boyd Reading

Examining how class affects social networking is quite interesting. Boyd's reading says that teenagers are more likely to use Facebook or more likely to use Myspace based on their social class; since Facebook is more geared towards college students. I remember when I first join Facebook and it was strictly limited to college students, kind of felt like some special club. The main lesson I took away from Boyd's reading was, libraries should be aware of their user population and how they would use social networking sites. If a library is trying to attract new users or seeking more involvement from exiting users, it would be pointless to use a site that is unfamiliar and rarely used by their target population. Similar to other library services, the social networking sites used by the library should be enticing and accessible to the user population.