Slashdot Mirror
Over-50s Invade the Social Networking Scene
An anonymous reader writes "The Telegraph newspaper reports that over-50s are invading sites like Facebook and MySpace in massive numbers. A recent study showed that nearly one third of Facebook users are aged between 35 and 54, and that this group also made up 41 percent of MySpace users. "Because the mind of an over-50 is likely superior to that of a drink-addled undergrad, at first there was uncertainty about whether older users would find the Facebook-led social-networking phenomena attractive." Looks like dad just turned up to the party."
To Catch a Predator.
From the perspective of a typical Daily Telegraph reader, they're all "youngsters", so there's no point in making a distinction.
Previously, my desires to flame the dean of students, trick him into clicking a goatse link, and infect his computer with gay porn had all been sadly unfulfilled due to his troglodytic eschewing of modern technology.
But now that the elder generation is seeking parity with the younger, we can at last unveil the full weaponry of the internet.
When things get complex, multiply by the complex conjugate.
Coincidentally my Dad just signed up for Facebook last week (he's 58). So having noted that, I can now definitively say, without having actually read the article (because, really who does that?) and having examined exactly one piece of anecdotal evidence: the over 50 crown is definitely joining social networking sites in droves.
Welcome to GetOffMyLawnBook.com!
"A nation that forgets its past is doomed to repeat it." - Churchill
How long before we start seeing our parents posting embarrassing messages on our walls though?
"Hey son, those are some rad tunes on your interblog site! What's that? It's got a good beat!"
Thank god they can't dance online. (obligatory Mary Whitehouse experience reference)
In fact my mother just set up a facebook page, the horror.
It's My Tea and I'll Drink it if I Want To!
Actually we are living well and posting on Slashdot. WE have the time now.
The rest of you have to go to school or WORK. Shudder. And a Beer and Slashdot,
what could be better?
Don't say Camming Nude, that is SOOO CUSEEME ! Circa 1995.
Just because you're older doesn't mean you're a techno-moron. I'm in that demographic, and I even hang out with the Slashdot crowd once in a while and I, ah, what was the question? Why am I downstairs?
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
Also I am intermittently loading the dishwasher between sentences.
Oh. And here I was, thinking you just fell asleep between sentences. My bad, sorry.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
A 35 year old is not a baby boomer Anyone born in the 68-82 is generation X.
;-)
Which includes
Gwen Stefani
Cameron Diaz
Drew Barrymore
This is not your moms generation this is your younger hot stepmoms generation
That's life.
Ironic isn't it?