Is your timeline all a bunch of boring 20-65 year-olds? Time to add some zest and find a random teenager to follow.
Teenage girls wasting time outside when they could be tweeting.
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Everyone knows teens are the bellwether of social networks, but how many of us are actually following teens on Twitter? It's time to #changetheratio and get more teens in our daily digital lives.
Writer David Thorpe (@Arr) founded the #followateen movement back in 2011, and today he called for it to be reignited. The idea is simple: find a random teen on Twitter, follow him or her, and then occasionally report on what your teen is up to.
"I recommend that everyone do it." Thorpe explained in an email. "If you get below the surface, Twitter is like 99% teens who are mad at their moms and think English class is total bullshit (and don't even get me started about Keighlinn, who is being a TOTAL bitch). It's a lot of fun to find a random one and casually keep tabs on their stupid teen life. It's not a stalky thing, it's just about tuning in to the weird secret worldwide teenosphere and seeing what's up with today's youth."