Comments on: Why the kids don’t use Twitter (and other insights on online community)

By: Social media isn’t kids’ stuff - Multifacety

Social media isn’t kids’ stuff - Multifacety — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:44:03 +0000

[...] Blog, quotes a presentation given by Microsoft online communities expert Danah Boyd on why kids are largely avoiding Twitter: Twitter is all the rage, but are kids using it? For the most part, no. It’s not the act of [...]

By: tiffdfsfsf

tiffdfsfsf — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:01:04 +0000

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By: Why the ‘New Facebook Pages’ means you can now forget about Twitter : Kasper Sørensen

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:27:06 +0000

[...] will still bang on about minimalistic differences such as public versus personal conversation, listening to trends, monitoring your brand, expanding your network and all that nonsense. They [...]

By: This isn’t (just) kid stuff | BirdTech Blogging Tips

This isn’t (just) kid stuff | BirdTech Blogging Tips — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:30:15 +0000

By: Sorry Social Media, Facebook Is For Me, Not You | Mark Wanczak.com

Sorry Social Media, Facebook Is For Me, Not You | Mark Wanczak.com — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:02:36 +0000

[...] can be guilty of forgetting the young audience. I think we get caught up in Twitter, which is not used by high school and college student in surprising numbers. We use these networks and applications and assume young [...]

By: DK

DK — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:54:16 +0000

Great minds think alike posted about the same issue not a day before you:

http://mediasnackers.com/2009/03/twitter-and-teens/

Peace

By: Christa Watson

Christa Watson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:36:59 +0000

I’d have to say the reason is, they don’t really have anything to add to the conversation. They are still learning, so I could see if they had an interest in a specific industry it would be beneficial for them to follow the pros, but it’s doubtful anyone would follow them for any great insights. And since the population is a little older, they probably find it hard to relate to anyone. Facebook is fine because everyone already knows each other. I have found in my case, that I meet new people with my same interests on Twitter and on Facebook I pretty much just lurk and keep track of old friends.

Where I do see younger people becoming invoilved is the increasing amount of celebrity participation. I think this is a way fans might be able to connect with their idols easily. Just my 2 cents.

By: john brandt

john brandt — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:41:38 +0000

They are also usually not very good at it. I have a couple of high school age kids on my follow list and most of their comments are not very interesting to me or any adult. Their tweets range from “I’m going over to my girlfriends house” to “I hate math.” I suspect that the opposite is also true. But more importantly is that in the high-speed rhetoric that flows among active twits, these young folks rarely have the verbal skills to compete. Their funds of knowledge and experience give them a great disadvantage. I suspect if you asked them they would indicate that they understand relatively little of the conversations that flow around the twitterverse.

By: Twitter is IM for grownups [updated] | weconverse

Twitter is IM for grownups [updated] | weconverse — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:03:43 +0000

[...] 2009-03-11] Following Paul Bradshaw’s post today “Why the kids don’t use Twitter…” in Online Journalism Blog I like to add a supplementary remark. Bradshaw is mainly pointing [...]