Posted on 07/16/2010 6:59:50 AM PDT by flowerplough
(Danah) Boyd's current work argues that MySpace took on many of the aspects of a "digital ghetto" in the minds of teens who used the site, leading to "white [and asian] flight" from the site, analogous to the white flight from the city to the suburbs that took place in the U.S. beginning in the 1960's. Boyd continues:
Consider the parallels. In some senses, the first teens to move to the "suburbs" were those who bought into a Teen Dream of collegiate maturity, namely those who were expressly headed towards dorm-based universities and colleges. They were the elite who were given land in the new suburbs before plots were broadly available. The suburbs of Facebook signaled more mature living, complete with digital fences to keep out strangers. The narrative that these digital suburbs were safer than the city enhanced its desirability, particularly for those who had no interest in interacting with people who were different.Boyd argues that MySpace's inability to deal with spammers added to the feeling of urban blight that overtook the site, leaving derelict profiles "covered in spam, a form of digital graffiti... As MySpace failed to address these issues, spammers took over like street gangs."
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You make the call.
White [and Asian] flight, or common sense?
It logically follows then that we should expect Al Sharpton to take over as spokesman for MySpace?
Pure racist tripe.
Well Obama is turning America into Detroit ...
Well Obama is turning America into Detroit ...
Myspace was originally created for bands and that’s what I use it for..to search out music of the genre I enjoy. That’s it. I just never got into social websites. They are just glorified dating sites for guys to try and hunt down a piece of ass and for girls to gossip.
I agree, this is not a race issue, myspace started to suck and alternatives were found.
Ironic yet funny how everything these days is so race oriented, huh? “Whites” ...lulz. =.=
I think Facebook just happened to catch on big.
i dunno much about myspace, but why is facebook better than myspace.
Given that non-white, non-asian Myspace users have the same access to FB as whites and asians, I’m finding it hard to lend the theory any credence without a white hood on my head.
Sort of like that race-baiting “news” article in Newsweek written by some kid named Graham that was mentioned on The Factor last night. The kid narrowed the New Black Panther intimidation case into one about whites whining. Megyn Kelly put her legal and journalism backgrounds against the kid’s and can we say, “No contest!”
Maybe, just maybe, a lot of the new Facebook folks were simply tired of spam.
The obvious solution is to force every white person in America to create a MySpace login AND use it at least once a day. Failure to do so will result in prosecution by Eric Holder’s “Justice” Department, as soon as the Arizona lawsuit is finished, and the paperwork for dismissing the cases against the New Black Panthers and the sanctuary cities is pushed through.
Long list but also, not flavor of the month.
Racist coffee.
The narrative that these digital suburbs were safer than the city enhanced its desirability, particularly for those who had no interest in interacting with people who were different.
Plu-ease! Narrative? What narrative? Everybody has the right to interact with who they want to. Sometimes it's reciprocated, sometimes not. That's life.
I called a bunch of whining black women “cows” and someone accused me of being racist. I said all the cows around my farm are white. And they are.
Kinda reminds me of what happened to the CB radio craze of the 70’s
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