I really appreciated Danah's post on MySpace because it gave some specific data on age, socioeconomic status, etc. My plea is that others do the same. Even if you discuss with your university students, a bit about what the sample size is, where located, age, and rough ethnicity/socioeconomic description would be appreciated. It will help people understand what you are saying and place it in context. My other plea is to try to write in jargon-free English as much as possible. Sometimes jargon is necessary, but this is an international, interdisciplinary list, and clear writing would be great. If you look at the most recent digest, it is jargon-filled, and even from a linguistics professor! Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________