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One of the main reasons the teenagers I know are possibly considering using Google+ over Facebook is because Google+ isn't blocked by our school web filter yet :P

(They can get around it on their personal devices with proxies, but the computers owned by the school are pretty well locked down)

I honestly don't think Google+ will ever have more traction than Facebook, at least with the teenage crowd.

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One thing to remember is that Facebook's e-mail is an outright flop -- I have never once corresponded with an @facebook.com address -- whereas tons of teens use Gmail on a routine basis. Every Gmail user is now (more or less) a Google+ user. Google could probably use that to drive a lot of Google+ adoption.

"[W]hereas tons of teens use Gmail on a routine basis."

How many teens use Gmail? Despite Gmail's popularity among techies, I seem to recall that they only have like 5% market share, so I'm guessing most teenagers don't use Gmail.

Most teens and pre-teens I know (by living with a teen brother) use Hotmail. I've seen chain letters with hundreds of emails (yes, they still happen) and there's hardly a @gmail.com in sight.

Does anyone have a @facebook.com other than Facebook employees?

Facebook employees use @fb.com, everyone on facebook has vanity_username@facebook.com

Yes, I do have one but I only used it once to test how it works.

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