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That future is already here. I asked my 13 year old sister and her friend if they were on Facebook, and they both laughed and did an old person imitation of me!

That future is already here. I asked my 13 year old sister and her friend if they were on Facebook, and they both laughed and did an old person imitation of me! I couldn't believe it.

aianus 10y ago
Do they still communicate via text at all anymore, or does every message have to be accompanied by a photo? If so, what platform do they use for that?
- imgabe 10y ago
  Snapchat
  - aianus 10y ago
    Can you send text on snapchat without an image? I'm asking what do they use for one on one text communication.
    - ownagefool 10y ago
      Yes, though I'd assumed whatsapp was the answer for messaging.
- udkl 10y ago
  Somewhere I read : Younglings these days use twitter and snapchat for daily life events and reserve Facebook for bigger in-frequent events (birthday, get-together, trip etc)
  - lowpro 10y ago
    That's about how it goes, at least in high school and college age people: Snapchat all the time, twitter when bored, insta scrolling all the time, post every few days or week, and Facebook for the big things. Personally I get on Facebook twice per year, once on my birthday and once before summer to tell the world where I'm working. That's about how it goes, then every once in awhile a new app will come up like house party recently, and everyone will jump on for a month or so then go back.
- tracker1 10y ago
  Which I find funny as hell that people don't just use sms, at least in the US most cell plans are now unlimited text (not including pictures). I never quite got the point of whatsapp or other text message alternates in the US... especially when they (many) don't have a website that can be used from the desktop.
  - aianus 10y ago
    I've been using Facebook messenger since high school in 2007 when unlimited SMS was a luxury only enjoyed by a couple of rich kids. I don't see any point in switching to SMS now, especially when so many of my friends live in different countries.
  - garblegarble 10y ago
    Three reasons that spring to mind for me are encryption, rich content at no additional cost (videos+images) and the ability to know whether a message was actually sent/received
basch 10y ago
facebook was for college age people. facebook is still for adults. when kids grow up, and go to college, if they dont have facebook, they get it. just because kids are allowed to join, doesnt mean its designed to appeal to them. its purpose is to connect people. friends who see each other every day dont need many of facebooks features. this "kids dont think facebook is cool" narrative has been going on for years, and it just doesnt matter. they come around eventually. the network effect is too strong.
- ascorbic 10y ago
  This is just the same as the stories that periodically comes out saying kids don't use email. Sure, but every one of them will if they go to uni or get a white collar job. Right now they're just socialising, and who uses email for that? The emails I get are almost all transactional or work related, and I'm 37. I doubt I'm unusual in that.
- libeclipse 10y ago
  This isn't correct. A few years ago every kid had Facebook. If you didn't have it, you were a weirdo. Recently however, everyone's drifted away from it like they drifted away from MSN. The few kids that are still there just use it to tag each other in memes. Instagram is the new Facebook. Source: Me - personal experience.
  - basch 10y ago
    but so what. kids got it for a while until their parents got it. now kids are chasing something else. but once they grow up and become adults, they will get facebook.
- thesauri 10y ago
  At my university, Facebook is primarily used for events and groups. The groups aren't used for discussion though, mostly just for informing about the events. Banter is usually done in Telegram chat groups. Party photos make great stickers..
  - 10y ago
ja27 10y ago
Right, my youngest turned 13 and didn't even create a FB account until we told him too. He'd already been busy on Instagram and Twitter, but not so much on Snapchat yet.
- S4M 10y ago
  Honest question: why would you tell your son to create an FB account?
  - gist 10y ago
    One guess is to be able to have some intel and insight into what is going on in the kids life as well as their friends and who they interact with. Not sure if this is the parent comments reason but I can see it having some value for that reason.

That future is already here. I asked my 13 year old sister and her friend if they were on Facebook, and they both laughed and did an old person imitation of me! I couldn't believe it.

aianus 10y ago

Do they still communicate via text at all anymore, or does every message have to be accompanied by a photo? If so, what platform do they use for that?

imgabe 10y ago
Snapchat
- aianus 10y ago
  Can you send text on snapchat without an image? I'm asking what do they use for one on one text communication.
  - ownagefool 10y ago
    Yes, though I'd assumed whatsapp was the answer for messaging.
udkl 10y ago
Somewhere I read : Younglings these days use twitter and snapchat for daily life events and reserve Facebook for bigger in-frequent events (birthday, get-together, trip etc)
- lowpro 10y ago
  That's about how it goes, at least in high school and college age people: Snapchat all the time, twitter when bored, insta scrolling all the time, post every few days or week, and Facebook for the big things. Personally I get on Facebook twice per year, once on my birthday and once before summer to tell the world where I'm working. That's about how it goes, then every once in awhile a new app will come up like house party recently, and everyone will jump on for a month or so then go back.
tracker1 10y ago
Which I find funny as hell that people don't just use sms, at least in the US most cell plans are now unlimited text (not including pictures). I never quite got the point of whatsapp or other text message alternates in the US... especially when they (many) don't have a website that can be used from the desktop.
- aianus 10y ago
  I've been using Facebook messenger since high school in 2007 when unlimited SMS was a luxury only enjoyed by a couple of rich kids. I don't see any point in switching to SMS now, especially when so many of my friends live in different countries.
- garblegarble 10y ago
  Three reasons that spring to mind for me are encryption, rich content at no additional cost (videos+images) and the ability to know whether a message was actually sent/received

basch 10y ago

facebook was for college age people. facebook is still for adults. when kids grow up, and go to college, if they dont have facebook, they get it. just because kids are allowed to join, doesnt mean its designed to appeal to them. its purpose is to connect people. friends who see each other every day dont need many of facebooks features. this "kids dont think facebook is cool" narrative has been going on for years, and it just doesnt matter. they come around eventually. the network effect is too strong.

ascorbic 10y ago
This is just the same as the stories that periodically comes out saying kids don't use email. Sure, but every one of them will if they go to uni or get a white collar job. Right now they're just socialising, and who uses email for that? The emails I get are almost all transactional or work related, and I'm 37. I doubt I'm unusual in that.
libeclipse 10y ago
This isn't correct. A few years ago every kid had Facebook. If you didn't have it, you were a weirdo. Recently however, everyone's drifted away from it like they drifted away from MSN. The few kids that are still there just use it to tag each other in memes. Instagram is the new Facebook. Source: Me - personal experience.
- basch 10y ago
  but so what. kids got it for a while until their parents got it. now kids are chasing something else. but once they grow up and become adults, they will get facebook.
thesauri 10y ago
At my university, Facebook is primarily used for events and groups. The groups aren't used for discussion though, mostly just for informing about the events. Banter is usually done in Telegram chat groups. Party photos make great stickers..
- 10y ago

ja27 10y ago

Right, my youngest turned 13 and didn't even create a FB account until we told him too. He'd already been busy on Instagram and Twitter, but not so much on Snapchat yet.

S4M 10y ago
Honest question: why would you tell your son to create an FB account?
- gist 10y ago
  One guess is to be able to have some intel and insight into what is going on in the kids life as well as their friends and who they interact with. Not sure if this is the parent comments reason but I can see it having some value for that reason.