Facebook in Decline?

On the front page of Monday's issue of the Daily Universe there was an article called Facebook in Decline? The article contains a quote that says it all, "When you start getting friended by you grandmother, I think that is when [Facebook] starts loosing its cool." This reminded me of when I started wearing Sketchers to school. One student who wore the same shoes was obviously distraught and I noticed that he started wearing the shoes less and less. As soon as I started wearing those shoes to school they became less cool. However, notice that the article doesn't say that when your grandmother starts using Facebook that it loses its cool. If that were the case iPods would have lost their cool and kids would have switched to Zunes a long time ago. Facebook will lose its cool when kids' status updates are read by their parents as well as their friends. Kids will obviously feel threatened when these two worlds collide. If teachers are to use Facebook in a nonthreatening way they need keep this in mind and use privacy setting to stay at a distance yet still being able to give motivation or send reminders.

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