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by dopeboy 1271 days ago
This is an excellent summary of the current state of affairs from the ground level.

Do you see your peers growing out of social media? Or do you think it will be a permanent fixture in their lives?

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I'm not him, but the older I get the worse I see interactions with social media getting, so I don't think anyone is going to outgrow it.

When people start ignoring their children in favour of social media (something I've witnessed many times with people I know) I don't think there's much hope coming back from that point.

> I'm not him, but the older I get the worse I see interactions with social media getting, so I don't think anyone is going to outgrow it.

*her (i wonder if that changes your perception of my comment :P)

> Do you see your peers growing out of social media? Or do you think it will be a permanent fixture in their lives?

Kind of, but not really? I see it more transforming into something else. It definitely seems like a lot of people my age and younger are more cautious about social media compared to most millennials, but that doesn't really seem to stop us from using it. I'm really happy to see more of a shift towards open platforms like Mastodon, I'm just not sure where that's going to head.