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It turns out that despite the buzz-building power that Twitter yields for things like Twilight, Miley Cyrus, and the Grammys, only 8% of teens are using Twitter. For a generation which has grown up digital, this is surprisingly low.

But it seems that teens --  the ones embracing texting and Facebook -- are not interested in being public. The online tools they do use let them stay connected but primarily within their own personal circles. This is consistent with a study last year that showed 85% of college freshmen had never used Twitter.

In related news, Facebook’s meteoric rise doesn’t seem to be slowing any time soon. It has just surpassed AOL as the 4th largest Web property in the world. With 469 million unique visitors in December, Facebook is on pace to surpass the #3 spot, Yahoo, within a year. And this from a company that has yet to offer an IPO.