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i think you misunderstand homophilia.

ok, voted down, maybe for not explaining. alli can bring myself to do is say: the point is not barrier to entry but self-segregation.

starting a comment with "Utter nonsense. <article thesis> is rediculous" is entertaining but poor form (in my books). i think there are real issues here that are being belittled simply because sociology and media studies do not fall into the IT/web realm you are comfortable with.

i regret having risen to the bait to begin with. this article, ironcially, cannot be seriously considered in this community.



I think that you actually have a point. It's not so much about racial than about social class divide.

The fact that there's a correlation between class and race in the US and in Europe is a leftover of our recent history.

Facebook is cleaner, more orderly. Myspace is more chaotic and flashy. It's not surprising that people will cling online to sites with some familiarity to their real life environment.


We're not all tech people here on HN. Could you expand on why you think homophillia is the presiding effect for the migration to Facebook?


"i think you misunderstand homophilia."

I'm pretty sure that doesn't make any sense in this context. Did you mean something else?

[edit]

I see where you were coming from in the OP: "homophily".




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