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My son was born in 2001 and only uses Facebook due to most communication routed through there from the Air Cadets he is a member of. Otherwise he doesn't parti

My son was born in 2001 and only uses Facebook due to most communication routed through there from the Air Cadets he is a member of. Otherwise he doesn't particularly like social media and usually turns off all notifications/largely ignores the "wittering on" occurring on those platforms. He also does use Snapchat as there is a group of Air Cadets on that platform. He also plays the odd video game so has a Discord account. But he doesn't obsess over social media like perhaps a generation before his does. IMO that's a good thing. In my late 40's, I too have a Facebook account, but largely ignore it bar having to use it to read the Air Cadet's parent group for important information I should know about. If it weren't for that, I'd be deleting my account there - have done so before. Unfortunately I reconnected with quite a few friends and acquaintances, and have grown weary of the utter crap and banality a lot of them post on there - as time has worn on I find I have a lot less in common with a lot of these people than I thought I did, and the posting of twee political virtue signalling and rubbish or out of context memes only they get and find funny, has taken its toll. I need to go through the contacts list and perform a thorough 'cleansing', now that I think about it.

thejj100100 8y ago
That seems similar to me, I only really have social media for air cadets as they require you to be in their Facebook group - I’d avoided Facebook until I joined air cadets but I never go on Facebook to look at the main feed, etc
majewsky 8y ago
> My son was born in 2001. > But he doesn't obsess over social media like perhaps a generation before his does. Back in my days, "a generation" was roughly 20-25 years. :) Generation X did not have social media when they grew up.
- phit_ 8y ago
  I have noticed there is quite the difference between born 2000+ and 1993+, due to the older of these groups still remembering a time where not everyone had a computer in their pockets. By the time someone born in 2000 made it to school almost everyone had a phone/smartphone.
  - scarygliders 8y ago
    Yes this exactly, I know what a "generation" in the usual sense means. But what you posted, is why I count my son born in 2001 to be a different generation than those born in 1993+. Their attitudes and behaviour seem very different in that I see way less political correctness, amongst other things associated with the generation being talked about, in him and his peer group (of course this is anecdotal evidence and should be treated as such).
- thousandautumns 8y ago
  2001 is considered gen Z. Before them are millenials, the oldest of which were born around 1980. If OP was in their late 40s, they would Gen X. So clearly they were referring to millenials, and not Gen X.
aedron 8y ago
> as time has worn on I find I have a lot less in common with a lot of these people than I thought I did Like so many others, you have discovered why you lost contact with these people to begin with. There is nothing that Facebook offers that improves the quality of those relationships - arguably, quite the contrary - so no reason to cling on to them beyond voyeurism.
- scarygliders 8y ago
  Indeed. I have a particularly good friend and they don't have a Facebook account, yet we still keep in touch.

thejj100100 8y ago

That seems similar to me, I only really have social media for air cadets as they require you to be in their Facebook group - I’d avoided Facebook until I joined air cadets but I never go on Facebook to look at the main feed, etc

majewsky 8y ago

> My son was born in 2001. > But he doesn't obsess over social media like perhaps a generation before his does. Back in my days, "a generation" was roughly 20-25 years. :) Generation X did not have social media when they grew up.

phit_ 8y ago
I have noticed there is quite the difference between born 2000+ and 1993+, due to the older of these groups still remembering a time where not everyone had a computer in their pockets. By the time someone born in 2000 made it to school almost everyone had a phone/smartphone.
- scarygliders 8y ago
  Yes this exactly, I know what a "generation" in the usual sense means. But what you posted, is why I count my son born in 2001 to be a different generation than those born in 1993+. Their attitudes and behaviour seem very different in that I see way less political correctness, amongst other things associated with the generation being talked about, in him and his peer group (of course this is anecdotal evidence and should be treated as such).
thousandautumns 8y ago
2001 is considered gen Z. Before them are millenials, the oldest of which were born around 1980. If OP was in their late 40s, they would Gen X. So clearly they were referring to millenials, and not Gen X.

aedron 8y ago

> as time has worn on I find I have a lot less in common with a lot of these people than I thought I did Like so many others, you have discovered why you lost contact with these people to begin with. There is nothing that Facebook offers that improves the quality of those relationships - arguably, quite the contrary - so no reason to cling on to them beyond voyeurism.

scarygliders 8y ago
Indeed. I have a particularly good friend and they don't have a Facebook account, yet we still keep in touch.