Grudgingly, young people finally flock to Twitter

Older users were early adopters of microblogging site, experts say By Martha Irvine The Associated Press CHICAGO - They think it's pointless, narcissistic. Some don't even know what it is. Even so, more young adults and teens — normally at the cutting edge of technology — are finally coming around to Twitter, using it for class or work, monitoring the minutiae of celebrities' lives. It's not always love at first tweet, though. Many of them are doing it grudgingly, perhaps because a friend pressures them or a teacher or boss makes them try the 140-character microblogging site. "I still find no point to using it. I'm the type of person who likes to talk to someone," says Austyn Gabig, a sophomore at the University of California, San Diego, who only joined Twitter this month because she heard Ellen DeGeneres was going to use... [read full story]                    

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