MySpace vs. Facebook: Blue collar vs. white?


	MySpace vs. Facebook: Blue collar vs. white?

Julia Bradley

8-9-2007 1:42 PM

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myspace, facebook, ziggs, career, social media, networking

Julia Bradley says:

This broad generalization about the types of users in these social media sites is a very powerful trend, if it proves to be true on a broad scale.

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the latest victim of fickle teens following the hot new thing.<BR></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5183930&gt1=10348">Not so, says University of California, Berkeley, researcher Danah Boyd. Not all 
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