Posted on 10/14/2009 11:42:32 AM PDT by freed0misntfree
(CNN) -- Like a lot of people, Anna Owens began using MySpace more than four years ago to keep in touch with friends who weren't in college. Our real-world friendships are often a reflection of who we connect with online, experts say.
Our real-world friendships are often a reflection of who we connect with online, experts say.
But soon she felt too old for the social-networking site, and the customizable pages with music that were fun at first began to annoy her. By the time she graduated from the University of Puget Sound, Owens' classmates weren't on MySpace -- they were on Facebook.
Throughout graduate school and beyond, as her network began to expand, Owens ceased using MySpace altogether. Facebook had come to represent the whole of her social and professional universe.
"MySpace has one population, Facebook has another," said the 26-year-old, who works for an affordable-housing nonprofit in San Francisco, California. "Blue-collar, part-time workers might like the appeal of MySpace more -- it definitely depends on who you meet and what they use; that's what motivates people to join and stay interested."
Is there a class divide online? Research suggests yes. A recent study by market research firm Nielsen Claritas found that people in more affluent demographics are 25 percent more likely to be found friending on Facebook, while the less affluent are 37 percent more likely to connect on MySpace.
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The more you feel like you should stay in your place, the less you deserve freedom.
Except for the occasional dim troll, and 0bamunist lurking, the folks here are First Class and I’m proud to be among them. Anyone who thinks less of them can go to hell.
Yes. You should have a diverse profile of on-line friends. Facebooks, Myspaces, Twitters, Xangas, LiveJournals, Blogspots, and many others should be represented. Celebrate Diversity!
Oh boy, now we are supposed to be worried about class envy due to switching websites. Get a life, you attention whores. You want to get in touch? There’s a device called a phone. You use your fingers to press the # of the person you wish to “get in touch with” and presto! And no “guilt” involved.
Yes - please tell me more!!!!
If y'tuawk like dis, ahya frum Brooklyn?
y'say Bahstin if yer from the midwest?
Dan tan in Bawl(d)mer?
someday it’ll define your “nationality.”
You left out LinkedIn.
Facebook was created for COLLEGE STUDENTS.
So, if I don’t belong to ANY of these things, does that mean I have no class at all?
ooooh. i guess sooo. in the twin cities?
do you put your sawks in a draw in bawston?
What is it with CNN and facebook?? Wasn’t it not too long ago they put out some snarky editorial about the different types of people who are on facebook? All the different bad traits about them?
Methinks thou dost protest too much, CNN...
Something’s worrying them.
Maybe Jesse and Al should start the “Rainbow Social Network”...only the politically correct need join.
I know that free republic is park avenue all the way. Everyone I meet here is either a doctor or a lawyer or someone studying for the bar or some guy going to his b’shimcha.
High class people here all around!
these types of studies are intended to lead to site condemnation ultimately. If free speech exists there is no point to the study. Another divisive crack to exploit in our Americana.
Not another acorn!
Why does the media think that these ACORN-style nonprofits represent America's viewpoint? Can't they ask this question of a construction worker? a CNC operator? an office administrator? My guess is that people read that and roll their eyes.
Or is it that those types are too busy doing actual productive work to answer questions?
Phuquin' Ay ... if y'kin FIND a piahhh.
I have a myspace page for my band and an original one I used to check up on my teenaged daughter, who is now 22. I haven’t touched it in years.
I finally opened a facebook account a few weeks ago but seem to have signed it up using a misspelled email address and now cannot access it.
Meh. My social network is who I meet in real life. I don’t post personal stuff on a public site, other than quips at places like here.
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