Ever get the feeling with social networking, that you're being left behind? Sneak entered the world of Facebook with trepidation a couple of years ago only to be harangued by ex-classmates, ex-colleagues and ex-exes, none of whom really appealed. So Sneak left.

Now all the fuss is about micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter. The site has risen up the greasy pole of tech popularity in record time thanks to high profile celebrity users such as Barack Obama, Britney Spears and our very own Stephen Fry. Regardless of the fact that very few celebs actually write their own Tweets, it seems to have caught the imagination of the young folks. With its own mini-language and shorthand of symbols and abbreviations, the whole thing can seem like a young'uns game, deliberately designed to exclude the more mature members of society. But not according to internet research firm comScore.

According to new stats from the firm, the majority of Twitter's ten million-odd global users are over 35. And those in that difficult age between 45 and 54 are a third more likely to visit the site than the average user. Ha.

What remains to be seen however, is if they can actually use the site. Sneak's parents have for several years grappled heroically with their respective email accounts, for example. Some months Sneak gets an email, some he doesn't. And on very, very rare occasions,those emails contain actual text.

14 Apr 2009