Comments on: 5 Top Reasons Why Twitter is Not Very Popular with Teens!

By: aqualungs

aqualungs — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:15:04 +0000

Being not far past a teen myself, I'm completely offended by the idea that you that teens aren't interested in learning about “politics, religion, life, business, design.” By saying that, you've managed to paint every teenager as completely self-obsessed and ignorant. Of course there are some teenagers that have no interest in broadening their horizons but this percent is no larger then the percent of adults who don't care about learning either. Saying that “Teenagers hate school and learning” is what is ignorant.

The reason why I (and i suspect most teenagers) don't like twitter is because I don't care about every minute detail in your life. I don't care that John Doe is surfing the internet and listening to some great music, or that Lindsey Lohan is on her way to an awards show. I would rather live -my- life then waste my time reading about some self-obsessed business executive's opinion on the new restaurant in LA. Stop trying to paint twitter as something its not.

By: draftz

draftz — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:57:05 +0000

Speaking as a 17 year old, I'd say this is a pretty faulty list. Privacy has never been a particularly large concern for me or (as far as I know) any of my friends. I've never even considered the “dull platform” reason, mainly because I've probably only visited twitter twice in my life, which is hardly enough time recognize things such as that. As for the environment, I'm offended! Teens don't like to learn? That's a terribly unfair and untrue stereotype.
However, I would have to agree with your last two points; twitter seems like a dumbed down version of facebook to me, with the only common feature being the status update. I'd say the reason that twitter's image is so negative is not necessarily because it is our parents using it, I have no qualms with that. As I said before, I've never used twitter, and I don't intend to. Why? In my group of peers it is seen as a terribly “uncool” thing. I highly doubt this association tracks back to adults using it, somehow in their marketing my age group must have been skipped over.

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:33:23 +0000

As a teen:

Twitter is boring. It's the worst part of facebook (status updates) with none of the good parts. I get enough attention-whore spam on facebook without getting it from another site too. XP

By: aqualungs

aqualungs — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:15:04 +0000

By: draftz

draftz — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:57:05 +0000

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:33:23 +0000

As a teen:

Twitter is boring. It's the worst part of facebook (status updates) with none of the good parts. I get enough attention-whore spam on facebook without getting it from another site too. XP

By: Deman

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By: sham

sham — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:21:03 +0000

Cannot even type more than 140 character in twitter i hate tat:(

By: skashliwal

skashliwal — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:51:02 +0000

Congrates dfor the insight!

By: susan mccaw

susan mccaw — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:53:13 +0000

Finally something the kids don't want and is not going to be over run There is a god :)

By: FadiPick

FadiPick — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:33:50 +0000

It has always puzzled me the news about twitter being not popular among teens. I know that they usually are the first ones to adopt new technology, and twitter sounds cool and simple enough for their attention, but then maybe you are right, maybe it is just to textual for their taste, and maybe they would want to enjoy more privacy, I don't know. Or maybe the “what are you doing question” turned out to be of a more sophisticated use than it is and thus not suitable for the teens!