Monday, February 08, 2010  Twitter v IM: a micro-reflection
Donald Clark shared via his Facebook status that "while 7 out of
10 teens use social networking websites like Facebook, only 1 in
12 teens use Twitter - Pew Internet and American Life Project -
survey middle of last year 12-17 year olds."  I located said
report and found it interesting reading. You might, too, if your
life includes teenagers.  One caveat I found quite telling was
that "the question wording for teens is quite different from how
the question was posed to adults so the results are not strictly
comparable."  That said, it seems that only 8% of online
American teens use Twitter, while the figure for adults is 19%.
It should be noted, however, that the figure for adults varies
hugely across different age bands, showing a steady decline from
the 37% of 18-24 year olds to just 4% of those over the age 65.
So it seems that between their 17th and 18th birthdays, American
teenagers experience the sudden urge to make the shift to
Twitter. I won