Creating an Orkut account

For the third social network site I chose Orkut. This time I was comfortable entering my profile information and adding my photo. I invited people to be my friends and one accepted. I didn't see any place to add color or design so I created a photo album and linked both my Flickr account and Blogspot account to my page. The link to my profile is: http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=5946713050236149559

Creating a Facebook Account

I created a Facebook account and after receiving email confirmation the first thing I did was invite friends. I joined three groups and added my picture to my profile. I added a photo album. I poked someone having no idea what that would do! Someone poked me so then I knew. I wasn't as intimated by working with Facebook as I was with MySpace. The url to my Facebook account is: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1244312506

Creating a MySpace account

I created a MySpace account. Initially I skipped uploading my photo and adding friends because I expected to see a page layout first. After verifying my email address and getting into my page I found that I automatically had a friend. What a surprise, but I didn't want that friend, so after much confusion, I deleted him. I created a url, changed my profile, invited people to be my friends and joined a group. Then I used profile editor to add a background, added colors and borders, and created a photo album. The last thing I did was add music. I wanted the music to play when someone looked at my profile but had to settle for placing a play button on my page. Now I can at least say I have a better understanding about the appeal of MySpace. The link to my profile is http://www.myspace.com/geolmary