Most Facebook users are older, 35-54 now largest age group

Re:Most Facebook users are older, 35-54 now largest age group by nostrademons on Friday July 10, 2009 @02:51AM (#697227)

I'm not sure about that. On a recent plane trip, I sat next to a 14-year-old who was lamenting that her mom was now on FaceBook because she needed to be for job leads. I've heard similar stories from several of my recently-out-of-college friends.

And my cubemate is Facebook-friends with her manager, which makes for an interesting dynamic in what she can or can't post online...

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Re:Most Facebook users are older, 35-54 now largest age group by ZachS on Friday July 10, 2009 @03:14AM (#697246)

Wow, that's interesting, my gut reaction was that the site had turned into a free alternative to classmates.com.

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Re:Most Facebook users are older, 35-54 now largest age group by netsp on Friday July 10, 2009 @04:01AM (#697287)

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/classmates_com_e...

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Re:Most Facebook users are older, 35-54 now largest age group by carbon8 on Friday July 10, 2009 @11:58AM (#697835)

Very strange. LinkedIn is infinitely better for professional networking.

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Re:Most Facebook users are older, 35-54 now largest age group by nostrademons on Friday July 10, 2009 @01:14PM (#698012)

Yeah, that's what I've noticed too. LinkedIn doesn't seem to have much penetration outside of tech hubs though - I noticed a big difference in adoption just going from Boston to Silicon Valley. The girl in question was from Williamstown, MA, which is basically just two streets and a college in northwest Massachusetts. I'm not too surprised FaceBook beats it out, given the large student and academic population.

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