Twitter and teens
June 22, 2009
I asked my teen (13) why she doesn’t like twitter and she replied ” I do, I am following two people”.
So I asked who she was following, and she replied “oh you, Kev, Auntie Ange and thats it, oh and Emma P from my primary school” hmm, I think she needs to pay more attention at school as thats clearly more than two people.
Like all mums this answer didn’t satisfy me, so I had to probe a bit more.. “so why did you join twitter then?”
Now be prepared for the insight here… it stunned me…. “I needed to reserve my name on twitter in case it was still about when I am old”. Excellent, like her forward thinking.
Sarah
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divadani | June 22, 2009 at 6:37 pm
That’s the same reason I signed up to Twitter initially – but I’m a bit older than 13.
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saraharrow | June 22, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Lol, I have told her she needs to tweet every now and then or she will lose her name when the database is cleansed. She won’t believe me though
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Su Butcher | June 23, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Priceless!
I was reading some research today that suggested that only 1% of people on twitter tweet more than 10 times a day or have more than 1000 followers.
So you’re even more extra special Sarah!