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I refer to Facebook as professional when viewed through the eyes of a teenager (not to mention the large number of over 50s that are on the site). Even with Fac

I refer to Facebook as professional when viewed through the eyes of a teenager (not to mention the large number of over 50s that are on the site). Even with Facebook's new UI redesign they've added a more LinkedIn like feel to the user pages. On mine for example, the first things you see are where I work and where I went to school. That's not very cool to someone who is 16. As for hip and cool, its all about the users and perception. If the user base for Tumblr is hip and cool, it will have the effect of making Facebook's user base look anything but; or, at the very least, creating that idea for the rest of the hip and cool kids, wherein they'll join Tumblr to be with their peers (however stupid that sounds). Imagine if Justin Bieber decided facebook was lame... That's a mass exodus of about 10 million people right there.

mindcrime 16y ago
I remember a time when people spoke of Facebook as being for "The college aged crowd" and Myspace for "the high-school aged crowd." But now the perception - accurate or not - seems to be that pretty much everyone has abandoned Myspace (teenager or otherwise). I've noticed that all of my teenage relatives seem to be on Facebook... so what happened? Did teenagers leave Myspace and go to Facebook en masse? Or are teenagers still using Myspace, and I just don't notice it because I'm not part of that circle anymore? Are most teens actually on Facebook now, or are my cousins all just weird?
- oldstrangers 16y ago
  I'm telling you, they're on Tumblr. They were kind of forced over to Facebook, but never seemed to really adopt it like everyone else.
  - mindcrime 16y ago
    Heh, so of course when I try to sign up, I get a mondo gnarly "We'll be back shortly. Our servers are over capacity and certain pages may be temporarily unavailable. We're incredibly sorry for the inconvenience" message. :-)

mindcrime 16y ago

I remember a time when people spoke of Facebook as being for "The college aged crowd" and Myspace for "the high-school aged crowd." But now the perception - accurate or not - seems to be that pretty much everyone has abandoned Myspace (teenager or otherwise). I've noticed that all of my teenage relatives seem to be on Facebook... so what happened? Did teenagers leave Myspace and go to Facebook en masse? Or are teenagers still using Myspace, and I just don't notice it because I'm not part of that circle anymore? Are most teens actually on Facebook now, or are my cousins all just weird?

oldstrangers 16y ago
I'm telling you, they're on Tumblr. They were kind of forced over to Facebook, but never seemed to really adopt it like everyone else.
- mindcrime 16y ago
  Heh, so of course when I try to sign up, I get a mondo gnarly "We'll be back shortly. Our servers are over capacity and certain pages may be temporarily unavailable. We're incredibly sorry for the inconvenience" message. :-)