On the contrary for me at least: thanks Heath for drawing attention to it. Doostang was new to me. I'm currently working on a book chapter that theorises these sites that operate at the boundary between friendship and job networking (tho my definition of what constitutes such a site is very broad). I'll be giving some initial thoughts at a seminar at Goldsmiths next week (details on my blog, here: http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/07/08/london-calling-2/). As a non-US person, I wonder if others might be able to send examples of more sites like these that are operating at the ivy-league and/or creative class end of the spectrum - noting the companies that are listed on Doostang, but also thinking of the exclusivity of sites like http://www.rightstuffdating.com. which you can't join if you aren't US-based. (I told my colleague who tried she should send a jpeg of the ivy growing outside her office window!) I'm also very interested in non-US sites of the same ilk. I guess my argument is you're hardly going to find a networking site for students of low-ranked unis, right? But in light of the recent thread, Facebook's relation to all this is interesting. I'd welcome others' thoughts on or off list. Cheers Melissa Dr Melissa Gregg ARC Postdoctoral Fellow Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies Level 4, Forgan Smith Tower The University of Queensland 4072 Australia CRICOS provider number: 00025B http://eprint.uq.edu.au/perl/user?userid=675 http://cccs.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=16194&pid=16136 -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Heath Row Sent: Wed 7/11/2007 11:46 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org; Heath Row Subject: Re: [Air-l] I've added you as a friend on Doostang... I apologize. I accidentally invited my entire address book to join Doostang, thinking I was seeing who was already a member. I didn't mean to send that to the list and apologize for the inconvenience, if any. Heath On 7/10/07, Heath Row <invite@doostang.com> wrote:

I've requested to add you as a friend on Doostang, an invite-only career community started at Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. You can use Doostang to find a job or internship, network, and access valuable career information from peers and industry professionals.

Thanks,

Heath

Follow this link to accept my friend request. http://www.doostang.com/sign_up2.asp?fid=&invite=D9264A57-2DC4-4E25-8FA8-9B8...

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