Comments on: Age lines on Facebook? http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/08/age-lines-on-facebook/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/08/age-lines-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-340885 Tim Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:27:38 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=5192#comment-340885 Thanks for the comments. I continue to be interested in what's happening with Facebook. I found this piece yesterday from the Red Tape Chronicles: Facebook: The end of secrets?. Go here: http://redtape.msnbc.com/2010/01/what-would-a-world-without-secrets-look-like-thanks-to-facebook-we-may-find-out---privacy-experts-continue-to-watch-in-won.html. I found reading the comments very interesting; they are all over the map about privacy on FB and in general. Hope you find the reading interesting. Tim Thanks for the comments.
I continue to be interested in what’s happening with Facebook. I found this piece yesterday from the Red Tape Chronicles: Facebook: The end of secrets?. Go here: http://redtape.msnbc.com/2010/01/what-would-a-world-without-secrets-look-like-thanks-to-facebook-we-may-find-out—privacy-experts-continue-to-watch-in-won.html. I found reading the comments very interesting; they are all over the map about privacy on FB and in general. Hope you find the reading interesting.
Tim

]]> By: Dan Dilworth http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/08/age-lines-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-340718 Dan Dilworth Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:51:01 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=5192#comment-340718 I'm 52 and have been pulled into Facebook by family and communities I'm part of. It seems to me simply an extension of the thing that is the internet. In my case, a focused approach to things I care about, but would not attend to without this convienience. I feel fortunate that I'm either too old or experienced to fall pray to fad or preoccupation with FB that causes undue concern or angst for some, but I understand it. I’m 52 and have been pulled into Facebook by family and communities I’m part of. It seems to me simply an extension of the thing that is the internet. In my case, a focused approach to things I care about, but would not attend to without this convienience. I feel fortunate that I’m either too old or experienced to fall pray to fad or preoccupation with FB that causes undue concern or angst for some, but I understand it.

]]> By: Marilyn Davison http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/08/age-lines-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-339501 Marilyn Davison Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:56:45 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=5192#comment-339501 Tim, thanks for bringing this elephant out from under the table so we don't have to pretend to be enamoured of something because it is - in. For MY highly scientific research I invited my 16 year old male - very bright hip twin neighbors over for dinner. They attend a very intellectually challenging private school in UK (last Christmas they were writing a paper on String Theory and borrowed my mostly un read copy of Lisa Randall's Fourth Dimension). So, what are the social network trends I ask, - well Twitter is old - boring and Facebook -- yaak, really old and boring, Ok so what is in, well what is in are niched Facebook like applications, special social networks for a special interest groups. Well, yes there is resonance here - an example from this community other than Wikinomics is Ben Zeigler's http://www.collaborativejourneys.com; or Tammy Erickson's blog on http://blogs.hbr.org/erickson/2010/01/the_moment_social_media.html#comments; thought provoking easy to leave comments and continue a topic based conversation. Tim, thanks for bringing this elephant out from under the table so we don’t have to pretend to be enamoured of something because it is – in. For MY highly scientific research I invited my 16 year old male – very bright hip twin neighbors over for dinner. They attend a very intellectually challenging private school in UK (last Christmas they were writing a paper on String Theory and borrowed my mostly un read copy of Lisa Randall’s Fourth Dimension). So, what are the social network trends I ask, – well Twitter is old – boring and Facebook — yaak, really old and boring, Ok so what is in, well what is in are niched Facebook like applications, special social networks for a special interest groups. Well, yes there is resonance here – an example from this community other than Wikinomics is Ben Zeigler’s http://www.collaborativejourneys.com; or Tammy Erickson’s blog on http://blogs.hbr.org/erickson/2010/01/the_moment_social_media.html#comments; thought provoking easy to leave comments and continue a topic based conversation.

]]> By: Pierre Bouchard INDICO » Facebook toujours aussi populaire ? http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/08/age-lines-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-336389 Pierre Bouchard INDICO » Facebook toujours aussi populaire ? Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:54:24 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=5192#comment-336389 [...] sur Wikinomics un billet sur la popularité de Facebook dans le monde. Voici quelques [...] [...] sur Wikinomics un billet sur la popularité de Facebook dans le monde. Voici quelques [...]

]]> By: Tim http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/08/age-lines-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-335572 Tim Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:05:14 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=5192#comment-335572 Thanks, Jacklyn. I just received a note via Facebook from a former colleague who writes, "FB has been great to reconnect with so many friends wishing us well." It does have the power to keep people in touch with one another across miles and across changes in jobs and careers as well. I also saw this today from eMarketer and it definitely indicates young people are driving FB membership up: "The largest gain came from males ages 18 to 25, followed by women 26 to 34. Despite the already-large base of users under 35, those groups also posted the highest rates of growth. Increases in usage among older users, which was relatively stronger earlier in 2009, had slowed." http://tinyurl.com/ya82m5m As I said, my "evidence" is anecdotal, but, for what it's worth, I pay attention to what my Gen Y children say and think, if for no other reason than to see whether they are in the mainstream for that group or not. Thanks, Jacklyn. I just received a note via Facebook from a former colleague who writes, “FB has been great to reconnect with so many friends wishing us well.” It does have the power to keep people in touch with one another across miles and across changes in jobs and careers as well.
I also saw this today from eMarketer and it definitely indicates young people are driving FB membership up: “The largest gain came from males ages 18 to 25, followed by women 26 to 34. Despite the already-large base of users under 35, those groups also posted the highest rates of growth. Increases in usage among older users, which was relatively stronger earlier in 2009, had slowed.” http://tinyurl.com/ya82m5m
As I said, my “evidence” is anecdotal, but, for what it’s worth, I pay attention to what my Gen Y children say and think, if for no other reason than to see whether they are in the mainstream for that group or not.

]]> By: Jaclyn http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/08/age-lines-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-334417 Jaclyn Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:37:31 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=5192#comment-334417 I'm 31 and I love Facebook. A lot of my family, friends and co-workers are on it. To be honest, I was a bit hesitant when my mom joined. But of course I friended her - I just made sure to delete the previous day's status update where I talked about having cosmopolitans and cheese & crackers for dinner and called it "the dinner of champions." Of course, now, with the new privacy controls, I could set posts like that to not be visible to her. :) Anyway, I think it's a great way to stay in touch, but not as a replacement for real-life communication. When my husband and I went on vacation last summer, I was able to post some photos of our trip while we were still there, and read comments from friends & family about them. Once, while I was on a trip for work, I posted a status update saying what town I was in. It turned out that my husband's aunt lived nearby (I didn't know she was so close), and she saw my status, and sent me an email inviting me over for dinner. That wouldn't have happened without Facebook, because I normally don't call up everyone I know to tell them when I'm going somewhere. I’m 31 and I love Facebook. A lot of my family, friends and co-workers are on it. To be honest, I was a bit hesitant when my mom joined. But of course I friended her – I just made sure to delete the previous day’s status update where I talked about having cosmopolitans and cheese & crackers for dinner and called it “the dinner of champions.” Of course, now, with the new privacy controls, I could set posts like that to not be visible to her. :)

Anyway, I think it’s a great way to stay in touch, but not as a replacement for real-life communication. When my husband and I went on vacation last summer, I was able to post some photos of our trip while we were still there, and read comments from friends & family about them.

Once, while I was on a trip for work, I posted a status update saying what town I was in. It turned out that my husband’s aunt lived nearby (I didn’t know she was so close), and she saw my status, and sent me an email inviting me over for dinner. That wouldn’t have happened without Facebook, because I normally don’t call up everyone I know to tell them when I’m going somewhere.

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