XKCD Updates Its Map: We No Longer Live In Actual Countries But Digital Ones

A lot has changed since illustrator Randall Monroe drew up the original XKCD "Map Of Online Communities" in 2007. In testament to how far we as Internet denizens have come, earlier this week XKCD updated its beloved classic to more accurately reflect the rapidly �online world in 2010. From Monroe in 2007:

"I'm waiting for the day when, if you tell someone 'I'm from the internet' instead of laughing they just ask, 'Oh what part?'"

Until that day is here (and it's coming VERY soon, like tomorrow) here's a quick state of the Internet union; In 2007 the most prominent digital countries were Myspace, Friendster, AOL, Live Journal and Xanga ... In 2010? Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Skype, QQ, Happy Farm and Farmville. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose?

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