jayeff

It's easy to find detailed differences, but none seem likely to account for the performance gap. I suspect that has a lot more to do with the phenomenon which makes a New York restaurant the place to be seen this month and passé a few months later. And it must be a factor that social networks need a critical mass before they are appealing to their users.

But really, a few here don't seem aware that social networking has probably had more people chasing a popular solution/presentation and for longer than just about anything except maybe micropayments, the other "Holy Grail" of the 'net. I even had a failed shot at it about 7 years ago

The interactivity and potential reach of social networking is such an obvious match for the internet, it's hardly surprising that people are willing to pump money into it. And although MySpace is top of the heap now, it is clunky enough to still be vulnerable.