There was a rush of high school students pouring in after Facebook opened to everyone last year September. This resulted in a huge number of high school teens registering for Facebook. Despite the rise of high school teens enrolling on Facebook was still framed as being about college.

I believe that this is indeed a change taking place, but it’s not a shift so much as a fragmentation. Until recently, teenagers were flocking to MySpace. The picture is now indistinct. Some teens are flocking to MySpace while the others are flocking to Facebook. What they choose is kind of sticky because it seems it primarily has to do with opting for something different to break the monotony.

The other reason for this is the ideal substitute provided by Facebook after MySpace dangerously estranged “good” kids. Parents weren’t nearly as terrified of Facebook because it seemed “safe” thanks to the network-driven structure.

I suspect that this will be received with criticism, but my hope is that the readers who encounter this essay might be able to help me think through this. In other words, I want feedback on this piece.