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« Thinking Theater | Main | The blogger doth protest too much, methinks... » Ethnic Groups Finding Their Space OnlinePosted by Catherine Claeys on November 29, 2006 at November 29, 2006 3:43 PMAccording to BuzzMetrics, postings at consumer-generated content sites have grown 30 percent a year since 2003 and will total 1.8 billion this year. Social networking sites targeted toward African-Americans, (BlackPlanet.com) Asian-Americans (AsianAvenue.com) and Latinos (MiGente.com), have found a home online, boasting more than 16 million registered users. Although meager compared to MySpace’s 100 million users, the niche networks have found success by bringing together close-knit communities with much to talk about. Users can create profiles and search for people by gender, age, interests and ethnicity. The sites also feature chat rooms, message boards, job listings, personals and advertisements. Currently, BusinessWeek reports 86 percent of Asian-Americans are online, 56 percent of African-Americans are online and 45 percent of Latinos are currently online and undergoing the fastest online migration.
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