[Tarpon]

I don’t see facebook as very effective, nor do I see twitter.

Twitter is for cell phones, facebook is for children with nothing to do.

I am open to be shown the light ...

[Dixie Yooper]

Posting on facebook is like passing permanent gas.

[Halls]

All my friends and family are on facebook. My parents are 65 and all their friends are on facebook. It isn’t just for kids. I’m 37 and my friends count is almost 500 and the ages of my friends range from kids to senior citizens, with the majority middle aged.

[franklog]

As of January 2009, there were more than 21,000,000 Facebook users of voting age, and 4.4 million under voting age.

From a recent report:

1) The 35-54 year old demo is growing fastest, with a 276.4% growth rate in over the approximate 6 months since we last produced this report
2) The 55+ demo is not far behind with a 194.3% growth rate
3) The 25-34 year population on Facebook is doubling every 6 months
4) For those interested in advertising alcohol on Facebook, there are 27,912,480 users 21+, representing 66.3% of all users
5) Miami is the fastest growing metropolitan area (88.5%) and Atlanta (6.4%) is the slowest
6) There are more females (55.7%) than males (42.2%) on Facebook – 2.2% are of unknown gender.
7) The largest demographic concentration remains the college crowd of 18-24 year olds (40.8%) which is down from (53.8%) six months ago.

Ignoring or discounting the importance of social media results in November 4, 2008

[wku man]

Do you still drive a horse and buggy, or a car? Do you use smoke signals and telegraph to communicate, or do you have a phone? Do you get your news from newspapers and local/network TV, or have you discovered Fox and (obviously) the internet?

The mentality of "facebook is for children with nothing to do" is a big reason Obamanation is sitting in the WH as we speak. Their side, realizing that younger people are far more tech-savvy than older folks, used technology to their advantage. Our side, regardless of age, had better embrace technology and social networking, because that's where the next generation of voters is getting their news. If we don't get tech savvy, we'll lose again and again, and eventually fade into obscurity in a United Socialist States of the New World Order.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[reagan_fanatic]

I use Facebook, and so does my Mother-in-law and Brothers-in-laws. None of us, to my knowledge, have been ‘children’ for at least 15 years.

Nice smear attempt, though.

[Scotswife]

facebook has become, for me, a combination classmate reunion, family reunion, townhall meeting all wrapped in one.

Making contact with people I haven’t seen in decades.