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Am I the only person over 30 that uses Facebook, doesn't think it sucks, and doesn't think it is dying? In fact, for my purposes, I think it is a great experien

Am I the only person over 30 that uses Facebook, doesn't think it sucks, and doesn't think it is dying? In fact, for my purposes, I think it is a great experience. Let me explain. I am quite involved in the automotive community. In the last year or two it seems like almost every manufacturer, tuning shop, engineering shop etc. has set up a GOOD Facebook page and starting posting tons of cool and relevant stuff every day. News, project updates, pictures of upcoming work, event info and pictures... I feel as if life could not be better right now for the person that wants to get plugged in to the automotive scene. Log in to Facebook, find the page for your favorite manufacturer or shop and like it, add all your car buddies as friends, ignore/unfollow the shit you don't like, get invited to some private groups by your friends, etc. I don't know, seems like for me there are quite a lot of people using Facebook that actually like how it works and what it enables.

tim333 13y ago
I'm well over 30 and I like facebook and have it on most of the time. I think it's mostly the teenagers who are giving up.
- bmj 13y ago
  Some may say there is some correlation between these two things. [NB: I am not a Facebook user, and am well over 30. I don't consume much social media.]
justinhj 13y ago
I'm over 40 and quite like Facebook. Everyone I know is on there from my boss to my grandmother, and I hear that in mind when I post. It's the main channel with which I discover what my family are up to, since I have emigrated. That said I can see why young people would hate it.
mattdeboard 13y ago
The fact that people over 30 find Facebook cool is much of the reason why younger people don't find it cool.
- BlackDeath3 13y ago
  People are silly.
- waterlesscloud 13y ago
  Oh well. There are a lot of people over 30, and they have a lot more money to spend...
- snowwrestler 13y ago
  Most people under 30 won't stay that way forever. Facebook does not need to be a teen fave to succeed very well as a business. In general, the focus on youth within the Internet industry is misplaced and will disappear over time, basically as the wunderkinds like Zuckerberg age. It's happened twice before in the same place--first with semiconductors, then with personal computers.
the_watcher 13y ago
No, you're not. The reason is that Facebook doesn't suck, almost everyone uses it, it isn't dying, and it is a great user experience. What you are describing is what the vast majority of Facebook users feel. However, that's not very interesting, nor does it get read when you put it in a headline.

tim333 13y ago

I'm well over 30 and I like facebook and have it on most of the time. I think it's mostly the teenagers who are giving up.

bmj 13y ago
Some may say there is some correlation between these two things. [NB: I am not a Facebook user, and am well over 30. I don't consume much social media.]

justinhj 13y ago

I'm over 40 and quite like Facebook. Everyone I know is on there from my boss to my grandmother, and I hear that in mind when I post. It's the main channel with which I discover what my family are up to, since I have emigrated. That said I can see why young people would hate it.

mattdeboard 13y ago

The fact that people over 30 find Facebook cool is much of the reason why younger people don't find it cool.

BlackDeath3 13y ago
People are silly.
waterlesscloud 13y ago
Oh well. There are a lot of people over 30, and they have a lot more money to spend...
snowwrestler 13y ago
Most people under 30 won't stay that way forever. Facebook does not need to be a teen fave to succeed very well as a business. In general, the focus on youth within the Internet industry is misplaced and will disappear over time, basically as the wunderkinds like Zuckerberg age. It's happened twice before in the same place--first with semiconductors, then with personal computers.

the_watcher 13y ago

No, you're not. The reason is that Facebook doesn't suck, almost everyone uses it, it isn't dying, and it is a great user experience. What you are describing is what the vast majority of Facebook users feel. However, that's not very interesting, nor does it get read when you put it in a headline.