[ramzyo]

>> They see the mistakes of millennials and older with social media and want nothing to do with it (and are thus nowhere to be found on Facebook, yet still on Instagram because it hasn't suffered the same problems yet)

I’d be interested to see data to support this assertion.

[adjkant]

It's hard data to get because people still have Facebook accounts, they just don't post on them. In order to get that data, Facebook would have to release it by choice, and good luck with that one.

Do an experiment though. Look at all your friends around 17-18 (hard if you're older to get a good sample size, but find someone who has friends that age if possible). Now scroll through their walls and see when you hit 2016. I bet it's pretty quick in 75%+ cases.

I just did it on the few I have (siblings of college friends). One took 4 posts to get to 2015. Two of those were blocks of happy birthday posts grouped together. I know all of those people are very active on Instagram though.

Now if you can, look at people ages 23-25 or so. See how much more they post.

This is of course only data you can essentially get from being young and having access to friends in both ranges. But I see it time and time again.

[adjkant]

Recent news, confirming: https://www.recode.net/2018/2/12/16998750/facebooks-teen-use...