Facebook
Facebook is the one I am most familiar with. The interface is simple and clean so there isn't much confusion to how to get anything done. This originally started as a website mainly to connect college students. They have decent privacy settings to prevent people you don't know from contacting you and disturbing your privacy. There is also a messaging box on the bottom right to talk to anyone that is currently on that you want to. The increasing number of facebook apps make it enjoyable to stay on, longer than you would expect.
Myspace
Myspace is similar to facebook, but it is more about customization and your own personality more so than functions. The amount of customization is alot greater than facebook. It doesn't have the amount of apps that Facbook has. The security options don't seem as secure as Facebook. There are many video/movie clips on myspace to be viewed now.
Friendster
I do not like that before you even get to browse the site that they force you to create an account or login. That is very frustrating to not know what a site has to offer before joining it. So when I created an account, i tried looking for friends and there were none that even used it. It is definitely not as mainstream as facebook or myspace. The search is very inefficient and doesn't make much sense.
LinkedIn
My previous religion teacher invited me to LinkedIn and from what i got from it, it is a purely professional networking site. The interface takes some time to get used to. This provides educational/occupational information of different individuals. I even used the search function to find a professor that went to a different College and it was able to find him. There is a good chance that LinkedIn can be used to recruit/hire/interview talented individuals to work for various companies. There is an "upgrade" that you can pay for that makes you more accessible.
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