The story is as old as the Web: A social network born among twenty-something college kids and young wired professionals sprouts up, apparently out of nowhere, and grows into a cultural phenomenon. Eventually, it reaches critical mass and explodes, its mushroom cloud drawing the attention of millions of Baby Boomers, leading to a huge influx of new users, which in turn triggers complaints from the youngsters who started it all.
Can't we all just be Facebook friends, man? Baby Boomers in their colorful native garb.
"Younger folks don't want their parents there," Rainie says. "But does that mean they'll all flock to different places?"
"My father, who I dearly love, has a tendency to forward e-mails that are off pretty off-color," says Smith.
But like many of her generation, Linda is deeply concerned about the amount of personal information that her kids--particularly her 20-year-old daughter, who is still in school--share online.
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