Old People on Facebook and Twitter

In an article in Everyday Christian, Peter Elliott reports on teens telling him that they are upset by old people who are "ruining Facebook." He quotes a study by eMarketer.com that in the first three months of 2009 the most common demographic to start a Facebook account were women 45 and older. Additionally, 22 percent of the folks on the web are women 45 and older. Sixty percent of baby boomers aged 43 to 63 are regularly populating Twitter, Facebook, and the like. Social networking is no longer only the domain of youth! (To connect with Spirituality & Practice via the social media networks, use the links in the left column of this page.)