For teens, it has been an essential rite of passage: They turn 13 and join Facebook.

Since she signed up three years ago, friend requests and status updates are as much a part of Meera Kumar’s life as homework and exams at Menlo School, the elite private school in leafy Atherton, Calif., where she’s a 16-year-old sophomore.

But when her kid sister Anika turned 13 last year, she gave Facebook a pass.

“I guess I haven’t been that interested in it,” said Anika, who prefers sharing photos with friends on Instagram via her iPhone or video chatting with them onGoogle+.

via Some teens aren’t liking Facebook as much as older users – Los Angeles Times.