remain a user or join the site.

In order to save the site and bring users back, MySpace should overhaul its website and focus more on entertainment. Rather than trying to revamp customization of profiles, they should put all their efforts into music profiles.

While there are hundreds of sites that provide information about bands and singers, I love the personalization that comes with visiting a band's MySpace profile.

Users are able to actually converse with the band and listen to their songs at the same time. I think that's brilliant.

Nevertheless, MySpace has lost its wow factor and is on the decline.

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