Young Hipsters Leaving Social Networking Sites, Research Says

I am 57 (and yes those in the pic are not in there 50'S) and I have made contact with old friends from childhood, college etc.
My daughters were surprised when they saw me there and I enjoy seeing there posts and complaints about life, friends etc. Also have made some local business connections. Like anything it can have its negative and maybe dangerous side but all in all I think it is good and look at the effect that it had in Iran and getting that story out to the world and within that country.

I think twitter pays for all this publicity.

This is kind of a no-brainer isn't it? A lot of the college kids who were originally on Facebook as a college-only site would likely be around 25 years old, meaning they've jumped demographics. As far as the 5% drop among young people, it's a little misleading because that's a drop for all social networking sites, not just Facebook. Who knows? Facebook may be still be growing as other sites are shedding users.

The great thing about Twitter is that the process is going to be sped up. In less than two years, it will go from being basically unknown to completely uncool.

Don't you ever get tired of the internet herd?

Wow, so there's finally something that the "baby boomers" took from the "hipsters" ?????? How sad for all of them. The "hipsters" will soon find something else to fill their time.

As a 50-something who has been asked to join Facebook by other 50-somethings, I will take a pass. The friends I want to talk to I email privately, and these sites seems a bit narcissistic to me. Only one of our 4 kids (the most self-centered) visits his page regularly, mostly to post stuff about himself. Our youngest (23) was asked by her employer to get on to "network", but she pulled herself off in a short while - she found it to be a time-waster and a diversion from bigger issues in this world than herself. The other 2 rarely visit (

As unfair as it might be, Facebook wasn't designed for the entire "young hipster set." Facebook was designed for those individuals in COLLEGE (ie 17 to 25) to keep in touch with classmates both at their own colleges, and classmates from HS. And given a number of us were early adopters (ie we started when facebook came out in 2004) are now 5 years older... so no wonder there is a growing number of older people in facebook. I would be interested in seeing the statistical data broken down more as to young professionals versus college versus high schoolers versus those who are learning about the internet in the 40s.

Just going to throw this out there...why is this only a UK survey?? I don't think it gives a very acurate view. They made it seem like they did it for the whole world. I think people in the USA use it more than any other country...why didn't they also do this for USA?

Hang on...tweeting...(my big toe is sore)...OK yes I think twitter is the greatest thing since the invention of the electric toaster...wait..tweeting...(My stomach is growling and it's cloudy outside)...How can you NOT love this...tweeting...(I'm actually using my computer keyboard to comment on AOL and I've got dog hair on my socks)....I can't wait for the future when I get cellular implants that let every mundane thought in my head out there to everyone.

Facebook should've stayed a college thing. I hate the fact that you have old people on it trying to keep up with the latest internet slangs. If you're over 30 you should really find something better to do with your life. Get married have a few kids and leave facebook to us young people.

So glad you are not my daughter, MsBond. My own young hipster daughters (yep, I got married, had kids..) begged me to get a FB and myspace profile. My youngest "pimped' my myspace profile, and they love to send me comments, quizzes, etc. So happy these sweet girls didn't turn out to be a real snot like you. Fortunately for you, you can limit your virtual world to those under 30 so as not too have the taint of old folks in your life

something is wrong with the slideshow. no matter how you resize the window (it won't scroll), the captions can't be seen. they are always below the viewable part of the window

I dislike Twitter and Facebook. I've never gotten into either. I am a myspace fan Lol. I've had a myspace since I was really young (younger than the age I was supposed to be to have one), and I really don't see why everyone else loves twitter so much. It makes no sense and I find FB boring. Oh well. To each their own.

"hipsters" and facebook together in the same sentence. sort of like using walmart and hipsters in the same sentence. using facebook over the years hasn't seemed to do much in the "hipster" category for the young and old dorks that i know.

Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace?

How about none of the above? Way to have an open mind

I am not usiing any of these any as I got a vicious virus in my home computer told by a tech I probably got it opening applications on one of the websites.I cannot risk my work computer , I would get fired if this happened. It is going to cost me $300 to have my computer restored to usable status. These places are targets for hackers and I am a victim. Now all my information is available for anyone, and that bothers me.

Ok...everyone's freaking out because older people are signing up for Facebook when it was originally designed for college students. Here's a news flash---people in their late teens and early twenties aren't the only ones who attend college. I am 43 and just recently graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice (Summa Cum Laude, I might add) and also have a Facebook page, along with my 19, 16, and 14 year old kids and my 76 year-old father (and they are all on my friends list...) I also keep in touch with former high school classmates as well as co-workers. I'm not a total social reject who can't communicate face-to-face...as a matter of fact, I prefer it. Facebook is just an outlet; a little break from reality, if you will. So all of you who seem to think that us "old heads" should stay off of social networking web sites---relax! It's not the end of the world!

its not about age, kids dont run everything, give me a break

I used to think people over 30 were a pain, too. But I was lucky enough to live that long. Hope you do, too. Now hush so I can get back to my Facebook page and see what's going on with my friends. I'll knit in my rocking chair when the computer is down.