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Coast Guard: if you're 20, you had a MySpace page 5 years ago. If you're 40, you didn't know about MySpace until you saw an expose on the evening news 2 years ago.(THE WEB)

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| July 01, 2008 | Bender, Dan | COPYRIGHT 2008 U.S. Coast Guard. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The 20-somethings all left home and switched to FaceBook. Their 40-something parents joined to keep tabs on them. The 20-somethings got embarrassed and quit paying attention to their pages. So did their parents. Social media was just a passing fad.

Wrong.

Maybe the story sounds familiar but social media isn't dead just because you might have deleted your profile. When's the last time you watched a video on YouTube? Ever looked at news online and ended up on a blog? Been to Wikipedia? That's social media.

So let's take a moment to dispel the myths and get on the same page. Blogs aren't just for people who live in their parents' basement. Social ...

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