A Berkley PhD. student has written an essay regarding class divisions among Facebook and MySpace users. Let me distill it…
Facebook = preppy white people from middle to upper-middle class backgrounds having earned or planning to earn a post-secondary degree
MySpace = lower class, uneducated, non-white or “outcasts” (emo’s, goths, trenchcoat kids, etc).
I don’t use MySpace – I use Facebook. But in high school I was at ease with the jocks and preps along with the burnouts and nerds. Call me a bit of a free agent, if you will. I prefer Facebook to MySpace because I know more people that use Facebook and MySpace hurts my eyes more often than not. I was totally unaware of any socio-economic segregation. Maybe I can parlay my “left-wing tree-hugging communist” leanings into a social networking site for all, regardless of social status. Mark and Rupert, watch out! 😉