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I don't agree with point 1. As a teacher (aged 11+), I can tell you most of the kids I know deserted myspace and bebo for facebook. Perhaps they want to be more

by jkent 16y ago

I don't agree with point 1. As a teacher (aged 11+), I can tell you most of the kids I know deserted myspace and bebo for facebook. Perhaps they want to be more grown up - kids want to be adults. And I am sure kids are way better with their privacy settings. Point 2 - agreed - Facebook can be beaten. Some young upstart will come up with something kids want more. I doubt finer privacy control will clinch it, or more openness.

TomOfTTB 16y ago
You make a good point but as I thought on it for a while I came up with this question: Do kids want to be the same kind of adults as their parents? In other word, I can see your point that kids want to be more grown up. But kids do tend to rebel too. So if both of those are true the only explanation I can come up with is that kids want to be better adults. They want to one-up their parents by doing things better than they do. Which I think is consistent with my theory in that they'd be drawn to a new Social Network and abandon Facebook to prove that they found a new social network that is way better than Facebook (Also keep in mind Facebook started as a youth movement among College students. That doesn't necessarily apply to 11 years old but it's worth a mention)
- flomo 16y ago
  Probably worth more than a mention. What if there was a new social network exclusive to college students (i.e. no parents or future bosses or people from high school)? It might not supplant facebook, but it is a model that has been proven to work.
- Hovertruck 16y ago
  Another thing to consider is that kids enjoy rebelling, but they also want to have things. Every kid wants a cell phone no matter if their parents have them or not.
- xcombinator 16y ago
  "You make a good point but as I thought on it for a while I came up with this question: Do kids want to be the same kind of adults as their parents?" My opinion is yes: They want cars and motorcycles, and houses, and be respected, find friends, find love. The tools they use are just that, means for getting a goal. I have been teacher too,in general I love kids, and I think is not kids wanting to change, is adults "hating change", halting grow when they get in their comfort zones once grown up.
cmelbye 16y ago
When MySpace was deserted, it was because Facebook was the social network for High School and College students, so it had a cool, exclusive feel to it. Now Facebook has opened it up to the general public, and they're trying to make all information public, so they've killed that and I'm already seeing a newfound lack of interest in Facebook from High School students.

by jkent 16y ago

TomOfTTB 16y ago

You make a good point but as I thought on it for a while I came up with this question: Do kids want to be the same kind of adults as their parents? In other word, I can see your point that kids want to be more grown up. But kids do tend to rebel too. So if both of those are true the only explanation I can come up with is that kids want to be better adults. They want to one-up their parents by doing things better than they do. Which I think is consistent with my theory in that they'd be drawn to a new Social Network and abandon Facebook to prove that they found a new social network that is way better than Facebook (Also keep in mind Facebook started as a youth movement among College students. That doesn't necessarily apply to 11 years old but it's worth a mention)

flomo 16y ago
Probably worth more than a mention. What if there was a new social network exclusive to college students (i.e. no parents or future bosses or people from high school)? It might not supplant facebook, but it is a model that has been proven to work.
Hovertruck 16y ago
Another thing to consider is that kids enjoy rebelling, but they also want to have things. Every kid wants a cell phone no matter if their parents have them or not.
xcombinator 16y ago
"You make a good point but as I thought on it for a while I came up with this question: Do kids want to be the same kind of adults as their parents?" My opinion is yes: They want cars and motorcycles, and houses, and be respected, find friends, find love. The tools they use are just that, means for getting a goal. I have been teacher too,in general I love kids, and I think is not kids wanting to change, is adults "hating change", halting grow when they get in their comfort zones once grown up.

cmelbye 16y ago

When MySpace was deserted, it was because Facebook was the social network for High School and College students, so it had a cool, exclusive feel to it. Now Facebook has opened it up to the general public, and they're trying to make all information public, so they've killed that and I'm already seeing a newfound lack of interest in Facebook from High School students.