Comments on: The fastest growing age group on Facebook also still gets the newspaper http://demicooper.com/blog/2009/07/08/the-fastest-growing-age-group-on-facebook-also-still-gets-the-newspaper/ Keeping marketing professionals in touch with new advertising and web techniques, services, software, design and media. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:23:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Morgan http://demicooper.com/blog/2009/07/08/the-fastest-growing-age-group-on-facebook-also-still-gets-the-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Morgan Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:17:23 +0000 http://demicooper.com/blog/?p=651#comment-854 Facebook is such a great way to communicate with family and friends. It's no wonder why so many people are on there, including people over 55. Like you said, the group over 55 is just realizing how great this tool is and are just now taking advantage of it. I do believe, however, that the idea of Facebook and how it helps you communicate with others is so new and exciting to the older crowd because nothing like this has ever existed until recent years. The younger group, 0-24 year olds might not be AS impressed with the technology since photo sharing, texting, etc is just a part of their every day lives and always has been. It doesn't mean that they won't use it, it just means that they aren't as excited about it as someone who is older. Also, you make a good point when you say that someone their age might not want mom and dad checking up on them all the time. I think the "coolness" factor of Facebook definitely went downhill once their parents got on there. I feel that maybe when they get older their views on it will change and they will want to share more with their family and come back to using Facebook, or whatever might be invented in the future, to do so. Facebook is such a great way to communicate with family and friends. It’s no wonder why so many people are on there, including people over 55. Like you said, the group over 55 is just realizing how great this tool is and are just now taking advantage of it. I do believe, however, that the idea of Facebook and how it helps you communicate with others is so new and exciting to the older crowd because nothing like this has ever existed until recent years. The younger group, 0-24 year olds might not be AS impressed with the technology since photo sharing, texting, etc is just a part of their every day lives and always has been. It doesn’t mean that they won’t use it, it just means that they aren’t as excited about it as someone who is older.

Also, you make a good point when you say that someone their age might not want mom and dad checking up on them all the time. I think the “coolness” factor of Facebook definitely went downhill once their parents got on there. I feel that maybe when they get older their views on it will change and they will want to share more with their family and come back to using Facebook, or whatever might be invented in the future, to do so.

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