Social Networking news and information

Hay, you know what, the United States is claimed by MySpace, but all of Canada is owned by Facebook - if you can believe the Social networking world map below:

The post came from SocialMediaToday and brings up a few points that challange our popular conceptions of which social networks are dominant and where:

(1) Friendster, the social network first mover that is so widely considered a failure here in the US that its brand name is sometimes used as a verb meaning 'to be lose your lead and be trounced by a competitor who learns from your mistakes and does what you do smarter and better,' is still tops in Asia; (2) two of the top properties -- Gaia Online here in the states and Cyworld in Asia -- are not mere MySpace-style social networks; both incorporate virtual world elements, hinting that Second Life or no Second Life, consumers (especially youth and teens) are moving toward virtual worlds to interact with one another.