Need Help from those 50+! - Page 4

kennyc · 04-08-2011, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by KenJackson

If that's true, it's shocking.

I would have expected young teenagers to own facebook. I and my 50+ friends just enjoy complaining about it.

Agreed. I'd like to see the source of this info...

redbox04 · 04-08-2011, 08:49 AM

**meant to say that they are amongst the largest demos in the secondary adoption phase for FB. Especially women 55+ who are currently the top adopters. They aren't using it more than the 18-25 crowd, but they are steadily gaining. Point being - they aren't technologically inept like many in the media would have us believe.

kennyc · 04-08-2011, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redbox04

**meant to say that they are amongst the largest demos in the secondary adoption phase for FB. Especially women 55+ who are currently the top adopters. They aren't using it more than the 18-25 crowd, but they are steadily gaining. Point being - they aren't technologically inept like many in the media would have us believe.

Again this is just something you are saying unless you can provide links to the research that confirms this.

redbox04 · 04-08-2011, 10:22 AM

Sure -

Here are some informal, non peer-reviewed sources:

http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/0...women-over-55/

http://www.businessinsider.com/socia...boomers-2010-8

http://www.frogloop.com/boomers

kennyc · 04-08-2011, 11:11 AM

Thanks, I'll take a look.

04-08-2011, 08:49 AM	#47
redbox04 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: none	**meant to say that they are amongst the largest demos in the secondary adoption phase for FB. Especially women 55+ who are currently the top adopters. They aren't using it more than the 18-25 crowd, but they are steadily gaining. Point being - they aren't technologically inept like many in the media would have us believe.

04-08-2011, 10:22 AM	#49
redbox04 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: none	Sure - Here are some informal, non peer-reviewed sources: http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/0...women-over-55/ http://www.businessinsider.com/socia...boomers-2010-8 http://www.frogloop.com/boomers

04-08-2011, 11:11 AM	#50
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Thanks, I'll take a look.