Last week, we discovered that 4 out of 5 teens prefer and use Facebook over the leading sugarless gum.
Oh, sorry, I meant to say that while 7 out of 10 (73% to …
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actually just deleted my facebook page about 2 weeks ago. then again, im not a “youth”…
I’m 18 and none of friends have a Twitter. I had one to follow Chris Brown, but he closed his.
Hi,
What you may find remarkable and contrary to popular belief is that the fastest growing demographic on facebook is still women over 55 and not young people as we are lead to believe.
The age of a twitter user is difficult to ascertain without a direct survey.
However, we can assume that the average twitter user age (mode, rather than median) is somewhere between 18 and 21.
Interesting!!?
Regards
Dawn Pugh
Twitter’s effectiveness seems to be primarily in the business world. I heard how executives use it to communicate to the subordinates or customers on up and coming changes or developments. I also thought it was kind of interesting hearing some of the politicians comments while they were supposed to be in session.
I have been young for a long time but I find the facebook is invaluable for communicating with friends and family around the country. I don’t have to mess with email or snail mail to send pictures or messages. I can updated groups of people without having to go to each one and repeat myself twenty times. It’s slick, sleek and simply usable whereas myspace became bloated and barely tolerable.
I don’t know much about facebook & nothing about twitter.
I scored a 3 out of 100 for extrovertion in a 5 factor peronality test, that’s probably why (I’m perfectly happy with that).
Whenever anyone talks about facebook all they can talk about is how many “friends” they have.
The reasons behind the facebook sensation are complex & many, but amoungst other things it is a mindless neurotic game to see who can aquire the most friends & parade them to the world. Teenagers usually have no other significant property or acheivements to compete & show off with.
Presumably because I am an introvert I use the internet mainly to shop, share knowledge & ideas and learn.
I am constantly frustrated in chat-sites, when I try to start a serious discussion, by a Tsumami of obvious extroverts babbling about nothing for the sake of it, finding a date (with someone on the other side of the world) seems to be high on the agenda too.
To me Facebook is an even more extreme forum for bonding/connecting for the sake of it, I think these socialites will eventually find real-world interaction is the most satisfying option for extroverts.
he he
maybe I’ll start realworld-book for them
$$$$
Yep, very interesting. Usually the majority takes the easiest and shortest way. Let us see where else it leads. However this allows the true hard-workers who provide real value for the web to stand out and grow!