Survey says

"Social Networks Grow: Friending Mom and Dad"


Link to January 14 Pew Internet & American Life Project report.

Excerpt:
The share of adult internet users who have a profile on a social networking site has more than quadrupled in the past four years -- from 8% in 2005 to 35% now, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project's December 2008 tracking survey.

Still, younger online adults are much more likely than their older counterparts to use social networks, with 75% of adults 18-24 using these networks, compared with just 7% of adults ages 65 and older. At its core, use of social networks is still a phenomenon of the young.

Retiring Guy lives in a divided household. Older son Andy has "friended" me on Facebook; younger son Eddie has not. Make that will not.