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Teen exodus from Facebook appears overblown

Teens aren’t abandoning Facebook, but they’re spending less time on the social network, a new research report claims. After Facebook revealed a quarter-to-quarter dip in daily use by younger U.S. teens in the third quarter, many investors wondered if teens were fleeing the service for alternatives like Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter(TWTR). Independent reports seemed to confirm a teen exodus from Facebook (FB), including those by iStrategyLabs and University College London. In a report out Tuesday, eMarketer says 95.9% of U.S. social network users age 12 to 17 used Facebook in 2013. That figure is expected to be 96% this year and next, it said. With such a high use rate among young people on social networks, Facebook is “in a tricky position (where) it has no place to go but down,” eMarketer analyst Mark Dolliver said in his report. Of U.S. teen Internet users, 85% used an online social…

Twitter: The social network that can get you fired

Twitter describes itself as a short-message social network for sharing ideas and information. But many people in the general public see it as a platform for saying stuff that gets you fired. And that negative perception could be one thing hurting adoption of the service. The slowing rate of growth for Twitter is a big issue for the company, which reported fourth-quarter results last Wednesday. Its user number in the December quarter inched up to 242 million, up 3.7% sequentially, but a slowdown from prior quarters. Timeline views fell sequentially to 148 billion from 159 billion, the first such decline. Wall Street had been looking for nearly 174 billion views, as IBD reported . On a conference call with analysts, Twitter (TWTR) CEO Dick Costolo said the company is planning tweaks to the service that will make it easier to get started and find interesting content. But maybe what it needs …

Twitter Stock Falls Hard On Weakening Q4 User Growth

Twitter (TWTR) stock plummeted 21% in Thursday trading on slowing Q4 user growth and engagement, despite the company’s vow to add new eye-catching features in 2014. Users in the quarter ended Dec. 31 climbed to 242 million, up 3.7% sequentially, a slow down, the microblogging company reported late Wednesday. Users climbed 30% from a year earlier. Timeline views fell sequentially to 148 billion from 159 billion, the first such decline. Wall Street