Comments on: Choice of social media reflects class divide…II http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/07/05/choice-of-social-media-reflects-class-divideii/ (aka What's new, media?) Wed, 25 May 2011 11:44:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: aldan http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/07/05/choice-of-social-media-reflects-class-divideii/#comment-17996 Wed, 14 May 2008 23:30:06 +0000 http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/07/05/choice-of-social-media-reflects-class-divideii/#comment-17996 Is this a joke? I use(d) MySpace, because the internet was becoming… dull, and all my friends had it / raved about it. Thus, I too wanted a connection. And it was cool – not solely because of the people who used it, but the concept of being part of something bigger than my own circle of friends was intriguing. Having the freedom to hack and code your own page however you wanted was definitely an up as well.

I was never the social-standard “geek”, or a “jock”, or any of these b/s “types” of people. I was bored of the internet, and found something that was alive and popular.

A few years later, all the soft-core porn ads started to make me sick, and I peaced out, Facebook bound (and for every OTHER reason you listed).

Regarding the class divide, both services are free to the public. So, if there’s any sort of divide, it’s based on the preference of the users in both communities… pure and simple.

]]> By: Digital Divide evolving from a question of access, to one of social skills « What’s New Media? http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/07/05/choice-of-social-media-reflects-class-divideii/#comment-7360 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:41:07 +0000 http://whatsnewmedia.org/2007/07/05/choice-of-social-media-reflects-class-divideii/#comment-7360 [...] Read this item from C|Net. Previously from WNM: Choice of social media reflects class divide…II [...]

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