Thus, as the current generation ages I expect more Web sites to cater to us old fogies.

As for “stickiness” perhaps moderation by users, however that moderation is implemented, could reduce the users driven away by whatever negatives tend to drive desirable users to depart for the pastures that are proverbially greener.

If I was implementing a social site for old geezers, old farts, the ancient crotchety ones, I would implement a voting system for registered users. Comments, submitted essays, etc. could be voted upon, perhaps a basic up/down vote system and those amassing too many negative votes would be warned and eventually banned if that poster angered too many folks. That’s but one of many possible ideas to keep the masses coming back.

http://obbop.wordpress.com/

Eons’ site right now has nine major categories: people, fun, love, money, body, lifepath, obits, games, and travel. According to the company and our source, it will no longer pursue areas like obits (offering online obits was a core premise of Eons at its founding) and travel, which are time consuming and costly to keep updated with fresh content. “Obits and travel, they’re just probably going to be spun off,” the source said. “They really need more investment, more concentrated focus.”

Going forward, Eons will focus on the community-building and social-networking aspects of the site, found mainly in its people section, which among other things hosts a collection of blogs and user groups dedicated to topics like games, romance, health, and investing. While Eons as a whole has been struggling, “The community is thriving,” our source says.

Interesting there is no mention of jobs there.

Does this mean that Social Networking for Boomers is bunk? I don’t think so. There are other “boomers focused” social networking sites out there – http://www.boomj.com/ and even http://www.gather.com (no, NOT just for boomers – but its their main demo).

In general, I think that we are seeing an overall cultural change because of technology and people regardless of age are using technology to make connecting and building relationships more efficient. There will be some contractions in the process, but clearly the adoption is happening with people (though not yet by most ‘corporations’).