Are Teens Losing Interest in Facebook?

Currently at 900 million users, Facebook is unquestionably the most visited online social networking site. But for how long? Facebook has no real worries of losing its loyal adult users. In fact according to research firm Nielsen, users in the 50-64 age group made up nearly 1/4th of the sites users in March. But the same cannot be said for the younger generation. Of today’s middle and high schoolers, most of them do have a Facebook account; however, many of Facebook’s young users are spending much less time on the site. Instead they check in with Facebook quite infrequently and are turning their attentions to other trending online attractions like Instagram, Twitter and Face Chat. Though researchers say there’s no real evidence that Facebook is losing all of its teen users, their current lack of interest in the site is an obvious cause for concern. As former social sites like Myspace have shown, young fans are the driving force and longevity of social networks, and without their  interest and support the site will eventually fail. One aspect of Facebook that has become a teenager deterrent is its lack of privacy. Using your real name and posting personal stuff for the [...]

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