MySpace Tribes
New classifications.
(WORLD) Those sneaky guys at The Future Laboratory set up a ‘virtual hide’ in MySpace and conducted 1,000 interviews, the result of which are the following new classifications of tribes:
- Mindies—teetotal under-18s who follow the teen bands
- Cheemos—combination of chav and goth looks (the word is a cross between chav and emo)
- Slash/slash—kids are multi-skilled who like to create their own music and fashion
- Rudettes—follow Lily Allen’s rude-girl style
- Double dressers—friends who co-ordinate matching or complementary outfits
- Essentialists—primarily use social networking sites to stay in touch with friends
- Transumers—those who follow new trends rather than make them
- Connectors—specialise in identifying and linking to cool content
- Collaborators—who create events and projects online by teaming up with other users
- Scene breaking—hunting down new bands and talent online and sharing that through the site
- Netrepreneurs—who use social networking sites to make money
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