▁media ▁became ▁heavily ▁concerned ▁with ▁te en ▁participation ▁and ▁the ▁potential ▁d angers ▁they ▁faced ▁using ▁the ▁site . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁te ens ▁avoided ▁joining ▁the ▁site ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁associated ▁ris ks ▁( e . g . ▁child ▁pred ators ▁and ▁lack ▁of ▁control ) ▁and ▁parents ▁began ▁to ▁public ly ▁den ounce ▁the ▁site . ▁Ult imately , ▁the ▁site ▁was ▁l abeled ▁as ▁dangerous , ▁and ▁many ▁were ▁det ract ed ▁from ▁interact ing ▁with ▁the ▁site . ▁As ▁bo yd ▁also ▁describes , ▁when ▁Facebook ▁initially ▁launched ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁it ▁sole ly ▁target ed ▁college ▁students ▁and ▁access ▁was ▁intention ally ▁limited . ▁Facebook ▁started ▁as ▁a ▁Harvard - only ▁social ▁networking ▁site ▁before ▁expand ing ▁to ▁all ▁other ▁I vy ▁League ▁schools . ▁It ▁then ▁made ▁its ▁way ▁to ▁other ▁top ▁univers ities ▁and ▁ultimately ▁to ▁a ▁wider ▁range ▁of ▁schools . ▁Because ▁of ▁its ▁orig ins , ▁some ▁saw ▁Facebook ▁as ▁an ▁“ el ite ” ▁social ▁networking ▁site . ▁While ▁it ▁was ▁very ▁open ▁and ▁accepting ▁to ▁some , ▁it ▁seemed ▁to ▁out law ▁and ▁sh un ▁out ▁most ▁others ▁who ▁didn ' t ▁fit ▁that ▁“ el ite ” ▁categor ization . ▁These ▁narr atives ▁propag ated ▁by ▁the ▁media ▁influenced ▁the ▁large ▁movement ▁of ▁te en age ▁users ▁from ▁one ▁social ▁networking ▁site ▁to ▁another . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁Arab ▁Spring ▁§ ▁Social ▁media ▁ ▁Aug ment ed ▁reality ▁ ▁Cit izen ▁media ▁ ▁Co ke