Why Is FaceBook So White? - GoFuckYourself.com

cthulhu_waves · 07-15-2010, 06:36 AM

Facebook is so 2008. It's starting to attract *minorities*. I'm going to waspbook.com

Who's with me?

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Everyone knows that white people love Facebook and hate MySpace. But why? In a sure-to-be-controversial new essay, a famous internet sociologist says it's a lot like white flight.

Facebook users tend to be wealthier and more educated. And, thus, they have been disproportionately white, until very recently. This should not be a controversial observation. (Though, we are sure it will be!) What's trickier is explaining this discrepancy. Everyone's favorite Internet scholar, Danah Boyd, has come up with an intriguing theory in a new book chapter (PDF), as first reported by MIT's Technology Review. White people fled MySpace first because they got scared of it?eventually coming to see it as a sort of "digital ghetto" filled with creepy spammers, weirdo goth kids and people of color.

If you are of a certain age, you probably switched from a MySpace account to Facebook at some point during your youth. Boyd wants to understand this switch, and why white kids have made it quicker and more frequently than others. The obvious explanation is that all their white friends were doing it: Facebook was started at (predominately white, upperclass) Harvard, was built around (predominantly white, upperclass) college students and only opened to the general riffraff around 2006. So, duh, white kids are going to join Facebook at a higher rate than other races who happen to be poorer and less likely to go to college.

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96ukssob · 07-15-2010, 06:42 AM

wow

i left myspace because of all the spam and the constant friend requests of bands. if i was more into live/local music then I would probably still use myspace

sortie · 07-15-2010, 07:09 AM

Facebook and twitter are for megalomaniacs that think somebody in the world
actually gives a shit about what they do or where they are.

Period.

Dirty Lord · 07-15-2010, 07:19 AM

racist!
lol

fatfoo · 07-15-2010, 07:21 AM

I think that strange goths, creepy people, Karen O fans, punks and other freaks are more interesting than ordinary people.

CaptainHowdy · 07-15-2010, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by fatfoo

I think that strange goths, creepy people, Karen O fans, punks and other freaks are more interesting than ordinary people.

Not really...

B2BwithJoeD · 07-15-2010, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by sortie

Facebook and twitter are for megalomaniacs that think somebody in the world
actually gives a shit about what they do or where they are.

Period.

I love that post

Chosen · 07-15-2010, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by fatfoo

I think that strange goths, creepy people, Karen O fans, punks and other freaks are more interesting than ordinary people.

The're just dying without attention...

Scott McD · 07-15-2010, 01:27 PM

Fuck social networking.

Sick of hearing about it.

seeandsee · 07-15-2010, 01:32 PM

i like facebook because white pussy! hel ya!

07-15-2010, 06:42 AM	#2
96ukssob So Fucking Banananananas Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: If I was in your ass you'd know it Posts: 12,991	wow i left myspace because of all the spam and the constant friend requests of bands. if i was more into live/local music then I would probably still use myspace __________________ Email: Clicky on Me

07-15-2010, 07:09 AM	#3
sortie Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,771	Facebook and twitter are for megalomaniacs that think somebody in the world actually gives a shit about what they do or where they are. Period. __________________

07-15-2010, 07:19 AM	#4
Dirty Lord Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,681	racist! lol __________________

07-15-2010, 07:21 AM	#5
fatfoo ICQ:649699063 Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 27,763	I think that strange goths, creepy people, Karen O fans, punks and other freaks are more interesting than ordinary people. __________________ Send me an email: [email protected] Last edited by fatfoo; 07-15-2010 at 07:24 AM..

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Scott McD Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 67,795	Fuck social networking. Sick of hearing about it. __________________ I Buy My High Quality Traffic Here, You Should Too!

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seeandsee Check SIG! Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Europe (Skype: gojkoas) Posts: 50,945	i like facebook because white pussy! hel ya! __________________ BUY MY SIG - 50$/Year Contact here