Snabbo: A Social Network Allowing Baby Boomers Only

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September 21, 2009: Social Network Allowing Baby Boomers Only (Snabbo.com) Does the Time Warp

Snabbo is an acronym for Social Network Allowing Baby Boomers Only. This website will serve as a nostalgic social networking site offering free membership to baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964). In order to fully participate in and enjoy the concept, members are encouraged to upload one photograph of themselves taken anytime during the 1940's through the 1980's to serve as their "Member Profile" picture.

Snabbo is committed to becoming an exclusive social network for baby boomers' entertainment through reconnecting and rekindling relationships, as well as revisiting the experiences unique to their generation.

Social networks are everywhere. There are some created for high school and college students, some for photography buffs, some for business contacts. The list goes on and on. But "boomers", true to their generation, are an unusual group. Just as their birthrate spiked the number of the world's inhabitants, they will now be part of a similar phenomenon in dramatically increasing the online population. So, what would "boomers" most like to gain from their overwhelming presence on the Internet?

Based on research and an overarching theory, Snabbo believes that as "baby boomers" enter this new phase of their life, they want to reconnect with their past. They want to find family and friends and maybe even rekindle lost romances. Boomers want to recall their lives before they had the responsibilities of marriage, mortgage and kids. However, who will recognize us boomers now!

Snabbo can help baby boomers have a "face book" experience, only with the same "face" they had when they were in their prime. Here are some ways we can travel back in time together:

Members are encouraged to use a photograph of themselves taken any time during the 1940’s through the 1980’s as their identifying Profile page photograph.
In order to increase the chances of connecting with old friends and relatives, members may list other names they have been known as during their lifetime. As an example, you may have been known as Margaret Smith in elementary school, Maggie Smith in high school, Tootsie Smith in college and finally Meg Eldringhoff when you got married.
Members are also able to list (with corresponding years) towns they grew up in, schools they attended, companies they have worked for and organizations they have joined.
The more information members provide about their past, the more likely someone can rediscover you!

Snabbo will make it possible for "baby boomers" to say, "Whatever happened to Dick Jones? Why don't we Snabbo him and find out!"

In addition, Snabbo will provide:

privacy controls that have been given the seal of approval by www.truste.org.
an opportunity to create or join "Groups" enabling members to explore a wide variety of shared interests.
an easy-to-use feature that can help members create, organize and manage "Photo Albums".
"Blogs to allow members freedom to document their thoughts, opinions and feelings on any chosen topic."
nostalgic and entertaining advertisements.

Baby Boomer Statistics

78.2 million Baby Boomers as of July 1, 2005-U.S. Census Bureau.
57.8 million Baby Boomers living in the year 2030 will be between the ages of 66 and 84-U.S. Census Bureau.
"Silver tsunami"-Aging boomers will dramatically increase the online population-Pew Internet and American Life Project.