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Been speaking to current college students and recent college grads and this is their general sentiment: 1. "social media" is toxic They may consume video on Y

Been speaking to current college students and recent college grads and this is their general sentiment: 1. "social media" is toxic They may consume video on YouTube etc but the thought is, even amongst smart kids, that there is no net positive to interacting with people you don't know on social media. This is somewhat disheartening given how many wonderful people I've met by just "being myself" on Twitter. 2. There is no central social media network anymore I coached college club sports from the mid-2000s to the early 2010s. It's hard to overstate how EVERYONE in college was on Facebook. We used to have a dedicated forum for one of the teams and the president convinced me to go to Facebook groups b/c: "Everyone is already on it and it has a notification system that people check b/c it's how they find out about college parties" A current club president didn't even know what would be the best way to reach students other than flyers and setting up a table at the student center. (I suggested Reddit and he acknowledged that would probably be one place where you at least knew students from the school might be there and were interested.)

chasd00 9mo ago
> “social media" is toxic I have 14 and 16 year old sons and they, and their friends, have the same feeling about social media. Their preferred way to communicate with friends is an iMessage group.
- alexpotato 9mo ago
  I remember being in college and seeing the start of forums dedicated to a sport or hobby. That's how college paintball grew b/c first there was a forum just for college teams. Google just accelerated this as it made them easier to find. That then got eclipsed by BIG dedicated forums like PBNation.com (with a dedicated college forum) and then it went to FB. That "if I just browse around, I'll find the nexus of what I'm into" seems to not be a thing for teenagers these days.
brightball 9mo ago
I graduated just before social media took off, but for us everybody was on AOL Instant Messenger. You left it on on your computer all the time, people updated their status messages for all to see and it showed when you were idle. It was so much better than online by default as we are now.
- jasonfarnon 9mo ago
  When I hear that kids now are leaving public social media sites for private chats with a network of friends, which I personally have never used, I am picturing the AOL IM/icq experience.
- buildsjets 9mo ago
  Yuck. We just used .plan and .project files. Finger me for fun!
jasonfarnon 9mo ago
"Everyone is already on it and it has a notification system that people check b/c it's how they find out about college parties" In that era I recall several US universities career offices gave students the blanket advice that not having a facebook page would raise an employer's eyebrows. "(I suggested Reddit and he acknowledged that would probably be one place where you at least knew students from the school might be there and were interested.)" My impression of the college kids I deal with is that they now all use LinkedIn. (I think? It feels weird even saying that.)

chasd00 9mo ago

> “social media" is toxic I have 14 and 16 year old sons and they, and their friends, have the same feeling about social media. Their preferred way to communicate with friends is an iMessage group.

alexpotato 9mo ago
I remember being in college and seeing the start of forums dedicated to a sport or hobby. That's how college paintball grew b/c first there was a forum just for college teams. Google just accelerated this as it made them easier to find. That then got eclipsed by BIG dedicated forums like PBNation.com (with a dedicated college forum) and then it went to FB. That "if I just browse around, I'll find the nexus of what I'm into" seems to not be a thing for teenagers these days.

brightball 9mo ago

I graduated just before social media took off, but for us everybody was on AOL Instant Messenger. You left it on on your computer all the time, people updated their status messages for all to see and it showed when you were idle. It was so much better than online by default as we are now.

jasonfarnon 9mo ago
When I hear that kids now are leaving public social media sites for private chats with a network of friends, which I personally have never used, I am picturing the AOL IM/icq experience.
buildsjets 9mo ago
Yuck. We just used .plan and .project files. Finger me for fun!

jasonfarnon 9mo ago

"Everyone is already on it and it has a notification system that people check b/c it's how they find out about college parties" In that era I recall several US universities career offices gave students the blanket advice that not having a facebook page would raise an employer's eyebrows. "(I suggested Reddit and he acknowledged that would probably be one place where you at least knew students from the school might be there and were interested.)" My impression of the college kids I deal with is that they now all use LinkedIn. (I think? It feels weird even saying that.)