USATODAY.com - Teens hang out at MySpace - The Diigo Meta page

• 20 Feb 10
  

  Sofia Fatone-Zayas

  First inquiry

  • one's MySpace page is not just a home in that place, it's actually who they are  online
  • "Your page is like your personality," Edwards, 17, says
  • Instead of the antiquated teen ritual of talking on the phone for hours, MySpace  members spend hour upon hour sending each other instant messages and short  messages called bulletins.
  • "Teens are narcissistic and  exhibitionist," says Anastasia   Goodstein, who publishes online news and  commentary site Ypulse, about   Generation Y. "For teens, especially, who  are going through this stage where   they're  constantly looking for that affirmation and validation and response for    everything they are, it's just  addictive."
  • "is the kind of place that in earlier generations, kids dreamed about — where  they could go and be with their friends, meet new people with similar tastes and  find out what's cool, what's hot and what's not."
  • In addition to the record label, MySpace is expanding offline with local event  planning — including large-scale concerts and festivals — and plans to bring  MySpace to mobile devices and satellite radio
  • It's now replacing the ritual of giving out phone numbers or even e-mail  addresses
  • "Now that it's gone all mainstream, it's kind of weird," she says. "A lot of  people get profiles because they feel obligated to have one. Like 'Everybody in  my class has a MySpace, so I should get one, too.

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• 07 Aug 06
  

  Meaghan Fu

  socialnetworking unique visitors

  • In the past year, the number of visitors to MySpace (from homes, workplaces  and colleges) has skyrocketed, making it the Web’s top social networking  site:

     

    MySpace.com
    Nov. 2004: 4.9 million
    Nov. 2005: 26.7  million

     

    Facebook.com
    Nov. 2004: N/A
    Nov. 2005: 11.1  million

     

    Xanga.com
    Nov. 2004: 5.8 million
    Nov. 2005: 7.9  million

     

    Bebo.com
    Nov. 2004: N/A
    Nov. 2005: 1.5 million

     

    Friendster.com
    Nov. 2004: 966,000
    Nov. 2005: 1.5  million

     

    Tribe Networks Inc.
    Nov. 2004: 62,000
    Nov. 2005:  515,000

     

    Linkedin.com
    Nov. 2004: 123,000
    Nov. 2005:  354,188

     

    Orkut.com
    Nov. 2004: N/A
    Nov. 2005: 83,000

     

    Source: comScore Media Metrix, a division of comScore Networks, Inc.  
• 04 Aug 06
  

  Matt McAlister

  culture media myspace socialnetworks trends

• 05 Jul 06
  

  Karel Baloun

  fb book

• 15 Jan 06
  

  Deb Ramsay

  USATODAY.com, 1-8-2006

  Resources: Online Safety

Page Comments

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  Matt McAlister on 2006-08-04
  Forget the mall. Forget the movies. Forget school. Forget even AOL. If you're a teen in America today, the place to be is the social networking site MySpace

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