Facebook groups draw in users

Users of MySpace and Facebook will openly admit that the two platforms offer different types of amusements. MySpace usually has people surfing through friends profiles, pictures and recent song choices. Facebook offers its users a forum to meet, relate and exchange based on location, favorite things, likes and often dislikes. It seems like everyday a new group pops up and we are running to join them. But why are they so appealing?

The group function on Facebook offers people a place to define themselves as individuals while belonging to a group of shared interest.  A look on to this users page reveals many things about me. I am a group member of I Love Going to College in Las Vegas, UNLV Greenspun School of Journalism, Dwight Schrute: A Man of Infinite Knowledge, Addicted to Entourage, Nothing Gets My Room Clean Faster Than a Paper Due in the Morning, and a personal favorite, Bitch Please…I’m from NORTHERN California. It is easy to determine from these choices where I live, where I came from, my favorite TV shows, and that at moments I can be a bit of a procrastinator! Just looking at the groups a person belongs to can categorize them and give on-lookers a better understanding of who they are.

I predict the group function on Facebook will be what the music function was on MySpace; a moth to a flame effect of sorts. The groups range on Facebook from business, common interest, entertainment and arts, geography, internet and technology, just for fun, sports and recreation, student groups, activities, politics and hobbies. There is an area of interest for everyone of every age. On these groups people are able to connect with people who have the same interest, a function that MySpace completely lacks. Facebook offers people a place to meet without having to be someones friend. This allows a more effective and easier way to network. Kudos Facebook!