Corvida

I'm always surprised at how many people have never heard of Facebook - or LinkedIn.com - Bill Sodeman via twhirl

Yeah so many people, even in my IT program have never heard of LinkedIn - Shey

I can see why LinkedIn hasn't been heard of. Not many people are into putting resumes and stuff online anyway and it seems very enterprise-ish - Corvida via twhirl

Surely that should be "What WAS Facebook"? - ◄ Chris Nixon ►

Facebook still is Chris. - Corvida via twhirl

Over here in the UK there are loads of people in the North of England who have no idea what Facebook is all about! - Joe Dawson

A virus. - l0ckergn0me

We must analyse her lifestyle. Corvida, ask her myspace, google, yahoo and finally windows. - Erhan Erdogan

@Corvida I don't get it either - Shey

I knew but I didn't join until last last week. - Franklin Naval

welcome to the real world :) - Naor

I might be shocked depending on the age of your friend - Julian Baldwin

Usually parents ask something like that. - Outsanity

a lot of my high school friends are JUST getting on to Myspace...and I've been out of hs for a while - James Williams

it's hard to believe that some people have lives that don't revolve around sitting in front of a computer way too much... - Scott Lockhart

Facebook is a super boring site. - Thomas Hawk

I actually think that FF is what I wanted Facebook to be. - ◄ Chris Nixon ►

"What the (bleep) is the internet" - Jay from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - George Smith

I'm a student. Facebook is the only thing alot of them know. Twitter, Flickr, Linkedin -- like speaking Klingon. - Phillip Jeffrey

What closet, rock or hole have they been living in? Doesn't know what Facebook is? OMG you've got to be kidding me! - Susan Beebe

Facebook's a little green patch. Or a place where someone can buy you as a pet. - Christine Cavalier

Did you tell them it's where they let the asylum inmates play? - Todd Jordan

BTW, most college kids are pretty unaware of social networking. My husband is an undergraduate advisor. They concentrate on texting, mostly. The middle-to-upper class white kids know FaceBook, but that's about it. I wouldn't call 21-25 year olds digital natives. The ''true" digital natives are about 3 years old or younger right now. Corvida, I would guess that many more of your peers will come to ask you this in the coming months. - Christine Cavalier

wow, that beats some of my friends - they know what it is, but don't see the point! - Sarah Perez

LinkedIn is for when you have a career (and are establishing a professional network). Incoming freshman may not know facebook, but most do by the time October runs around. In terms of "digital native", the way I think of it is that the digital natives are those who don't understand the concept of a tv show being on at a specific day and time. My 9-y-o daughter has always known Tivo, whereas I used a 300 baud modem in my first job out of school - Barry Graubart via twhirl

Spent some quality time with my 18-year-old brother last week (who I hadn't seen in a couple of years) and was entertained by his lack of interest in the "new cool stuff" on the web. He has a MySpace account but hasn't updated it in forever. Doesn't really use email much or even IM. If he does anything on the web it's Facebook. He is in constant communication with his friends via texting though. I think his generation is more interested in being connected while mobile than anything else. - Lindsay Donaghe

at last a human - Michael via feedalizr

I have a few friends of comparable age (43) using Facebook and/or MySpace, and maybe three or four on LinkedIn. None--none!--use FF, Twitter, or anything else like that. My daughter's friends are on Facebook, but like everyone else who's posted, texting is the thing for them. - steplow is Steve via NoiseRiver