The Facebook generation is fed up with Facebook.
That's according to a
report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, which surveyed 802 teens between the ages of 12 and 17 last September to produce a 107-page report on their online habits.
Pew's findings suggest teens' enthusiasm for Facebook is waning, lending credence to concerns,
raised by the company's investors and others that the social network may be losing a crucial demographic that has long fueled its success.
Facebook has become a "
social burden" for teens, write the authors of the Pew report. "While Facebook is still deeply integrated in teens’ everyday lives, it is sometimes seen as a utility and an obligation rather than an exciting new platform that teens can claim as their own."
