Teenagers have been grappling with a tough question lately: What do I do when mom tries to friend me on Facebook?
Well, you ain’t seen nothing yet, whippersnappers. There’s a new dilemma you better start thinking about: What do you do when grandma sends a friend request?
That’s more and more likely according to a new report out today from the Pew Internet & American Life Project on social media usage among … ahem … old folks. (Not much older than me, frankly.) The numbers are pretty amazing. Pew finds that social media usage among folks 65 years and older doubled between 2009 and 2010. In the 50 to 64 age group, it went up 88 percent.
Continues at: Survey: Older Americans Flocking To Social Media.
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