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17th August 2009
Teenage revolution
Not saying I'm getting old or anything but the true power of Facebook became very apparent to me last Tuesday.
My teenage son informed us that he was going to have a party ih the garden, with tents, and music around a fire. This was agreed and little more was heard about it until a few days before my son cleaned out the old stable block, yes physical work was done, and ask us to supply food and some liquid refreshments. Asked how many were coming the answer varied from 10- 50. As parents we expected maybe 20 as we live in a rural location 2 miles from a small branch line.
Returning home at 6pm on the fateful night 3 or 4 boys were assembled so everything normal. I was then asked to prepare to collect the revellers from the railway station at 8pm. My son said it would be fun to take the landrover and horse trailer as there might be too many to get into the car and as it was only 2 miles it would be fun to jump into the back of the horse trailer. I agreed. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
At 10 minutes to 8 with just a 10 or 12 young people at the party I thought my trip to the station would be singular and quick.
I arrived a few moments before the train drew up and my shotgun passenger a good friend of my son jumped out as almost every door on the small 3 coach train opened and 70 or so children poured out onto the station plateform.
Three trips later I despatched the crowd of children back to our home by which time parents had dropped off another load of young people.
The rest of the story is one of little sleep, noise, stress and I won't bore you with the details.
So we have all heard about the facebook parties before, now first hand without any cost, no invitations, no telephoning (maybe some texting) I have seen the it in action.
Facebook is mainstream, a growing force and is perhaps the most powerful tool for connecting with 14-20 year olds if not a wider audience. Will Twitter, Linkedin and Google and other web 2 ideas be able to compete... certainly there is still more excting opportunities.... but who's controlling who?
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