Mashable says old people don't like social media. Old people say, "Get off my Farmvville."

The Pew Internet Project reports that 65% of adults who use the Internet use social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, or (yes, it's still around) MySpace.
That's what their headline said.

via 65% of online adults use social networking sites | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

But, when Mashable picked up the story, they reported

Only 50% of U.S. Adults Use Social Media

Mashable went on to say

But they’re less than ecstatic about it. In a word cloud that the study made to show responses to the question “What is one word that describes your experience using social networking sites?” The most common answer was a standard “good.”?

Pew, however, thought that adults were happier:

Overall, positive responses far outweighed the negative and neutral words that were associated with social networking sites (more than half of the respondents used positive terms). Users repeatedly described their experiences as “fun,” “great,” “interesting” and “convenient.” Less common were superlatives such as “astounding,” “necessity,” and “empowering.”