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I would assume it's because facebook has become a great way for that age group to get in touch with people they haven't seen in years, not for job networking, although I may be wrong.

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I'm not sure about that. On a recent plane trip, I sat next to a 14-year-old who was lamenting that her mom was now on FaceBook because she needed to be for job leads. I've heard similar stories from several of my recently-out-of-college friends.

And my cubemate is Facebook-friends with her manager, which makes for an interesting dynamic in what she can or can't post online...

Wow, that's interesting, my gut reaction was that the site had turned into a free alternative to classmates.com.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/classmates_com_e...

Very strange. LinkedIn is infinitely better for professional networking.

Yeah, that's what I've noticed too. LinkedIn doesn't seem to have much penetration outside of tech hubs though - I noticed a big difference in adoption just going from Boston to Silicon Valley. The girl in question was from Williamstown, MA, which is basically just two streets and a college in northwest Massachusetts. I'm not too surprised FaceBook beats it out, given the large student and academic population.

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