That's very interesting. You are right, it may be cultura. I have never
used my Myspace account, not really anyway. I resisted the myspace surge
and was always interested in orkut / friendster until I found facebook,
so perhaps there's a relative difference.

Interesting point, Jarod.
>> I would therefore argue that calling something "obsolete" because other
>> choices are available isn't sufficient. I mean, the skateboard is
>> another choice for getting around a city, but does that make car's
>> obsolete? For true obsolescence to occur, there must be a better way to
>> accomplish the goal that the newly-obsolete technology addresses, and
>> this better way must make the original choice more costly (in a games
>> theory sense of utility) than the new technology in so far as satisfying
>> that user goal.
>>     
>
> Agree fully.
>   

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