tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713830447782732971.post2168740409901721538..comments2022-11-22T10:11:07.343+00:00Comments on re:medial: Why don't teens tweet?Emily McDaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04784969976738970201noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713830447782732971.post-70782497460293757962009-08-12T14:57:52.011+01:002009-08-12T14:57:52.011+01:00Thanks for the comments...
@Chris - I quote Twitt...Thanks for the comments...<br /><br />@Chris - I quote Twitter CEO Evan Williams "The only way that Twitter is just a fad (and won't be around in 5/10 years) is if someone comes along and does it better"<br /><br />@Hemminac - Interesting viewpoint about the smaller world teens live in. I hadn't thought of it and it might be a big part of the explanationEmily McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386414096450580284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713830447782732971.post-22751122337047861782009-08-12T14:54:03.983+01:002009-08-12T14:54:03.983+01:00I think it might be just down to shyness. Teens lo...I think it might be just down to shyness. Teens love SMS, but they are direct and private. A tweet means you have to stand up and be seen by your peers when you say something out loud - and kids can be cruel can't they?<br /><br />AdrianBAdrian Bridgwaterhttp://bit.ly/adrianbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713830447782732971.post-82763553539789824012009-08-12T12:28:29.580+01:002009-08-12T12:28:29.580+01:00I'm wholly unqualified to say anything, being ...I'm wholly unqualified to say anything, being neither a teen nor a sociologist, but......<br /><br />As a teen, your world is likely to be a little smaller than those that have ventured out into the world outside of the bubble of school/college etc. Your pool of “mates and family” is enough to get by and you've probably pooled those on the likes of Facebook/Bebo, etc.<br /><br />With Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713830447782732971.post-25479591681326905792009-08-12T11:58:32.099+01:002009-08-12T11:58:32.099+01:00Do us oldies really want teens on Twitter? I quite...Do us oldies really want teens on Twitter? I quite like the semi-lucid conversation one can have with one's peers on Twitter - and there's enough inane chatter on their already, imagine what teenagers would do to it!<br /><br />As with all things on the Web, it's horses for courses, so teens have their things and pros have theirs. If Twitter is still with us in 5/10 years time then I&Chris Leehttp://www.cmrlee.comnoreply@blogger.com