I dunno... I'm British and I founded Ryze, a pioneering social network which was a huge influence on Friendster, which in turn led to MySpace and Facebook. And

I dunno... I'm British and I founded Ryze, a pioneering social network which was a huge influence on Friendster, which in turn led to MySpace and Facebook. And I never went to high school. But then again I never lived in Britain, so maybe the article's hypothesis is fine, just not the headline... ;) And there is the example of Bebo also...