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New research on social networking software

By clock on July 12, 2006.

Fred Stutzman just posted his latest data on the use of Facebook, this time comparing the incoming college freshmen of Summer 2006 to Summer 2005.

Quick notes:

- more people enter college with already existing Facebook accounts
- less people announce their political affiliation
- people have more out-of-network friends

Fred notes some possible explanations for these trends. I posted my quick thoughts in the comments on his post.

You can find my quick analysis of Facebook here and all of Fred's posts related to his Facebook research here.

In related news, Danah Boyd posts about the latest study on MySpace, particularly the question of denger from online stalkers. Larry Rosen, the author of the study, shows up in the comments and explains some more....

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