Comments on: Do Facebook Users Have a MySpace Mentality? http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/ The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:02:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Minger http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-1081 Minger Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:10:22 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-1081 i think there's an implicit premise that social promiscuity must remain stable over time. this notion is wrong. look at sexual promiscuity in the us. who would have thought the free love era was possible coming out of the 50s. who would thought that we would become more sexually conservative coming out of the 60s and 70s? supposedly the kids today are sexually promiscuous again. and did sophos check the control by sampling social permissiveness on myspace? there are three populations on myspace: the socially restrictive, fake profiles that will do anything, and socially open profiles. making sweeping generalizations without a stating a model of changes over time, understanding the distinct populations within a network, and checking controls is WEAK science. hey but we can't expect too much thinking from the blogosphere can we? i think there’s an implicit premise that social promiscuity must remain stable over time. this notion is wrong. look at sexual promiscuity in the us. who would have thought the free love era was possible coming out of the 50s. who would thought that we would become more sexually conservative coming out of the 60s and 70s? supposedly the kids today are sexually promiscuous again. and did sophos check the control by sampling social permissiveness on myspace? there are three populations on myspace: the socially restrictive, fake profiles that will do anything, and socially open profiles. making sweeping generalizations without a stating a model of changes over time, understanding the distinct populations within a network, and checking controls is WEAK science. hey but we can’t expect too much thinking from the blogosphere can we?

]]> By: Minger http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-12875 Minger Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:10:22 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-12875 i think there's an implicit premise that social promiscuity must remain stable over time. this notion is wrong. look at sexual promiscuity in the us. who would have thought the free love era was possible coming out of the 50s. who would thought that we would become more sexually conservative coming out of the 60s and 70s? supposedly the kids today are sexually promiscuous again. and did sophos check the control by sampling social permissiveness on myspace? there are three populations on myspace: the socially restrictive, fake profiles that will do anything, and socially open profiles. making sweeping generalizations without a stating a model of changes over time, understanding the distinct populations within a network, and checking controls is WEAK science. hey but we can't expect too much thinking from the blogosphere can we? i think there’s an implicit premise that social promiscuity must remain stable over time. this notion is wrong. look at sexual promiscuity in the us. who would have thought the free love era was possible coming out of the 50s. who would thought that we would become more sexually conservative coming out of the 60s and 70s? supposedly the kids today are sexually promiscuous again. and did sophos check the control by sampling social permissiveness on myspace? there are three populations on myspace: the socially restrictive, fake profiles that will do anything, and socially open profiles. making sweeping generalizations without a stating a model of changes over time, understanding the distinct populations within a network, and checking controls is WEAK science. hey but we can’t expect too much thinking from the blogosphere can we?

]]> By: Bertil Hatt http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-1058 Bertil Hatt Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:58:12 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-1058 I've never had “total strangers”, but some request with little point (“OMG!!! You lov Paris 2!... We MUST b frnds!!!”) I tend to accepted them (you never know what a stranger can bring you), and erase them a few days after that. I’ve never had “total strangers”, but some request with little point (“OMG!!! You lov Paris 2!… We MUST b frnds!!!”)
I tend to accepted them (you never know what a stranger can bring you), and erase them a few days after that.

]]> By: Bertil Hatt http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-12874 Bertil Hatt Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:58:12 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-12874 I've never had “total strangers”, but some request with little point (“OMG!!! You lov Paris 2!... We MUST b frnds!!!”)<br>I tend to accepted them (you never know what a stranger can bring you), and erase them a few days after that. I’ve never had “total strangers”, but some request with little point (“OMG!!! You lov Paris 2!… We MUST b frnds!!!”)
I tend to accepted them (you never know what a stranger can bring you), and erase them a few days after that.

]]> By: Zvi Band http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-1030 Zvi Band Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:06:53 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-1030 I wrote about this yesterday as well. Social networks rely on having some kind of connection between users. For general purpose social networks, such as FB/MySpace/Twitter, the utility of them is zero without it. If you add random people, that's all your social network is... just a bunch of meaningless connections. I wrote about this yesterday as well. Social networks rely on having some kind of connection between users. For general purpose social networks, such as FB/MySpace/Twitter, the utility of them is zero without it. If you add random people, that’s all your social network is… just a bunch of meaningless connections.

]]> By: Zvi Band http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-12873 Zvi Band Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:06:53 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-12873 I wrote about this yesterday as well. Social networks rely on having some kind of connection between users. For general purpose social networks, such as FB/MySpace/Twitter, the utility of them is zero without it. If you add random people, that's all your social network is... just a bunch of meaningless connections. I wrote about this yesterday as well. Social networks rely on having some kind of connection between users. For general purpose social networks, such as FB/MySpace/Twitter, the utility of them is zero without it. If you add random people, that’s all your social network is… just a bunch of meaningless connections.

]]> By: With The Band - Zvi Band http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-1029 With The Band - Zvi Band Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:04:58 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-1029 <strong>On Facebook and Friendship...</strong> ... On Facebook and Friendship…

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]]> By: With The Band - Zvi Band http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-12872 With The Band - Zvi Band Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:04:58 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-12872 <strong>On Facebook and Friendship...</strong><br><br>... On Facebook and Friendship…

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]]> By: Chris Jackson http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-1027 Chris Jackson Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:56:44 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-1027 I have added strangers - but they are strangers that have qualities that i admire or want to learn for personal benefit. So - yes, they are strangers but they will soon be mentors. I have added strangers - but they are strangers that have qualities that i admire or want to learn for personal benefit. So - yes, they are strangers but they will soon be mentors.

]]> By: Chris Jackson http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-12871 Chris Jackson Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:56:44 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/do-facebook-users-have-a-myspace-mentality/#comment-12871 I have added strangers - but they are strangers that have qualities that i admire or want to learn for personal benefit. So - yes, they are strangers but they will soon be mentors. I have added strangers - but they are strangers that have qualities that i admire or want to learn for personal benefit. So - yes, they are strangers but they will soon be mentors.

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