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American Class Divisions Through Facebook and MySpace

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-think-about dept.

Jamie found this paper earlier about American Class Divisions and Facebook and MySpace. The paper talks about the history of the two sites, what groups tend to use what site. They also talk about what proponents of each site think of the other. It's actually an interesting read and worth your time.

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  1. heh by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was just telling my sister yesterday: "Facebook is Myspace for people who actually graduated high school."

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  2. Wow by jshriverWVU · · Score: 3, Funny
    This guy REALLY likes the world hegemonic.

    grep hegemonic | wc -l

    :)

  3. Is it really a summary paper by Super+Dave+Osbourne · · Score: 4, Funny

    Five paragraphs into this 'article' and it became clear the author needs to rethink college and stay in MySpace.

  4. Re:lets see if I can sum this up without even RTFA by WaZiX · · Score: 5, Funny

    yeah, that article is like soooo Myspace.

  5. Re:Interesting way of looking at it, but wrong.. by jgs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Problem is most of america is retarted.

    Too retarted to spell "retarded"?

  6. Re:Social networking sites by bubbl07 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... NAMBLA?

  7. Re:Social networking sites by veganboyjosh · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think that might actually fall under the "young boy network"...

  8. Re:Obvious? by thestreetmeat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, the quality of facebook users has been declining ever since they opened the site to non-Harvard students.

    I agree. Myspace users wouldn't know vintage port from the turpentine they use to thin the paint on their shanties.

  9. Re:Interesting way of looking at it, but wrong.. by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, "retarted," as in "We're all tarts...again."

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  10. Superficial, judgemental fool? by Scrameustache · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't care how insightful somebody's work may be. If it is too painful to read, it isn't worth it. Some of us purposefully use carefully constructed language designed to cause snobs to glance over our ideas, dude.
    If you judge a book by it's cover, you're not righteous enough to receive the teachings within.
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    1. Re:Superficial, judgemental fool? by Scrameustache · · Score: 2, Funny

      hope you don't bump into any suicide bombers in the street Thanks! Glad I'm in your prayers.
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  11. Re:Care2 by zoogies · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, Bitter much?

  12. News At Eleven! by Alzheimers · · Score: 2, Funny

    This just in: Antisocial people spurn Social Networking Sites. News at 11!

  13. Re:Interesting way of looking at it, but wrong.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Retarted is when you have second helpings of those little pies, or when you have such a good time with a hooker you solicit her services again.

  14. Re:Myspace vs Facebook by evanknight · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm blown away by your very personal and oh so valid opinion.

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  15. Re:Purpose? (not a troll, I'm serious) by cayenne8 · · Score: 2, Funny
    "I've yet to see this so-called purpose defined, outside of some abstract "all my friends use it" comment. "

    Hey, I've got a special purpose!!

    --Navin R. Johnson

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  16. Re:Care2 by linguizic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, I found that most of my old high school friends on MySpace are pedophiles too.

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