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No, young kids use google for nothing other than search, and they are getting off that too. I'm more and more hearing 'search' or 'look up' instead of 'google'
by effingwewt 4y ago
No, young kids use google for nothing other than search, and they are getting off that too. I'm more and more hearing 'search' or 'look up' instead of 'google' as a verb.
My kid's circles of friends consider email to be like snail mail/phone calls- nothing but spam.
I warned them about g-products for years while they were growing up, but I needn't have worried- they see g/fb/insta/snap et al for the garbage it is.
Most of them use telegram or whatsap for communication.
Kids im speaking of are 15/17 (both girls). My youngest(boy) at 12 is more worried about football.
They use plex or whatever for sharing. They schooled me hard.
- Kinrany 4y agoDo they still use WhatsApp despite it being owned by Facebook?
- effingwewt 4y agoYea, I warned them when the purchase went down, there was a migration to telegram and discord but they still use it as far as I know. I'm just glad it's the lesser of the available evils. I definitely have friends with kids in the same age range (and family members of the same age) who use insta-makeup IRL and have phones out taking pics all the time. Still email is something considered necessary to sign up for stuff, not something they closely associate with their identity, or something they'd be scared to lose. I was hearing on the radio the other day the average person will use something like 140+ email addresses in their lifetime. Found the article they were discussing here[1] Between jobs, schools, throwaways and over many years this seems feasible. [1] https://studyfinds.org/digital-footprint-social-media/#:~:text=Society%20%26%20Culture%20News-,Your%20'digital%20footprint'%20might%20shock%20you%3A%20Average%20person%20posts,social%20media%20in%20their%20lifetime&text=LONDON%20%E2%80%94%20The%20modern%20person%20leaves,addresses%20over%20their%20entire%20life https://studyfinds.org/digital-footprint-social-media/#:~:te....
- type0 4y agoNot despite, most are unaware it is even owned by them
- DangitBobby 4y agoWhen I was in high-school and college, I felt the same way. However, you basically can't get any adulting done without an email address, so I had no choice but to come around.
- jaxn 4y agoYoung people use google for YouTube more than anything else. When they search, it’s on YouTube.
- echelon 4y agoTikTok is starting to replace Google for Gen Z. There was an interesting Twitter thread not too long ago about Gen Z using TikTok instead of Google Search or YouTube for looking up how to do things. Recipes, fashion, products to buy, etc.
- zx8080 4y agoMind sharing the link? Can't Tiktok it. 10x.
- gmadsen 4y agoI think that's a little too sweeping a generalization. There exist children who are capable of reading
- jaxn 4y agoMy kids can definitely read. They just prefer YouTube for search/learning
- pxeger1 4y agoThey seem to say "search up", in fact