I would say Facebook's applications are the factors which made it famous. A lot of people are stuck everyday playing Mafia Wars, Farmville, Cafe World, Farm Town, Fishville, etc. And they can also interact with their friends online. This is one of FB's strengths.
Next, is the ability to post something on your wall which informs your friends and relatives immediately. I can communicate with my relatives abroad easily and I know their recent activities when they post it on their wall. Overall, FB is more entertaining, easy to use and as of now I would not move into another social site.
I do have twitter, but FB is more entertaining.
I think one reason are the aggressive methods to attract people. I found out that I have an account on Facebook without my knowledge Apparently, it hijacked accounts of all my collegues. .
Friendster was the first important one; it had more success in Philippines, while Google's Orkut was invaded by Brazilians. I think Facebook came up at the right time when the social networks were burgeoning. The North America needed its own network.It looked more serious than Myspace.
Myspace allowed scripts and opened the gate for malware. Compared with Myspace or Friendster, Facebook has a boring outlook. Paradoxically, its simplicity and lack of taste is successful.
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