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That might be also due to aging. “Social media” is a young person’s game. And some old people too but for different reasons. I wonder what’s the next big thin

That might be also due to aging. “Social media” is a young person’s game. And some old people too but for different reasons. I wonder what’s the next big thing. And no, it will not be Zuck’s VR chat scam.

jacquesm 5y ago
> “Social media” is a young person’s game. Anything but, in my opinion, though different social media websites gather a different demographic age wise.
- Mezzie 5y ago
  It's a game for people with time, which is quite different. Young people do have time, which is why you see them a lot on TikTok (or for Millennials, why you saw us waste our 20s on Instagram and FB). You know who else has time? Old people and retirees. Hence the FB political rage problem. Oh, and unemployed young NEETs, but Reddit is more their speed.
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    > It's a game for people with time, which is quite different. I think you're locked into a certain worldview that does not necessarily line up with reality. I see people on social media that definitely do not fit your picture, and that's the vast majority of them. 'Young' people, lets say under 25 are a small fraction of what I come across on Twitter, and old people and retirees are an even smaller fraction. As for FB, I couldn't tell you, I have been there twice and decided that it wasn't for me. But Twitter is chock full of working professionals.
    - Mezzie 5y ago
      Oh, Twitter definitely fits. There's a reason Twitter is dominated by professions like academics, journalists, and writers: They have a lot of time during their work day/ work time to spend on Twitter. They're allowed hours of access to computers + their work performance is judged on social metrics in addition to quantitative ones. Each social media's most active class is a group of people that has more free time than the average person (for whatever reason). Twitter's is just 'highly educated people with the free time and autonomy in their (likely WFH or unsupervised) jobs to fuck around online.' My friends who work at academic institutions and who do creative work for a living have way more free time than your average office, retail, or service worker. That's why Twitter is such a cesspit when it comes to anything around social class.

jacquesm 5y ago

> “Social media” is a young person’s game. Anything but, in my opinion, though different social media websites gather a different demographic age wise.

Mezzie 5y ago
It's a game for people with time, which is quite different. Young people do have time, which is why you see them a lot on TikTok (or for Millennials, why you saw us waste our 20s on Instagram and FB). You know who else has time? Old people and retirees. Hence the FB political rage problem. Oh, and unemployed young NEETs, but Reddit is more their speed.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  > It's a game for people with time, which is quite different. I think you're locked into a certain worldview that does not necessarily line up with reality. I see people on social media that definitely do not fit your picture, and that's the vast majority of them. 'Young' people, lets say under 25 are a small fraction of what I come across on Twitter, and old people and retirees are an even smaller fraction. As for FB, I couldn't tell you, I have been there twice and decided that it wasn't for me. But Twitter is chock full of working professionals.
  - Mezzie 5y ago
    Oh, Twitter definitely fits. There's a reason Twitter is dominated by professions like academics, journalists, and writers: They have a lot of time during their work day/ work time to spend on Twitter. They're allowed hours of access to computers + their work performance is judged on social metrics in addition to quantitative ones. Each social media's most active class is a group of people that has more free time than the average person (for whatever reason). Twitter's is just 'highly educated people with the free time and autonomy in their (likely WFH or unsupervised) jobs to fuck around online.' My friends who work at academic institutions and who do creative work for a living have way more free time than your average office, retail, or service worker. That's why Twitter is such a cesspit when it comes to anything around social class.