http://beatblogging.org/2009/03/30/daily-dose-of-social-media-facebook-rapidly-adding-users-especially-over-35/ Pushing the practice of beat reporting Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://beatblogging.org/2009/03/30/daily-dose-of-social-media-facebook-rapidly-adding-users-especially-over-35/comment-page-1/#comment-4427 Bruce Christensen Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:39:09 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=2834#comment-4427 I represent the baby boomer age group on Facebook. My Gen-Y children invited me and I found many of my old friends in the space as well. I have been shocked to see the amount of comments that this older crowd has generated. This new connectivity has inspired both my wife and I to start blogs and to become active in promoting social networking among families. We would not have thought of participating in this activity by just sitting at home reading the Sunday paper! This new media is the spot were I am trending toward for my news... I represent the baby boomer age group on Facebook. My Gen-Y children invited me and I found many of my old friends in the space as well. I have been shocked to see the amount of comments that this older crowd has generated.
This new connectivity has inspired both my wife and I to start blogs and to become active in promoting social networking among families.
We would not have thought of participating in this activity by just sitting at home reading the Sunday paper!
This new media is the spot were I am trending toward for my news…

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