Today on Facebook (META)’s quarterly earnings call, the company admitted for the first time that it might be having the slightest bit of trouble with the younger cohort.
Business Insider reports that on the call, CFO David Ebersam gave investors a little heads up: “Our best announcement on youth usage [is that] among U.S. teens was stable overall from Q2 to Q3 but we did see a decrease in daily users partly among younger teens,” he said, adding that it’s “of questionable significance,” but “we wanted to share this with you now because we get a lot of questions about teens.”
“We remain close to fully penetrated among teens in the U.S,” he added. (Still gross.)
Betabeat’s done some digging, and we may have uncovered a possible explanation for the dip among teen users. See for yourself:
Just found out my mom de-friends me on Facebook if she doesn't like what I'm wearing in pictures and then friend requests me the next day…
— 大塚 舞 ❤️😘 (@Lair64903) October 30, 2013
https://twitter.com/lndecisive/status/395657402957455360
https://twitter.com/joannalpz_/status/395664562029989888
https://twitter.com/imsidneylol/status/395663596648009729
Well geez my mom was blowing up my notifications! #picstitch #facebook #MomMissesMe #pictures… http://t.co/fivY9uMvhl
— danielle (@missdanielleeee) October 30, 2013
https://twitter.com/carlypopson/status/395650383001190400
https://twitter.com/versacezaynx/status/395660213065244672
UGH, GOD.
