I've worked it out

I read somewhere that MySpace has now got a user profile that has aged. The average age of a MySpace member is over 35.

I think I know why.

As people get older they are more likely to have a partner, more likely to have children, and less likely to have a life. Either that or as people get older they find that if they are single and/or don't have children, all of the people they know of a similar age are more likely to have partners/children/no life.

My point is that socialising as you get older, can be more effort.

If there are kids around then you might have to think about babysitters.
If there's a partner around they might not be understanding about you going off galivanting on a regular basis.

But you know what, it's more to do with age than any of these things. The older we become, the more we like routine and home comforts. We realise that we can't drink as much as we used to. We can't stand late nights as much as we used to. We're less tolerant of people than we used to be. We don't like trains, tubes, buses and driving at night. We don't feel safe travelling around on our own in the dark.

And what do MySpace, e-mail, messaging, bebo, friends reunited, face party, meebo, blogger, flickr etc. do for us? Well we can keep in touch with many people from the comfort of our own homes (or desk at work - should I be admitting that?). We can say things we might be too shy to say in a face to face meeting, keeping communication more honest. We can use a variety of media quickly and easily to keep in touch. We're less likely to get drunk and make an idiot of ourselves (OK notice I said less likely, it's still possible). We're less likely to end up sitting next to a smelly drunk on public transport. Oh, and we're less likely to do long lunches at work. Ooops, maybe I've just spotted an inconsistency with yesterday's blog.