In November of 2006, MySpace was the largest Online
Social Network (OSN) in the world, with more than 130
million users [2]. After having this large amount of users, a
massive departure from MySpace took place. The reasons
that led to this event are not clear, although several studies
have tried to identify the main factors that contributed to
this phenomenon. Among these factors is the lack of privacy
mechanisms to protect the information of users. In
that particular period of time, the great majority of users of
MySpace were teenagers who inadvertently disclosed their
private information.The exposure of teenagers’ information
led to incidents in which teenagers were victims of sexual
predators [3]. The media repeatedly reported cases in which
teenagers’ safety was threatened due to their participation
in MySpace. This may have led to the concern of parents
and schools to educate and make teenagers leave MySpace.
Hence, both mass media and family pressure seem to be
plausible factors that influenced the departure.