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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s pretty normal.  5 - 10 years ago it would have been unusual.  I have an account but only look at it a couple times year and haven’t been active for about 2 years.  Very few people my age post anything any more.  I’m 47.

I’m also using Instagram way less in the last year or so.  My friends just aren’t into it any more. [/quote]

I'm 47 and it seems like Facebook is THE main mode of communication and sharing amongst my age group. Interesting. [/quote]

Huh, 45 and I don't feel that way at all. DH and I have a text chain with a group of our closest friends, and I keep in touch with some people via WhatsApp (some of my friends have moved abroad so we can't text another way. I go on Instagram intermittently but never post anymore, and it seems like that's true for a lot of people -- when I go on, it's mostly posts from businesses or artists I follow. I quit Facebook about 5 years ago and haven't missed it and it hasn't impacted my friendships at all. Most people I know don't use Facebook much if at all. Mostly I use text to stay in touch with people, occasionally someone contacts me via LinkedIn or Instagram. I still get emails from old friends sometimes. I just don't need Facebook.

I feel like Facebook is for my mom (who loves it). It's for people who aren't very internet or tech savvy and want a resource where everything is the same. I read once that Facebook flattens the internet out and puts everything (people, businesses, media sources, events) in the same interface. I think that's why it's so appealing to older people who didn't get enough exposure to the internet when they were young and still just don't really know how to use it.[/quote]

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