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facebook was for college age people. facebook is still for adults. when kids grow up, and go to college, if they dont have facebook, they get it. just because kids are allowed to join, doesnt mean its designed to appeal to them. its purpose is to connect people. friends who see each other every day dont need many of facebooks features.

this "kids dont think facebook is cool" narrative has been going on for years, and it just doesnt matter. they come around eventually. the network effect is too strong.

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This is just the same as the stories that periodically comes out saying kids don't use email. Sure, but every one of them will if they go to uni or get a white collar job. Right now they're just socialising, and who uses email for that? The emails I get are almost all transactional or work related, and I'm 37. I doubt I'm unusual in that.

At my university, Facebook is primarily used for events and groups. The groups aren't used for discussion though, mostly just for informing about the events. Banter is usually done in Telegram chat groups. Party photos make great stickers..

I guess it's reached the point where everyone is assumed to have a smartphone. As someone who loathes the charging, updating, and payment treadmill of the things, I find this trend worrying. :- (

Buy a Moto G4 (or equivalent) out right, get a pay as you go SIM, and only allow data transfer through wi-fi. Won't solve the daily charging, but does get you out of the payment treadmill.

This isn't correct. A few years ago every kid had Facebook. If you didn't have it, you were a weirdo.

Recently however, everyone's drifted away from it like they drifted away from MSN. The few kids that are still there just use it to tag each other in memes. Instagram is the new Facebook.

Source: Me - personal experience.

but so what. kids got it for a while until their parents got it. now kids are chasing something else. but once they grow up and become adults, they will get facebook.

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