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I wonder what kind of scam my generation will be falling for when we get old. At least I have smart, trustworthy kids. If I didn’t, I’d be making smart, trustwo

I wonder what kind of scam my generation will be falling for when we get old. At least I have smart, trustworthy kids. If I didn’t, I’d be making smart, trustworthy young friends, and soon.

fennecfoxy 1y ago
As a millennial, probably the exact same stuff. I see my friends, especially the genz ones, addicted to cracktok. And ofc cracktok advertises endless cheap crap for them to buy, by dropshippers with huge margins, or Chinese sellers who have realised why bother with a Western middleman when you can up your factory price to dropship retail & make the most money. Plus with advancements in AI, people are gonna have to finally get pretty good at seeing anything and thinking "I don't know if this is real, I should fact check it" but I personally think that'll never happen, people will continue to go on believing whatever they see as evidenced by YT/TT comments that I've seen on obviously fake or scripted videos.
reaperducer 1y ago
I wonder what kind of scam my generation will be falling for when we get old. There was a study recently (last year?) that found Millennials are more likely to fall for online scams than Boomers and Gen-X. The reason is because Boomers and Gen-X grew up during the advent of the internet, when there was a lot of media about the dangers online. Millennials (and presumably Z's, too) never knew life before the internet, and didn't get all those warnings when it was spinning up, so they trust what they see more.
- ksenzee 1y ago
  Interesting. As it happens I’m Gen X, and possibly we’re more wary than millennials now, but I fully expect cognitive decline to affect that.
  - reaperducer 1y ago
    Cognitive decline with age is not a certainty.
    - ksenzee 1y ago
      Old age itself isn’t a certainty, but I’m planning for it anyway.

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I wonder what kind of scam my generation will be falling for when we get old. At least I have smart, trustworthy kids. If I didn’t, I’d be making smart, trustwo

by ksenzee 1y ago

I wonder what kind of scam my generation will be falling for when we get old. At least I have smart, trustworthy kids. If I didn’t, I’d be making smart, trustworthy young friends, and soon.

fennecfoxy 1y ago
As a millennial, probably the exact same stuff. I see my friends, especially the genz ones, addicted to cracktok. And ofc cracktok advertises endless cheap crap for them to buy, by dropshippers with huge margins, or Chinese sellers who have realised why bother with a Western middleman when you can up your factory price to dropship retail & make the most money. Plus with advancements in AI, people are gonna have to finally get pretty good at seeing anything and thinking "I don't know if this is real, I should fact check it" but I personally think that'll never happen, people will continue to go on believing whatever they see as evidenced by YT/TT comments that I've seen on obviously fake or scripted videos.
reaperducer 1y ago
I wonder what kind of scam my generation will be falling for when we get old. There was a study recently (last year?) that found Millennials are more likely to fall for online scams than Boomers and Gen-X. The reason is because Boomers and Gen-X grew up during the advent of the internet, when there was a lot of media about the dangers online. Millennials (and presumably Z's, too) never knew life before the internet, and didn't get all those warnings when it was spinning up, so they trust what they see more.
- ksenzee 1y ago
  Interesting. As it happens I’m Gen X, and possibly we’re more wary than millennials now, but I fully expect cognitive decline to affect that.
  - reaperducer 1y ago
    Cognitive decline with age is not a certainty.
    - ksenzee 1y ago
      Old age itself isn’t a certainty, but I’m planning for it anyway.