Just wanted to share a few comments from Ypulse readers. A few of you weighed in on MTV's new Think MTV social networking site and my pondering whether too many of these sites are at odds with the desired outcomes...

Tommy said:

Ain't that the truth. That dilema is everywhere....eg. BlueRay DVD or HD DVD

The larger companies have an agenda and will never work together.

I find your take on Microsoft interesting especially in the classroom. If my memory serves me correct, between 1985 - 2000 Microsoft had spent nothing to see how their technology worked in the classroom.

Yaz said:

I'm a little biased, because I work for one of those social networking sites, but I agree with you completely.

If they don't want to collaborate, then supporting a lot of the innitiatives that are already out there would make a huge impact.

As a side note, seems to me MTV jumped on the bandwagon too late, and I am of the thinking that too many online communities just piss people off.

Drew said:

In my mind, it's all good. Good for MTV for putting their weight behind the issue, good for the competition since MTV's presence will act like rising tide for all the teen activism ships and good for teens who can easily lose their way in a flood of all consuming media options (TV, IM, video games, Facebook, etc.) And as a father of two teenagers, I can assure you that teens need every bit of inspiration they can get wherever they can find it.

And in response to marketing pop artists on school milk cartons, Dan said:

My oldest son has entered elementary school and I think it's ridiculous that my child is growing up in a culture where everything has to "be cool" to consume. It's not cool, it's good for you.

Keep the comments coming!

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