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Re:I'm 13 and None of My Friends Use Facebook by threeseed on Sunday August 11, 2013 @07:25PM (#6196788)
Odd because the growth of Instagram would suggest 13 year olds also like to comment in a way that is not disposable.

It's almost like 13 year olds are people too and don't operate as one homogenous block. I really think it would be better for everyone to stop pretending that they understand what EVERY 13 year old needs, wants or does.

Re:I'm 13 and None of My Friends Use Facebook by leoedin on Monday August 12, 2013 @04:37AM (#6198235)
Reflecting back on the comments I made through most of my early teenage years, almost everything was disposable. The fact it didn't feel like that at the time is almost irrelevent.

How many teenagers today will look at their instagram comments as a 21 year old and consider anything other than a vaguely interesting window into their former naivety?

Obviously there will always be exceptions. This isn't really about teenage prodigies publishing great works though, it's about teenagers chatting to each other.