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Facebook use among teenagers is in decline while teen usage of social networks in general continues to rise, as they find their way to less popular sites like Tumblr and Twitter instead. While Facebook is still by far the most popular social site among underage users, its loss of steam as indicated in a Pew study points to kids wanting to find a way to rebel against their parents while also being able to carry out online socializing with their friends without their parents being able to virtually watch from Facebook accounts of their own.
Tumblr users are known to say that the first rule of Tumblr is you never acknowledge the site’s existence on any other social network or website, so as it to keep it an underground secret. That went out the window when Yahoo announced it was acquiring the site, but its mostly younger user base will still be able to conduct their business with each other without their Facebook-using parents necessarily being aware of it. In addition to practical concerns about having their posts monitored by their parents, teens are also able to rebel against them by skipping out on the social network their parents have embraced.
So what can Facebook do to buck this trend? Short of acquiring one of the competing social networks increasingly favored by teens, very little. It seems Facebook is becoming a victim of its own massive popularity. With nearly everyone having joined Facebook, those teens who want to virtually socialize with any degree of privacy have no choice but to do so elsewhere.
Tumblr users are known to say that the first rule of Tumblr is you never acknowledge the site’s existence on any other social network or website, so as it to keep it an underground secret. That went out the window when Yahoo announced it was acquiring the site, but its mostly younger user base will still be able to conduct their business with each other without their Facebook-using parents necessarily being aware of it. In addition to practical concerns about having their posts monitored by their parents, teens are also able to rebel against them by skipping out on the social network their parents have embraced.
So what can Facebook do to buck this trend? Short of acquiring one of the competing social networks increasingly favored by teens, very little. It seems Facebook is becoming a victim of its own massive popularity. With nearly everyone having joined Facebook, those teens who want to virtually socialize with any degree of privacy have no choice but to do so elsewhere.
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