[Air-l] A verb for using social networking sites

[M. Deanya Lattimore]

I agree with what Danah says on the generic terms part.  And I'll bet 
that this difference between FB and MS has a LOT to do with the fact 
that FB was a "protected" site for so long.  Unless you had a .edu 
email, you couldn't get a FB account until about a year ago.

:-D.
Deanya
http://www.VelvetHedgehog.com/deanya/blog


danah boyd wrote:
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> 
> Also, regarding the comments on Facebook vs. MySpace, i'm trying to  
> write up an essay about my data on this.  The short answer is that  
> it's classed at the high school level in the US.  Working class kids,  
> subcultural kids, queer kids, kids of color, etc. are using MySpace.   
> College-bound kids, "good" kids, wealthy kids, sporty kids, etc. are  
> all using Facebook.  This has changed in the last year.  It plays out  
> some in college.  If you go to a Latino-dominated community college,  
> you're far more likely to see MySpace be the force.  But if you're  
> teaching a a 4-year institution, MySpace is barely visible except in  
> the artist, queer, and subcultural communities.  More on this on my  
> blog shortly.
> 
> danah
> 
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