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44th semi-annual Generation Z survey

TikTok improved as the favorite social platform (38% share) vs. last Spring, and SNAP was No. 2 at 30% (-100 bps vs. Spring 2022) while Instagram was No. 3 at 20% (-200 bps vs. Spring 2022) Teens spend 32% of daily video consumption on Netflix (flat vs. LY) and 29% on YouTube (-200 bps).
 
SlyPokerCat said:
Ah come on. Who changed the thread title. It isn't derogatory. @ABM is a conservative boomer.

It should AT least say boomers instead of older.
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I'm the guilty party. If this thread is actually intended for discussion, this title is perfect. The logic in the story applies to many Gen-Xers as well. No need to narrow the focus.

If the original title had been "boomers", it would surely have been left alone. But since it was pointed at (and clearly intended to incite a defensive response from) a specific particular poster, I felt the thread title was fair game. I'm probably just power-mad though.

I'll bet that for a reasonable donation to his favorite charity, @SlyPokerDog will entertain requests to alter it further. Heck, @barfo will probably do it for a fifth of rum.
 
Facebook Fucking sucks. The people who run it suck. The lies and misinformation have played a HUGE role in the fucking mess we are in. It’s brainwashed millions and millions of idiots. Fuck Facebook. Giving that platform any of your time and money is feeding right into the problem. Figure out a different way to stay in touch with your family lol.
 
What about old people who write their passwords on little post it notes that they stick to their monitor, then they take a picture of that monitor and post it on Facebook?

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SlyPokerDog said:
What about old people who write their passwords on little post it notes that they stick to their monitor, then they take a picture of that monitor and post it on Facebook?

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This anonymous old person really seems to love corn!

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SlyPokerCat said:
Maybe so. Not like there wasn't another thread recently where my name was in the thread title, was there? Surely, you didn't miss that one by chance, did you?

I didn't make a peep about that one. It is easy to discern if something is in jest.
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We miss things all the time.
 
Used to do Facebook but it got wearisome. Don't miss it.
 
calvin natt said:
Facebook Fucking sucks. The people who run it suck. The lies and misinformation have played a HUGE role in the fucking mess we are in. It’s brainwashed millions and millions of idiots. Fuck Facebook. Giving that platform any of your time and money is feeding right into the problem. Figure out a different way to stay in touch with your family lol.
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While I understand that position ... and I hate to agree with HCP on anything, but it's still the most convenient way to stay in touch with family and friends scattered across the globe. I agree Facebook the company sucks and is vile, but so are all the other social media platforms. I find it funny when my students tell me how facebook is horrible but rave about Instagram or Whatsapp, not realizing they are owned by the same company. TikTok is widely thought to basically be owned by the Chinese government. All these apps are horrible, but for some of us the ends justify the means, and hopefully are smart enough to understand a lot of the news on them is garbage.
 
I was off Facebook for about 5 years until this summer. Had to get back on there to get information on the details of a friend's funeral service. It's only a matter of time until I deactivate again, but in the meantime, it's kind of cool posting all our engagement photos for my family to see because they're a bunch of boomers.
 
I used to respect and admire old people, thinking they had gathered knowledge and wisdom through their years and taking their advice as sage. Then I got Facebook and was subjected their inner thoughts 24/7, I watched them chase away all the young people, complain that Facebook sensors their lies and misinformation, complain how young people are the problem, and watch as they get their accounts "hacked" every other week. (fyi it is not hacking when you give your passcode to a scammer). Now I see most boomers as lost in a generation that confuses them, desperately trying to find blame for why they were left behind and clinging to the little power they still have.

This is my general impression and directed at no on in particular. There are many boomers who are very clued in and reasonable, but they are an increasing minority.
 
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donkiez said:
I used to respect and admire old people, thinking they had gathered knowledge and wisdom through their years and taking their advice as sage. Then I got Facebook and was subjected their inner thoughts 24/7, I watched them chase away all the young people, complain that Facebook sensors their lies and misinformation, complain how young people are the problem, and watch as they get their accounts "hacked" every other week. (fyi it is not hacking when you give your passcode to a scammer). Now I see most boomers as lost in a generation that confuses them, desperately trying to find blame for why they were left behind and clinging to the little power they still have.

This is my general impression and directed at no on in particular. There are many boomers who are very clued in and reasonable, but they are an increasing minority.
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Don't you think this is just a function of age and will be how many in your generation will be whenever that time comes? Didn't most of us look at our parents/grandparents and think they had it all figured out when we were kids, and then you grow up and one of the first real things to slap you in the face is they didn't have it any more figured out than we do now, they just acted like they did. It's the breaking down of this fallacy as an adult that I think is one of the main doorways to becoming an actual adult. The Boomers did a lot of great things and get a bad rap as we look back at a lot of the negatives. Sure they are struggling with technology but so did my grandparents that came from the 'greatest' generation, only for them it was a VCR and making sure the TV was on channel 3, the problems and issues are the same, it's just the technology that is changing. I'm in my early 40's and know that one day I'll be in this same position because that's just the way the world works.
 
bigbailes said:
Don't you think this is just a function of age and will be how many in your generation will be whenever that time comes? Didn't most of us look at our parents/grandparents and think they had it all figured out when we were kids, and then you grow up and one of the first real things to slap you in the face is they didn't have it any more figured out than we do now, they just acted like they did. It's the breaking down of this fallacy as an adult that I think is one of the main doorways to becoming an actual adult. The Boomers did a lot of great things and get a bad rap as we look back at a lot of the negatives. Sure they are struggling with technology but so did my grandparents that came from the 'greatest' generation, only for them it was a VCR and making sure the TV was on channel 3, the problems and issues are the same, it's just the technology that is changing. I'm in my early 40's and know that one day I'll be in this same position because that's just the way the world works.
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I appreciate your introspective reply and mostly agree. I spend a lot of time with my dad, because I have the time to spend, and he is close, my sister does not get the same amount of time because she lives far. She still thinks of dad as he was 10-15 years ago, and I keep telling her he is not the same person. He is confused much easier, he is way more forgetful, much more set in his ways and routines and takes lots of naps now. For me it really hits home that getting old sucks and certain things are inevitable, I am in the same age group as you are.

Certain things are not just getting old though, they are a product of our times. VCRs are not Facebook. Facebook is an instrument that has been used to brainwash people, so it requires a bit of social savvy on top of tech savvy to successfully use. Facebook has been engineered that way and takes advantage of people. In the beginning it was a great place for young people, but all the old people chased them away. I knew it was over when I said "this was fucking awesome" in a post and my dad counseled me to speak and present myself better, (actual sage advice from old dad, I do need to be better), but then soon after the posts from some of his generation have turned absolutely despicable. They usually are not as crass as to say fuck, but the general propaganda they regularly share is laughably incorrect and often hurtful. You dont have to be a tech wiz to not hit the share button. You only have to have minimal tech skills to google something before you share it. People our age and younger generally know this and it significantly erodes the respect that we have for their generation.

Our generation is in a unique spot. We were born and lived with modern tech, but are young enough to more easily learn the new stuff. Boomers and millennials might as well be different species. My prediction for our future is that tech will become more complex, but with AI it will reach a point where that won't matter to the average person. There will be significantly more complex things going on in the background to make the user experience as simple as possible, so things just magically work.
 
SlyPokerCat said:
Explain to me why it isn't if my post was also in jest. And you flamed a back and forth war where actual personal insults were being thrown around. I just moved on and took the thread title in jest because it was whatever.

ABM posts random articles all the time that mean nothing. I googled a random article that is meaningless that backed up that thought and created a thread. There was no personal insult or vitriol thrown around.
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Your original thread title was insulting to ABM.

My thread title was an attempt to get you and Stomp to stop arguing.

I apologize for putting your name in a thread title.
 
SlyPokerCat said:
Is ABM a boomer conservative? If that is a fact, how can it be insulting?

If I post a link about Dogs can I not put Slypokerdog more likely to sniff his own butt than cats? You are a dog so that would be a fact. Not insulting.
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Face it, you're just butt hurt because I won't join you at the Acropolis.
 
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