Two articles have spurred this blog post. Danah Boyd's Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace and The New York Observer's The New Victorians.
Both are great articles in looking into societal trends. Boyd's article will come across as conventional knowledge for many of us that grew up alongside with MySpace and Facebook as if they were our peers. But for an inspiring intellectual to publish the story validates our own thoughts and feelings on the two social networking sites.
The Observer article was more eye opening for myself and help put a name to different trends I have spotted. The New Victorians seem to be a sub-set of yuppies who really want to grow up earlier. No more acid dropping, drunk fueled sex nights, and crazy raves for these mid 20 year olds (Yes most people don't have that but an extreme comparison is always nice). This group of 20 somethings are quickly looking for that new piece at Williams-Sonoma and how many shades of khaki the Gap has.
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