Even before “influencers” young people often wanted to be media or athletic stats of some sort, so that isn’t new. The drive to increase “engagement” and ad re

Even before “influencers” young people often wanted to be media or athletic stats of some sort, so that isn’t new. The drive to increase “engagement” and ad reviews is killing it (which is related to influencers). YouTube is basically unwatchable without an way to block ads. Young people began to abandon Facebook when they opened it up to everyone and let boomers spam their family and friends with every political chain letter and video they come across.