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The initial requirement of a .edu address certainly shaped why we weren't on Facebook in large numbers at first, but let's not perpetuate the "black people were late to social media sites" myth.
Facebook started from a white Ivy league student, so it's natural that demographic was introduced to it first.
Why does everything have to be so racial? Whoever wrote this post had nothing better else to do than did up old shit that doesn't matter. Do your research and check out http://theblvdmag.com
What about collegeclub.com, Blackplanet....these are all old. Black folks are never behind....we are always the innovators! Believe that!
check out http://theblvdmag.com
And to 'guest', it doesn't always have to be about race, but obviously research like that is important otherwise the Macarthur Foundation wouldn't have given her and Northwestern the funding to conduct the research in the first place. Mikey Digital
Black Digerati agrees with you.. as black folks we are the innovators.. we created science.. check the history on that.. But there are a lot of people (even ivy league trained professors) that don't know about our history in technology.. an example of someone not knowing is the video we posted up on the site..
Also, at Black Digerati we don't beat the race drum.. that is a waste of time.. we're all about the development, visibility and inclusion of African-Americans in technology as academic majors, in corporate america, and as tech entrepreneurs.. we do this by creating persuasive technologies.. nothing more nothing less..