I mostly felt like I was reading a piece from 10 years ago. Liking a page on the back of a share or ad for something popular is so common as to be a trope. Brit

I mostly felt like I was reading a piece from 10 years ago. Liking a page on the back of a share or ad for something popular is so common as to be a trope. Britain First were hugely successful pushing their far right racist bullshit with this tactic ten years back. It's how they grew to being noticeable in the first place! Now every idiot can be heard. Much of the age statistics also apply across the demographic - if non-technical. I don't think anyone, of any age, outside of tech has a reasonable picture of how algorithms affect their lives, and what they might see. The older couple might get taken in by a Microsoft tech support scam or a you won a lottery you didn't buy a ticket for spam. The kids buy cheap games/festival tickets/fashion/tech from absurdly poor scam sites - then don't complain as they've been educated by site policies rather than any awareness of consumer law. Last, I think everyoen is more lonely. We have apps that centre on us, the individual. No need to go to the club without an appointment, or make a phone call, or interact with any of those pesky humans. Apps, internet and politics are all driving this hard. Purely from what I see, it seems like the youngsters are hardest hit - they should have their max amount of friends and least chance of existential loneliness. By the time you hit 60s half your friends have moved miles away or died. A good proportion will have been widowed. Loneliness rather goes with the territory of ageing.