According to the latest research from Pew Research, users of social networking websites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are getting older.
OK, so yes, we’re all getting older. Therefore if we’re using social networking websites, users are, ergo, getting older. Perhaps I should have rephrased that. The average age of users on social networking websites is getting older. There, that’s better.
The research states that more users over the age of 50 are using social networking websites to keep in touch with their relatives and to catch up with old friends who they haven’t seen for a long time. Fifty plus surfers are logging on and using websites to stay in touch, and to find assistance on medical matters. The number of ‘silver surfers’ on social networking websites has in fact doubled in the last 12 months.

Oh Mildred, you're not tagging that photo of me!
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