This is sort of random, but … as I’ve been reading the portfolios and listening to what you say in class, I’ve noticed that lots of people have the very definite impression that no one uses Myspace any more. I thought I’d point out that that’s not quite true.
I guess I always associate what’s popular with how much I see or hear of something. Since myspace is more on the back burner for our generation with Facebook and twitter taking the reigns, I assume that myspace is practically nonexistent without considering the social media habits of people unlike myself, such as other cultures, age groups, etc.
I also rarely think of social media sites requiring workers. In the back of my head I know that websites need to be run by somebody, but the extent of workers it requires and the potential amount of money that a site can be sold for always surprises me when I am reminded. Most business type activity for social networking sites is behind the scenes, so a lot of it goes unnoticed by the vast majority of internet users.
