Twitter is something I ignored for the longest, tried it out, stopped using it, then began using it a fair amount. I don’t follow a lot of people on it, but I really like the ones that I do and they are always coming up with something interesting. Of course, like my tweets, a lot of theirs are just chatter, but I like a bit of that, too … helps me feel less isolated. But, it is one those things you either like or dislike. Maybe you can give it a shot and see what you think. I’m not a promoter of it, but I get more out of it than I thought I would.

But, as for the age, I understand where you are coming from. Although a lot of folks in our basic age group do use social networking, like Facebook, it is more a phenomena for younger people. Neat concept, though, and I really would like to be more trusting of it …