Comments on: Why is Facebook suddenly so popular among we geezers?

I've been getting Facebooked at a furious pace. Why? What has changed?

[Shankland]

I just joined, and the herd followed

No, just kidding. It's some critical-mass phenomenon. I'd been ignoring occasional invitations, but it crossed some threshold a few weeks ago and I figured I'd better see what the fuss was about. I'm more interested in sites with an open API, and Facebook meets that criterion now--perhaps that kicked interest into a higher gear among the Silicon Valley crowd.

By the way, you want "us geezers" in your headline.

[Shankland]

I just joined, and the herd followed

No, just kidding. It's some critical-mass phenomenon. I'd been ignoring occasional invitations, but it crossed some threshold a few weeks ago and I figured I'd better see what the fuss was about. I'm more interested in sites with an open API, and Facebook meets that criterion now--perhaps that kicked interest into a higher gear among the Silicon Valley crowd.

By the way, you want "us geezers" in your headline.

[urbangirlatl]

I'm in my late 30's, and most of my FB friends are high school or college classmates, so no "keggers" in our future!

I've noticed several of my 40 and 50-something family members getting on FB recently. I think to a large degree they do so to keep in touch with (and tabs on) their teenagers. I've also noticed my old classmates using their "status" as a way of passive self-promotion for their businesses (several of us are in real estate). Many of my past clients are on FB, so it is a nice way to keep in touch with them, too.

Otherwise, I enjoy catching up with what people have done with their lives and enjoy photos from those I don't see often enough.

[prodigaleye]

I'm 51 and relatively new to Facebook. It has a good combination of features for hooking up with friends, finding new friends and displaying favorite links to sites, music and whatever.

My friends are family and real friends mostly with a sprinkling of new people that I've met online. However, most of the new people I've met know someone I know.

[patbalvanz]

Matt, I know you probably didn't write the headline, but it's "us" geezers, just for the record. And I definitely am one. Since I joined FB last month, I have lots of new friends. And now that I know you're on there, you can bet I will send a friend request to you too. Us geezers need all the friends we can get. Here is my blog if you want to take a gander at a couple of geezers. www.thebestisyet-to-be.blogspot.com.