Social Networking Comparison

	Facebook	MySpace	Google+
Reach
Ease of Use
Instant Messaging
Video Chat
Privacy
Ability to Customize

I chose these three sites because I am already familiar with them and their functionality. 

For reach I have identified Facebook as the strongest due to its overwhelming number of users. While MySpace previously had a large number of members, its decline in popularity has limited its reach. Google+ does not have the reach of Facebook, but it does have the advantage of being new.

For Ease of Use, Facebook won out simply because of its popularity and familiar operating system. Google+ is able to keep up only because of the fact that it is a completely simple interface. Myspace was given a red color because of the need to do several things to your space to make it function aesthetically.

On the Instant Messaging side of things, Google+ wins out due to the instant messaging revolving around email rather than relationships through the social networking side of Google+. Facebook wins over Myspace due to its ability to more fluidly adapt to mobile devices.

On the Video Chat side, Facebook is the clear loser. Both Myspace and Google+ have face to face technology.

The main issue for privacy is not due to the settings of the sites, but rather their popularity. Facebook has become so popular that they have become a large target. That coupled with the fact that they are constantly updating their service and security settings, they become a prime target for a privacy violation.

On the ability to customize front, Myspace wins because of their full profile modifications. Facebook allows for limited changes to be made to a profile, while on Google+ the settings are almost all universal.