By Kendall Stewart
We all remember Myspace, Facebook’s precursor in the world of social networking. Members set up profiles where they write information about themselves, list their interests, and post pictures of themselves. Well here’s a new twist on the average Myspace profile – it’s fictional!
It’s called the NYC Teen Mindspace, and it uses fictional characters [...]
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Tags: facebook·mental health·myspace·New York City·NYC·social networking·Technology·Teens
Editor’s Note: Warning, this blog contains words that may be offensive to readers.
By Remy Marin
After joining Facebook a few months ago, my mother nearly fainted at the messages that teens wrote to each other. She was shocked at my explanation that “love ya bitch” and “you’re such a skank, xoxo” were common exchanges among friends, [...]
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Tags: adolescent·facebook·internet·slang·social networking·stereotypes·Teens·web