Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Facebook falling out of favor with teens

upi.com
May 22, 2013

Teens are sharing more about themselves on social media but many favor Twitter to avoid parents and “oversharing” they see on Facebook, a U.S. poll indicates.

While social media use is skyrocketing among teenagers, they aren’t happy with a Facebook community that involves “drama,” stress and their parents, the Pew Research Center said in a report released Tuesday.

Teens “dislike the increasing number of adults on the site, get annoyed when their Facebook friends share inane details, and are drained by the ‘drama’ that they described as happening frequently on the site,” the report said.

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