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I think this argument is a waste of everyone's time. Yes, there is a class issue at work here. If you're old enough to recall the time when people posting to
Usenet newsgroups would get flamed for having an AOL address, then you're old enough to remember when people would get flamed on internet forums for having a WebTV address. And that makes you just old enough to realize that there always will be condescending jerks on the internet who will be ready to disparage anyone who doesn't meet their criteria for internet savviness. It is not a matter of populist pride in Myspace so much as it is elitist pride in Facebook. I hold accounts in both because I have friends in both networks. Both platforms have differences that make them equally inviting and compelling for me. Frankly, I hope both networks meet the same fate Friendster did, and I pray that a truly open solution for social networking evolves.