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Geez, this has nothing to do with his age and everything to do with his level of web experience. Your comment is pretty close to saying "giving his race" or "gi
by akadien 16y ago
Geez, this has nothing to do with his age and everything to do with his level of web experience. Your comment is pretty close to saying "giving his race" or "given his country of origin".
- ern 16y agoI looked at the wording after I posted the comment, and wondered if it would offend anyone. It wasn't meant as an ageist statement, but I think it's a safe bet that the majority of older people (hackers aside) are late adopters. His own son told him "If you're on Facebook, it's over."
- akadien 16y agoIt would be interesting to see demographics of FB users. I would bet recent trends shift toward more older users and fewer younger users. If their user base is shifting that way, then it's over for the 18-24 age group, but the boomers will create new behavior/usage models that FB would be well to exploit. That age group has more money and is about to have more leisure time as they retire. Advertisers couldn't wire money to FB accounts fast enough to target that market. Think BoomerBook.
- shadowsun7 16y agoI believe ern's comment was right on the mark. We have to remember that older people - bring their own set of affordances to the table. They're used to thinking about things in a pre-computer world, and have to get used to the models of thinking (unnatural models, I must add) computers force upon us.
- shadowsun7 16y agoI believe ern's comment was right on the mark. We have to remember that the elderly bring their own set of affordances to the table. They're used to thinking about things in a pre-computer world, and have to get used to the models of thinking (unnatural models, I must add) computers force upon us.