Social sites losing popularity with young - #socialmedia #trends


	Social sites losing popularity with young - #socialmedia #trends

JICWyllie

8-6-2009 6:40 AM

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1-popularity, 1-social networking, 1-technology, 2-change, 2-decrease, 3-reported, 4-intl, 4-us

JICWyllie says:

Perhaps, older people will develop more serious, reflective uses for social networking than the young pioneers.

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