Youths No Longer Predominant on MySpace

mikesd81 writes "The Associated Press is reporting on the rapid aging of MySpace. More than half of MySpace's users are now 35 or older. From the article: 'Just a year ago, teens under 18 made up about 25 percent of MySpace, the popular online hangout run by News Corp. That's now down to 12 percent in the comScore analysis released Thursday. By contrast, the 35-54 group at MySpace grew to 41 percent in August, from 32 percent a year earlier ... The study was based on comScore's regular panels for measuring Internet audiences, rather than MySpace's registration information, where users often lie about their age.'"

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Re:What a double-standard

[Cecil]

Kid's hanging out of MySpace are just being kids, but middle aged adults are predetors and/or lying about their age? is that about right?

How do you explain the discrepancy between this data and the easily forged profile age? If myspace says they're mostly teens, and this survey with supposedly more accurate ages says that actually they're mostly 35, the only possible conclusion is that yes, the 35 year olds are lying about their age on their profiles to make themselves seem like teens.

Why would they do that?

Maybe....just maybe...the notion of networking with people across the internet is becoming a more mainstream idea.

Ok, so use something that isn't "Geocities For The 21st Century". Orkut's not perfect, but it's about a million times better than Myspace.