In another breathless Fast Company column about social media and high-tech toys, Robert Scoble got excited about some gizmo that made it easier for him to access Facebook.<\/p>\n
I e-mailed him and asked him, in all sincerity, why he — given that he is an adult — or anyone else long out of diapers would care about Facebook?<\/p>\n
According to an article in eM+C (6\/08, p. 17), 87% of U.S. Facebook users are age 30 or younger.<\/p>\n
Honestly, I would have expected the statistic to be that 100% of Facebook users are age 20 or under.<\/p>\n
I cannot for the life of me understand why any rational adult — aside from pedophiles looking to set up their next felony encounter, or bored, unemployed young adults living in their parents’ basement — would spend one second on Facebook.<\/p>\n
I hope Scoble will clear this up for me. But if not, and you use Facebook, can you?<\/p>\n
I just don’t see the appeal or value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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