Marketing research company comScore says that only a small percentage of tweeters are teens, and the New York Times evidently finds that quite interesting.
The Times recently published a long article about Twitter, the micro-blog site whose chirpy name reflects its hyperactive feed. Apparently it's visited mainly by adults.
'I just think it's weird and I don't feel like everyone needs to know what I'm doing every second of my life,' said Kristen Nagy to the paper. Nagy is an 18-year-old New Jersey native who clearly has no interest in Twitter. However, she does send and receive a modest 500 text messages each day.
The Times says there are a number of possible reasons this is the case. First, most young people have Facebook. In fact, Forrester Research said that almost everyone under 35 is on some form of social network site. The news provider adds that some teens simply have no need for tweeting.
The paper also says that teenagers might not tweet because they don't want their parents to know what they've been up to; they prefer to communicate as discreetly as possible.
Last June, comScore reported that Twitter had 44.5 million unique visitors. According to Business Insider, of those visitors 22 million connected from outside the U.S. And these numbers don't account for visits made to the site via smartphone.
The Times recently published a long article about Twitter, the micro-blog site whose chirpy name reflects its hyperactive feed. Apparently it's visited mainly by adults.
'I just think it's weird and I don't feel like everyone needs to know what I'm doing every second of my life,' said Kristen Nagy to the paper. Nagy is an 18-year-old New Jersey native who clearly has no interest in Twitter. However, she does send and receive a modest 500 text messages each day.
The Times says there are a number of possible reasons this is the case. First, most young people have Facebook. In fact, Forrester Research said that almost everyone under 35 is on some form of social network site. The news provider adds that some teens simply have no need for tweeting.
The paper also says that teenagers might not tweet because they don't want their parents to know what they've been up to; they prefer to communicate as discreetly as possible.
Last June, comScore reported that Twitter had 44.5 million unique visitors. According to Business Insider, of those visitors 22 million connected from outside the U.S. And these numbers don't account for visits made to the site via smartphone.
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