Just imagine if social networking became as popular with the people in my age demographic as it is with the teens and 20-somethings. The Baby Boomers would take over the social sites. Would that be bad? It might be the kiss of death for this kind of thing for the age group these sites were originally aimed at. There are probably quite a few young people who don't like the idea of anyone over, say, 30 joining "their" sites, and just imagining their mom or dad or (gasp) grandma networking and becoming their friends creeps them out.
But, hey, maybe I'm the one with the problem. Am I being age-ist here? Am I imposing my own ambiguous feelings about a)--social networking (a virtual experience) replacing real-life/real-time/face-to-face experiences, and b)--my own discomfort at being thought too old to be hip anymore? In all honesty, I think there's a bit of that going on with me these days which is why the ELL is a good thing even if I don't join up or use every 2.0 tool we're exploring.
Ciao. Barb
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