Kids these days. Just what are they up to online?
Intrigued by one tenth-grader's musings (via her brother) on trends in the tech world, investor Garry Tan conducted an informal survey of how 1,000 teens and twenty-somethings are using social media.
Among the high-schoolers (aged 13 to 18) and millennials (aged 19 to 25) that answered Tan's survey, Tumblr > Facebook > Twitter > Instagram > Snapchat, in terms of popularity.
Because "teens love photos, but they hate text," in the words of FWD's John Herrman, here's a picture of the survey results:
Teens used every single social site more than their older peers, and Snapchat and Instagram were nearly twice as popular among high-schoolers than millennials. Thirteen percent of teens reported using Snapchat regularly, while just 4 percent of twenty-somethings did so. Twenty-one percent of users in the younger demographic use Instagram, versus 11 percent in the older demographic.
The survey points to the graying of Facebook: more high-schoolers and millennials are using Tumblr than Facebook (59 percent versus 54 percent). By comparison, just 5 percent of online adults are using Tumblr, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Tan's survey jives with comScore data from May of last year. Together, Facebook and Tumblr accounted for 90 percent of the time teens spent online.
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God, Im old.
Welcome to old age. It gets worse.
PORN > Tumblr > Facebook > Twitter > Instagram > Snapchat, in terms of popularity.
No backround check would of prevented most of these masaquers/murders! Also since when is our medical records which I hope includes mental health become a public access issue??????
Heck half of Americans are on some type of anti depressants !!!!! Where do we draw the line??? What do you think if you have a son or daughter dealing with mental issues? Are these records going to become public???? The mother of the shooter was completely irresponsible for many things, taking her son to a shooting range knowing full well he was extremely mentally ill. How did he have access to this amount of fire arm??? Why weren't these gun under a special lock where only she had access to them???
In all seriousness though, tumblr is pretty cool, but some of the content is truly terrible.
It is definitely a visual site, and very enjoyable. Snapshot is something I've never used, but by the end of the day, I intend to explore...
If you are looking for blogging - making journal entries or articles about topics - it's stupendous. Not only does it allow you to tag your material - making it easier for people to search just your Tumblr for certain articles or even all of Tumblr - but it enables your information to be spread quickly. Rather than having to copy and paste an entire jounral entry you agree with or just posting a quote from it or a URL (like we all used to have to do with LJ), you can literally just reblog the entire article and post your comment below.
It's really awesome!
Hmmm, maybe I'll give it another go...
Too truthy?