Comments on: Sextogenarian Women Come to Facebook

By: Anne Easterling

Anne Easterling — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:32:19 +0000

The first rule of social networking sites is that you go where your friends and people like you are. Facebook is a platform that makes it easy to find and connect with real life friends and new friends who share the same interests. Us “older girls” are moving to Facebook because we can connect and interact there.

I chuckle to see how the kids respond to us being there, throwing up walls and claiming that we’re impinging on their freedom of expression. As a life-long early adopter of new technologies, I’m delighted to see more involvement from my peers … and think it’s about time!

By: Paul Chaney

Paul Chaney — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:03:13 +0000

I’d love it if my 77 yo mom was on Facebook. But, alas, I can’t even get her to use email. If the demo keeps skewing upward they’re going to have to call it Wrinkled Facebook.

By: Jordana Herzog

Jordana Herzog — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:50:09 +0000

Ari,
I’ve talked to mom about joining FB for the past year or so and she says no. Maybe you’ll have better luck!
Love,
Your sis
BTW- This is my first comment! Yay!

By: Heike Miller

Heike Miller — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:49:29 +0000

My mum would love to go online, but my dad refuses to invest in a broadband internet connection. Their dial up is the slowest imaginable and they can't even see photos that I send them. My dad used to be a computer programmer, but since he retired he seems to have forgotten how to switch on a computer. I think being retired has driven him into quite a bad depression, it seems that he has lost all his interest. My mum is 70 and she's so young. She looks young, she runs around at high speed and she is enrolled in all sorts of community courses, learning foreign languages and computer skills. I guess it all depends on your state of mind. Heike Miller´s last blog post..Do your potential customers forget about you?

By: Patti Shock

Patti Shock — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:25:37 +0000

Hey, I am 67 and I am into all types of social media. We aren’t all dinosaurs.

By: Linda Bales

Linda Bales — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:56:48 +0000

I never thought about going on Facebook. I’m a 59 year old retired teacher with time on my hands. My adult children are on Facebook; I don’t know what they’d think. Perhaps I’ll try it to get a reaction.

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askglory (Glory Fink) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:48:25 +0000

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