Why is it that everyone gets so excited when a new report comes out suggesting teenagers don’t use Twitter? The latest ammunition is a Nielsen report that only 16% of Twitter.com visitors are under the age of 25.
Sean Moffitt provided a great list of 10 reasons that young people don’t use Twitter, and why. He really hits the nail on the head, providing much-need insight.
My take is teenagers don’t use or need Twitter because they’ve already got an effective and popular micro-messaging system: text messaging. As a result, there’s no need to abandon it for something new and shiny, particularly something their parents are excited about.
It’s as simple as that, although you would think everyone would recognize this reality before getting excited about the dearth of teenagers on Twitter.
That said, just because teenagers aren’t on Twitter yet doesn’t mean they won’t arrive in droves one day. Look at Facebook, which started as a service for university students but now has 10s of millions of older people on board.
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Why Teens Ignore Twitter
Why is it that everyone gets so excited when a new report comes out suggesting teenagers don’t use Twitter? The latest ammunition is a Nielsen report that only 16% of Twitter.com visitors are under the age of 25.
Sean Moffitt provided a great list of 10 reasons that young people don’t use Twitter, and why. He really hits the nail on the head, providing much-need insight.
My take is teenagers don’t use or need Twitter because they’ve already got an effective and popular micro-messaging system: text messaging. As a result, there’s no need to abandon it for something new and shiny, particularly something their parents are excited about.
It’s as simple as that, although you would think everyone would recognize this reality before getting excited about the dearth of teenagers on Twitter.
That said, just because teenagers aren’t on Twitter yet doesn’t mean they won’t arrive in droves one day. Look at Facebook, which started as a service for university students but now has 10s of millions of older people on board.