Ethnic clustering in blogging communities. This report by Hat Nim Choi studied and compared the LiveJournal and Xanga weblog communities, both of which seem to predominantly attract teenagers. While I’m not 100% confident about the methodology, the first figure from the results section is quite striking.
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A LiveJournal user picked at random is overwhelmingly likely to be white, while a random Xangan is much more likely to be Asian or Asian-American.
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