In Danah Boyd’s research, Boyd discovered through a young, white, fourteen year old student named Kate that there was a kind of segregation between MySpace and Facebook.  Not wanting to be “racist,” Kate is embarrassed and hesitant to tell Boyd about the separation that she sees between the social backgrounds of those who have  MySpace or Facebook.

At one point, Kate explains how having MySpace is considered “ghetto.”  In her research, Boyd finds out that the segregation that Kate and her classmates experience is not only a social networking separation at Kate’s school, but is actually a segregation happening among teenagers nationally.  Through Boyd’s research, she discovers that what Kate had informed her about the segregation between the “ghetto” students who have MySpace, and the affluent white students who have Facebook, is valid.

Boyd specifies that the students who are found on Facebook generally tend to be White and Asian, while those who have MySpace accounts are generally Black and Latino.  Boyd tracks back the reasons as to this separation stating that friendships and friendship networks helped in the transition.  However, Boyd ultimately concludes that though some students may argue that the transition  from MySpace to Facebook are simply for the reasons of it being more current and aesthetic, there still lies the inevitable contributing factor that the change of social networks trace back to race, ethnicity, class, and background.

Though it is unfortunate to discover that Facebook was at one point the “classier” social network, it is definitely safe to say that individuals from all social backgrounds, races, ethnicities, and classes have overcome that period of segregation as Facebook is currently the top social network site.