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The difference between 25 and 45 is much much less than the difference between "hit up my wall" and "whats 'the facebook'?"

Age as a signifier in itself is slipping.

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My own use of facebook is probably a-typical, but I have used it to reconnect with a bunch of people that I'd lost touch with over the years, now that that has happened I'm no longer an active user, we communicate using different media now.

No need for me to visit facebook to keep in touch, email, the phone and so on work just fine.

Many people find Facebook easier to use than email - if you're on a Windows box, Facebook messaging is sexier and sleeker than either Gmail or Outlook. Facebook's also done a brilliant thing with its Phone Book. If I access it from a mobile device, it lists the phone numbers of all my friends.

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