Facebook Places Don't Grab Teens' Attention

Nearly half of teenagers haven't even heard of Facebook Places or other geolocation services.

Nearly half of teenagers haven’t even heard of Facebook Places or other geolocation services.And those who have don’t see the point of them or consider them unsafe.

This comes from the youth communications agency Dubit, which surveyed 1,000 11- to 18- year olds, a survey group with a balance of ages, gender and location.

Here are the more detailed findings outlined by Dubit:

  • 48 percent of teens have not heard of Places, Foursquare, or other location services
  • 58 percent of teens who have heard of location services don’t see the point
  • 45 percent of teens who have heard of the services feel they are unsafe
  • 27 percent of teens have heard of Foursquare
  • Only 5 percent of teens who have heard of Foursquare actually use it
  • 67 percent of teens who have heard of the services don’t use any of them
  • 76 percent of the girls who’ve heard of the location...
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