This is very obvious, Twitter was dominated by Marketing and Media professionals before any other group, thereby, the socialites who normally use facebook or myspace to express themselves to other socialites, deem twitter useless.

So, through a teen's eyes, I would see a differing opinion as “stupid”? :) Thanks for commenting with your opinion.

@Alyssa – I agree with you! MySpace and Facebook reveal maybe “too much” info to strangers and it makes users less likely to “risk” meeting new people. Thanks so much for your comment!

@Rachel – Valid points. Nielsen looked at the recent “boom” of new Twitter users and discovered that many new users were not teens. It may be a matter of comfort or not understanding what hte point is of signing up for *another* social networking website. Thanks for the comment :)

@Erin – Thanks for commenting. I don't think people are intending to stereotype teens — at least, I think what we're discussing implies why many teenage internet users do not use Twitter, rather than making an unfair judgment against teenagers. Personally, I'm just 4 years away from having been a teenager and I actually place within the age bracket of most people who “don't” use Twitter!

@Sym – I realize that teens do actually use Twitter :) They make up a very small percentage of Twitter users. The question is why. Above is my hypothesis :) Thanks for commenting!

i tweet.. and my page is customized. haha

I'm a teen, I have a twitter, and I think this is stupid. Lol,
Here's another great example of a Non-teen,
Trying to show what Teens think.

Just saying how stupid you are for trying to see through a Teen's Eyes, when… You obviously aren't.
Just my opinion.

I'm a teen, and I love tweeting. It's so much more effective than Myspace. A lot of my friends have accounts on websites like that, but they seem insecure. And I have heard too many bad things about Myspace. Twitter is based on developing slow friendships with people you choose, and letting them get to know over a long period of time. It's hard to fake an identity on Twitter, which is why I like it. If I ever accquired a Myspace account, it would onl be to practice HTML formatting and stay in touch with my friends. I get to do that on Twitter safely, and pick my friends. I feel more secure on Twitter. Great post, and nice research. I hope you get to fulfill your dream of becoming an author.

Personally, as a teenager who doesn't use twitter with many friends who do, I disagree. I think it's more that myspace and facebook have been more popular for longer thus it's obvious more people will be using them at the moment. Also, since twitter has become popular after lots of social-networking sites (like facebook, bebo, myspace etc.) have, twitter could be seen as yet another site people have to join; they maybe just can't be bothered with joining it if they already have accounts on other sites. That's the situation for me at least – I have nothing against tweeter and if anything it seems easier to follow what people are doing than on fb or myspace. As for myself? I have a myspace I go on maybe once a year, and facebook that I use constantly. I may get a twitter in the future, who knows?

I'm a teen, and I prefer Twitter over Facebook or Myspace. The majority of my “friends” don't bother looking at my profile, since they already know me. We usually talk about random stuff on Twitter, because it's fast and easy. That's why I like it- I don't have to worry about a long blog post, bulliten, or the likes. It irritates me how everyone likes to use one stereotype to describe the teen population as a whole like this. Some of us are different.

yaaa… no. i tweet all the time and im a teen