Comments on: How Old is Too Old for Social Media?

By: francine hardaway

francine hardaway — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:25:15 +0000

I’m such a futurist and change junkie that I adapted quickly to social media, but Paul Dyer shuns me anyway. Thank goodness he’s the only one; most techies are age-blind.

By: Linda VandeVrede

Linda VandeVrede — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:15:19 +0000

Yup, I think Generation Y is going to have its own culture shock when it gets older – because of inventions we can’t even conceive of yet. I keep thinking of my mother’s lament as I was growing up – “Youth is wasted on the young.” I found it tiresome then – now…hmmn…she suddenly seems wiser.

By: Kathy Kerchner

Kathy Kerchner — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:06:02 +0000

I agree with much of what you say. I feel like I’m finally “seasoned,” and knowledgeable, yet so stupid about some of the latest stuff.I have made an effort, though, by blogging and going on Facebook.

I’m trying to remember (it’s harder these days!), but weren’t there things we knew better than the older folks when we were in our 20′s and 30′s? Like how to use computers more effectively, maybe? And won’t the 20 and 30 somethings be out of their element like we are when they’re in their 40′s and 50′s?

Maybe we’re more frustrated just because it’s happening so quickly these days.

By: Celeste Johnson

Celeste Johnson — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:04:58 +0000

Older gens are catching “on”, it’s not that it’s something that can’t be caught on to, it’s something that means something different, like you said Linda, to everyone.

It’s foreign to older gens also because the whole space wasn’t original created with them in mind in my opinion.

-Celeste Johnson