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Is Facebook for old folk? Chanelle and Chelsea investigate...

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Chanelle Purser (left) and Chelsea Millar caught up wtih Dom today to talk social media and rural life.

Chanelle Purser (left) and Chelsea Millar caught up wtih Dom today to talk social media and rural life.

West Otago dairy farmer Chanelle Purser and FMG Young Farmers board member Chelsea Millar joined Dominic George today to talk about the world of social media.

Chelsea has recently been posting online about celebrating success which she reckons rural New Zealanders find difficult. Chanelle has been busy helping rural businesses with their social media presence.

The youth of today are a fast-moving bunch and Dom wants to know if Facebook is now the domain of older people?

Finally both women discuss rural depopulation and the threat of the urban sprawl...

Have a listen to the full interview in the Soundcloud embed below:

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