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Facebook is IKEA, MySpace is Las Vegas

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Danah Boyd, a sociologist and researcher in the U.S. who specializes in youth culture and online social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, has posted a draft version of a new paper she is writing on what might loosely be referred to as “class divisions” between the tw ... Continue reading »

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  • Mike

    2 years ago

    I think that even without the research most people would notice this divide. I myself was looking for a place to create an online community and noticed that it was hard to find the professionals like I can find on a site like LinkedIn but with the features like a Ning. I think that Ning will continue to grow at the expense of MySpace and Facebook, but that the profession community still needs to find a place to really collaborate. Please like Zoodango or Konnects for example. Sites that focus on professionals. Konnects recently made it as easy as Ning to create your own social network (http://www.konnects.com/communities), but adds business features and allows you to make money with your community through ad revenue and subscriptions.
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