Nowadays, every young person I know seems to be afflicted with a “connection infection” that just won’t go away. Ironically, most don’t want to cure their social networking fever... Why? Because these days, to many young adults, it seems that without their very own profile on some sort of social networking web site, they pretty much don’t exist.
I invited a small group of Yahoo! summer interns to chat about this booming Internet trend. After all, who better to talk to about social networking sites than the Yahoos who are part of the largest demographic of users?
Ranging in age from 18 to 26, from high school to graduate student, they joined me to share their experiences and observations about social networking – from using Facebook to learn more about a crush, to parents creating MSN Spaces profiles to “spy” on their kids, to wondering about a future where a Presidential candidate has to contend with the legacy of having a MySpace page.
Front row (L to R): Paul Stamatiou, Phil Freo, Brianna Satinoff, Richard Crowley
Back row (L to R): Chen Yang, me, Will Urich
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We’ve been fielding a fair share of questions lately about the large purple cow that made a cameo in our fun video tour of Yahoo!. And rightly so...
Large purple cows are a rarity anywhere, let alone in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Well, for inquiring minds, here’s the scoop ...
