-- Posted by kidd rune at 11:56 am on July 7, 2009 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25723022-2,00.html" target="_top">http://http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25723022-2,00.html Facebook 'sparked white flight from MySpace' A "WHITE flight" to Facebook has turned MySpace into a black ghetto, according to a social analyst in the US. Danah Boyd said Facebook's arrival sparked a migration from MySpace of white users, the educated and the wealthy, while non-whites had stuck together on MySpace. MySpace is owned by News Corp, the parent company of the publisher of NEWS.com.au. "It wasn't just anyone who left MySpace to go to Facebook," Ms Boyd, who works with Microsoft Research New England, told a crowd at New York's Democracy Forum. "We might as well face an uncomfortable reality ... what happened was modern day 'white flight'." Ms Boyd said MySpace had become a digital "ghetto". "The people there are more likely to be brown or black and to have a set of values that terrifies white society," she said. Her interviews with American teenagers since 2006 showed that online migration mimicked the patterns of class groups' movements across cities. She found teens who preferred Facebook were far more likely to talk down to those who use MySpace than vice versa. Ms Boyd said her research showed high school students found Facebook "more cultured" and "less cheesy" than MySpace. "Any high school student who has a Facebook page will tell you MySpace users are more likely to be barely educated and obnoxious," she said. Ms Boyd also warned that the class divisions on social sites will harden over time. "Their decision to (move to Facebook) was wrapped up in their connections to others, in their belief that a more peaceful, quiet, less-public space would be more idyllic." http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25723022-2,00.html" target="_top">http://http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25723022-2,00.html -- Posted by Aqueous at 11:58 am on July 7, 2009 LOL I don't know one black person that has myspace. A lot of white people I know have myspace. -- Posted by Joep0113 at 11:58 am on July 7, 2009 Having facebook i agree with this 100%. -- Posted by guitargod1 at 11:58 am on July 7, 2009 i know black people on facebook -- Posted by Rollo Tomasi at 11:59 am on July 7, 2009 well, facebook was originally restricted to college students and staff, who are mostly white. -- Posted by 0h h3ll n0 at 12:00 pm on July 7, 2009 I know a lot of white people that use Myspace. But saying that, I've seen far more white people on FB. That's quite interesting.... I've never thought about it. -- Posted by Rollo Tomasi at 12:00 pm on July 7, 2009 that, and most myspace pages make the early 1999 era geocities websites with 10,000 flashing banners look tame by comparison -- Posted by amber1991 at 12:00 pm on July 7, 2009 "Danah Boyd said Facebook's arrival sparked a migration from MySpace of white users, the educated and the wealthy, while non-whites had stuck together on MySpace. " ...I'm white (well half) and I use myspace. Actually I use myspace and facebook. -- Posted by kidd rune at 12:02 pm on July 7, 2009 Negroes should all switch to ourspace.com and arrange mob beatings on Whites. http://tinyurl.com/kkgteb -- Posted by 420trendz at 12:03 pm on July 7, 2009 I think the migration encompasses all races. Myspace is dead and most of my friends agree (who are black) -- Posted by Lunarose at 12:15 pm on July 7, 2009 I have both and I'm black -- Posted by jakelong at 9:07 pm on July 8, 2009 Quote: from Rollo Tomasi at 11:59 am on July 7, 2009 well, facebook was originally restricted to college students and staff, who are mostly white. Funny that the OP failed to note this -- Posted by whoisabs at 8:53 pm on July 9, 2009 Quote: from kidd rune at 12:02 pm on July 7, 2009 Negroes should all switch to ourspace.com and arrange mob beatings on Whites. http://tinyurl.com/kkgteb is that anything like myblackplanet ? -- Posted by jakelong at 10:24 pm on July 9, 2009 Whites should all go to http://www.showmywhitespace.com/ and stay there   -- Posted by woodsy93 at 6:21 am on July 10, 2009 I never even used myspace but have a facebook and im black. -- Posted by Chava at 8:28 am on July 10, 2009 Lol alot of my myspace friends are really ghetto and alot of my facebook friends are alot more sophisticated. -- Posted by DeoxysDNA at 8:32 am on July 10, 2009 Quote: from Chava at 8:28 am on July 10, 2009 Lol alot of my myspace friends are really ghetto and alot of my facebook friends are alot more sophisticated. Always trying to say something. 10 out out 23 of my friends are ghetto/or ignorant acting at times and they are white. -- Posted by Chava at 2:54 pm on July 10, 2009 Quote: from DeoxysDNA at 11:32 am on July 10, 2009 Quote: from Chava at 8:28 am on July 10, 2009 Lol alot of my myspace friends are really ghetto and alot of my facebook friends are alot more sophisticated. Always trying to say something. 10 out out 23 of my friends are ghetto/or ignorant acting at times and they are white. Actually all of my friends on myspace are white. And most of them are ghetto. I have a couple of black friends on facebook that are sophisticated. -- Posted by Laurence at 11:05 pm on July 10, 2009 What I find truly amazing is the propensity of social analysts to "read" racially based motivation into any event or phenomenon. In particular the phrases highlighted by the OP are nothing more than occurences which may be motivated by other causes than "white flight". The mere existence of a phenomenon which separates one race from another could be simply due to - the greater interest of some educated and professional individuals in the features and options available in Facebook - the particular format of Facebook which might appeal more to certain demographics such as educated and professional individuals - the fact that the features provided by Myspace tend to respond more to he needs of younger people and students. Since in the English speaking whites tend to be more represented in the educated and professional demographics then it would be natural that whites may be found in greater numbers in Facebook. I have many friends and co-workers of differnt races and have invited them to Facebook. Among my friends, co-workers and other professional and social acquaintances I have an impressive network or persons of various races. Many of them were actually already present in Facebook when I established them as facebook friends. There is no real "white flight" or any other racial phenomenon here. Simply a greater move among those with college degrees and in professional circles towards the features provided by facebook, The simple fact is that facebook is a much richer environment and as more people realize this they often favor facebook over myspace -- Posted by Hoop Jargon at 7:29 am on July 14, 2009 Quote: from Lunarose at 7:15 am on July 8, 2009 I have both and I'm black well you're just a house nigger then. -- Posted by skaterofthefuture at 12:21 pm on July 14, 2009 What a load of complete bullshit. -- Posted by RedRevolver at 2:55 pm on July 14, 2009 Wow. I think Ms. Boyd is barely educated. -- Posted by SpRiNgS at 6:02 pm on July 14, 2009 Quote: from Hoop Jargon at 7:29 am on July 14, 2009 Quote: from Lunarose at 7:15 am on July 8, 2009 I have both and I'm black well you're just a house nigger then. idk if you're joking or what but that was seriously uncalled for -- Posted by Alizay at 6:43 pm on July 14, 2009 Quote: from skaterofthefuture at 3:21 pm on July 14, 2009 What a load of complete bullshit. QFT