[dbrown26]

Twitter appeals to the 30-50 demographic because they do not have the unlimited time it takes to deal with Facebook or MySpace. I'm 33 and have a Facebook account that I rarely ever use because it just takes too much effort. I don't want to spend hours buying virtual bumper stickers, uploading photos, or any of the other myriad things that people with lots of free time do on Facebook. I use Twitter as I can and it requires no more of me. Neither is necessarily better or worse, they are designed to do different things.

[Scriptor]

Actually, and this maybe just be anecdotal evidence, many gen y people only use Facebook for maybe a few minutes at most each day. We get on, look for anything interesting, update status, post or reply to someone if needed, and that's it. I think only a portion of my contacts actually spend time with the more in-depth features such as managing pictures and using applications.