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There seems to be a pattern where a new, addicting technology sinks its claws in, and the it requires a certain amount of youthful malleability to realize the
by _bxg1 7y ago
There seems to be a pattern where a new, addicting technology sinks its claws in, and the it requires a certain amount of youthful malleability to realize the problems it causes and grow out of it. And the older you are, the less of that adaptive ability you seem to have.
My mom plays the most mind-numbing mobile and Facebook (yep) games, instead of realizing there's a bigger world of much higher-quality content out there. Gen Z seems to have the hindsight about social media to resist some of the effects it's had on millennials. Etc.
- rolltiide 7y agoGen Z I’m around literally do not post anything that isn't ephemeral and for friends only, or at all. Also more and more routine social media detoxes. Posting IG photos? Posting to your story? they’ll straight up tell me “thats not the move, you don’t want to do that” Its group chats or bust. Millennials spent so much time rejecting vertical videos, stories, and all that stuff and are the main ones using the older social networks for that.
- checktheorder 7y agoAgreed. I'm one of those oddball half-GenX/half-millennials, but I spend a lot of time around Gen Z's. (Not in a creepy way, I'm just the eldest cousin in a huge close extended family.) I think the way Gen Z handles tech is awesome. They're quick to apply skepticism, common sense, and a concern for privacy. I think us oldsters could learn a lot from them.