Comments on: Do Teens Really Not Tweet?

By: known cold

known cold — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:33:44 +0000

Teens wont have a use for twitter until they are older. as far as blogging and marketing goes it can’t be beat!

By: Rob T.

Rob T. — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:05:29 +0000

What are all you teens doing on gigaom? :)

By: Carriers Head Back to School to Find New Customers

Carriers Head Back to School to Find New Customers — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:02:14 +0000

[...] All those advertising dollars are trying to reach a demographic that believes mobile phones are the best products when it comes to impressing friends, according to new figures from CNW Marketing Research. The firm recently reported that nearly one-third of 16- to 29-year-olds think a phone is the most impressive thing they can buy, compared to 20 percent of those who cited a new car. And mobile social networking — which is driving much of the overall data consumption — remains the domain of young users, according to Frank N. Magid Associates, with 18- to 34-year-olds accounting for an astounding 80 percent of the space. Though as we already know, most of that activity is centered on Facebook and MySpace — not Twitter, which attracts relatively few teens. [...]

By: The Social Web Isn’t Just for the Young Anymore

The Social Web Isn’t Just for the Young Anymore — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:39:06 +0000

[...] companies have already found success with marketing to adults on Twitter, which is skewed toward an older demographic. What’s more, it’s not just parents hopping online, but grandparents, too — more [...]

By: Nameless

Nameless — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:54:38 +0000

I’m 19 and I don’t use Twitter. I eventually caved in and got an account, but I don’t actually USE it. I don’t see the point, and I don’t want to keep visiting the site all the time to see updates.

Then again, I don’t use Facebook or other social networking sites. I just don’t really care for them, nor do I care to broadcast every waking detail of my life to the Internet. I may disclose some events, but for the most part, my Internet life is separate from my real life.

However, I am rather tech-savvy and know my fair share about computers, the Internet, and the ongoing trends. I just don’t feel the need to follow the latest tech trends for the sake of following them.

By: Californian

Californian — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:00:51 +0000

Actually, that’s a good point. Most teens don’t really go outside of their circle of close friends and connect with people online who may be valuable connections in the future. Also, most teens don’t have tech-savvy friends who even understand what twitter really is and its utility. And some just genuinely don’t like the concept. Whatever the reason, I don’t think the demographic is going to change a lot because Twitter’s image is already set in stone because of the playful jabs it gets in the media already. It’s a good community as-is though, so perhaps that really isn’t a problem.
By the way, as I mentioned above, I’m 17 and I *do* use twitter.

By: bobhat

bobhat — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:12:38 +0000

im 14 and i really dont like twitter, i think its kinda a waste of time. Most teens are actualy with their friends, not stlking them on twitter. Sorry if any of that sounded rude

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:12:52 +0000

My daughter has a twitter account. Doesn’t actually tweet herself much, but does read a lot of the threads and trends.

Installed Seesmic on her desktop, and she is loving that her friends facebook status’ and tweets all show up in the same screen without refreshing manually.

Teenagers would love to experience facebook as a stream, but its not there yet.

By: Jonah Eaton

Jonah Eaton — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:02:54 +0000

As a 17 year old in High school, i can safely say…

where have you been?
i do not know a single friend, or anyone my age who is on twitter. And i am not counting the couple of people who sign up for an account just reserve their screen name… maybe things change when you get in to college judging by some of the comments, but i doubt it

By: Mstwash

Mstwash — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:35:54 +0000

I find that Twitter is more for young adults who are interested in sharing ideas & perspectives, I work too much to dedicate to a blog, so short thoughts & links work for me & I hear from varying perspectives

By: Zacqary Adam Green

Zacqary Adam Green — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:50:34 +0000

I am a 19-year-old avid Twitter user and barely touch my Facebook account.

Maybe I just don’t have any friends.

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By: Californian

Californian — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:13:22 +0000

I use Twitter (albeit not constantly), and I’m going to be a freshman in college next year. I also use facebook, but that’s simply because my friends don’t all use an alternate service (I really dislike it, but they kind of have a monopoly). I like Twitter, especially for sharing links and following others, but FriendFeed was better. Obviously, with my dislike of facebook, I stopped using that a couple of days ago.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:59:44 +0000

Most teens can’t afford the expense of a monthly data plan required to use Twitter from their mobile phones…

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:14:12 +0000

I can understand why celebrities tweet and why their fans tweet back. But I don’t know why anyone else would even bookmark the site.

Anyway, I do know from reading 4chan and PBNation that no teen on either board will admit to using Twitter even if some do. And yes, they are all on Facebook.

By: No one

No one — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:38:49 +0000

I know hundreds of people in this demographic. Not a single one of them tweets. They’re all on facebook, though.