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Stephen Downes

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Bookmarks and commentary on this Guardian article picking up on the theme that youth are abandoning social network sites. "The percentage of 15- to 24-year-olds who have a profile on a social networking site has dropped for the first time – from 55% at the start of last year to 50% this year." Beth Kanter runs a frenetic focus group to find out what's going on (4 minute video). More on this: a report from a 15-year old at Morgan Stanley, Nielson figures confirming the trend, and danah boyd's analysis.

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