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The younger generation isn't bothering with Facebook as much (today's teens to early 20s) and going right to services that offer messaging and image sharing, maybe that's what the article is referring to.

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Where are you getting these stats from? Would love to see sources.

You mean like WhatsApp?

Yes. The 13-year-olds are all over that shit, it's mind boggling. I became aware of this recently when I found out my niece's class has a WhatsApp group and it's their shared space, like a permanent party in there. After seeing that, I realized FB in comparison seems static, linear and (blasphemy) positively clean and well organized.

As a 30+ i find it funny that chat rooms are making a come back. I used IRC (and still use) back in the day, and the funky flash and java chat rooms that a lot of mainstream websites used to host to build their communities.

WhatsApp always appealed more than Facebook because it is much more like a chat room.

What goes around comes around as they say.

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