<p>that too lol</p>
<p>I recall reading research that indicates socioeconomic discrepancies between FB users and MySpace users. Poor minorities are inclined to use the latter, upper-middle class whites are inclined to use the former.</p>
<p>Myspace is for middle schoolers. duh.</p>
<p>I read this really interesting article describing how myspace's and facebook's distinctly different cultures represent a socio-economic difference in each website's targeted demographic. College bound, higher income *students are drawn to facebook's modern, sleek look, while lower income individuals are drawn to myspace's layout. The article went on to discuss the difference between different social classes' aesthetic tastes.</p>
<p>Viewing</a> American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace</p>
<p>is this the article you were talking about?</p>
<p>I've read about that too! I actually agree......well from the experiences I've had.</p>
<p>Facebook ftw.</p>
<p>Although I get rather annoyed when someone's page takes forever to load because they have over 100 apps. There are a few people who I purposely avoid on facebook for that purpose, even though they're good friends. Seriously people; no one needs that many apps.</p>
<p>Yeah samanthania, that's the one. Thanks for finding it! I never read it all the way through (it seemed that, to some extent, the author just kept restating his ideas), but it was really interesting how accurate his observation was, at least in my experience.</p>
<p>**Myspace is an artistic form of self-expression.</p>
<p>Facebook is a forum for online social interraction.</p>
<p>Each have their own advantages, and do not serve
the same purpose.
end thread.**</p>
<p>@ EHS09</p>
<p>I have read through the entire article and the author does not keep "restating her ideas". The argument is central, though. I enjoyed reading through it, although it is not certainly an academic article (she gives this warning up front though). It based mainly on anecdotal evidence and casual inferences. Despite these short-comings, it is a decent read.</p>
<p>"Myspace is an artistic form of self-expression.</p>
<p>Facebook is a forum for online social interraction.</p>
<p>Each have their own advantages, and do not serve
the same purpose.
end thread."</p>
<p>Totally agree</p>
<p>you can build a more in depth profile on myspace</p>
<p>Sligh_Anarchist, I was probably a bit rash when I wrote that the author keeps restating her ideas. What I really meant was that the author goes through developing ideas that she outlines very early on in the article, and, because it is not an academic article (as she warns in the beginning), I didn't feel guilty skipping over the examples that the author uses to back her idea.</p>
<p>Wow, very few people like Myspace more. I love myspace, it's alot easier. I can find my friends easier, and it only gets dangerous when people are stupid on there and open doors to pedophiles.</p>
<p>all my friends and I stopped using our myspaces after disovering Facebook.
and honestly, Myspace has too much spam, takes forever to load, and some backgrounds just hurt my eyes.</p>
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Wow, very few people like Myspace more. I love myspace, it's alot easier. I can find my friends easier, and it only gets dangerous when people are stupid on there and open doors to pedophiles.
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<p>You obviously haven't used the Facebook Friend Finder and search bar. You probably haven't tried the various networks either.</p>
<p>Pedophiles are the least of your concerns.</p>