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I'm old enough to remember white flight. To make an analogy with MySpace migration to Facebook is absurd.
by wayt 17y ago
I'm old enough to remember white flight. To make an analogy with MySpace migration to Facebook is absurd.
- diN0bot 17y agoi agree that the "white flight" analogy is a bit much. that reminds me, there are some good comments here: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/06/30/pdf_talk_the_no.html http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/06/30/pdf_tal...
- calambrac 17y agoWhy? The only difference was that white flight had a quantifiable cost barrier preventing minorities from leaving decaying inner cities as well. She's saying that this is disturbing because it's still happening, even without that financial barrier.
- enjo 17y agoWhat if I reject the premise? I've yet to see a compelling argument as to why this type of self-selection is truly harmful. Why is it a problem if folks of similar culture choose to utilize the same tools? This idea that we should all live in close exposure to diverse opinion is nice, but goes against my basic instinct. I don't want to spend my time defending my cultural choices to folks who disagree. I don't need my life to look like an internet message board.
- calambrac 17y agoThe fact that you think close proximity to another culture involves spending all your time defending yourself proves the point to me...
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- dan_the_welder 17y agoYeah me too. About 5 years ago I moved from the warehouse district into an urban neighborhood, shortly after many of my bike punk friends followed. I called us white blight.