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A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by rando3826 »

joshstrange wrote: post #51
josu wrote: post #24

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So were Yahoo and AOL. If specialized apps start to show up, people may start ditching FB altogether.

Not too sure about that. All of my friends (I'm 23) have FB and while we all more or less hate it we wouldn't dream of not being on FB. It's the best way to connect with someone you meet (through friends, at a bar, etc) and you don't have to ask for a number. Just friend request, chat a little bit and if it works out swap numbers and move to SMS. Like your parent said I see FB as "essential social plumbing", not the…

> we wouldn't dream of not being on FB

And 10 years ago I wouldn't dream of not having my ICQ friends. Your dreams are not the /most/ relevant.

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by krmboya »

> WhatsApp- You download it when you go abroad, you use it there for a bit before going back to iMessage and Facebook Messenger, you delete it. I know tons of people who use it to communicate with friends they made abroad, but I feel like Messenger is beginning to overshadow it. For international students, however, WhatsApp is a pivotal tool that I’ve heard is truly useful.

Perhaps the title should have been 'A North American Teenager's view of Social Media'

Edit: Minor re-wording

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by Morgawr »

bcRIPster wrote: post #30
humanrebar wrote: post #22

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> attending a conservative university in a culturally regressive state I didn't downvote you, but I feel like I could have without any guilt. Have you been to Austin? Or any urban center in Texas? They are probably more conservative than Berkeley, but they're definitely blue areas. Especially Austin. I mean, Houston's mayor is a lesbian! See if you can pick out Dallas, Austin, and Houston on this map: http://upload.w…

No. Honestly I haven't been to Austin and I have heard good things about it but I did spend a few years living in the DFW Metroplex area (Arlington and then later in Plano). I have on the other hand have had bad personal experiences with UT graduates being rather full of themselves clueless about the real world. As well as white middle-class 19 year olds thinking they're social media experts because they posted a blo…

>As well as white middle-class 19 year olds thinking they're social media experts because they posted a blog post.

From the article: >That being said, I'm not an expert at this by a long shot and I'm sure there will be data that disproves some of the points I make, but this is just what I've noticed.

He clearly states otherwise.

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by bcRIPster »

organsnyder wrote: post #66
bcRIPster wrote: post #50

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I'm feeling like we read different articles. I never once got that concept that he was somehow protecting his privacy. He just stated that his perceptions were that some sites were more private than others. I get the feeling that his friends are still posting compromising content online, they just don't think they're be accountable for it.

From the article: While I will save that debate for another day, it is safe to say that when photos are “leaked” or when there’s controversy about security on the app, we honestly do not really care. We aren't sending pictures of our Social Security Cards here, we're sending selfies and photos with us having 5 chins.

And I'm still not seeing it. All he's done is equated privacy with things like social security numbers. He's also indicated that he's taking privacy statements from these companies at face value. Privacy is way more than that. Him and his friends just haven't been burned yet by mismanaging their online personas.

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by hfsktr »

[deleted] wrote: post #60
graeme wrote: post #53

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> Only, I've never heard of WhatsApp being used as anything more than an indicator that your SO is cheating on you. How? I've never heard this. Whatsapp is on your phone like texts.

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Most plans have lots of texts but we needed international, which is an additional fee per month. Cut some off the phone bill and still can text because of it.

Unless you meant they start using it with people other than you...

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by jonreem »

themodelplumber wrote: post #31

This is weird; the author possibly met with the CEO of Snapchat more than once recently: https://twitter.com/thatswattsup/status/546018511902867456 > Can't wait to visit my friends at @Snapchat again tomorrow :D https://twitter.com/thatswattsup/status/545326840940740608 > Loved hanging out with @evanspiegel yesterday, he's one of the nicest and more genuine guys I've met. Thanks for having me @Snapchat! ...influencer…

I'm about the same age as the poster and he's captured my age groups' experience of social media, including Snapchat, perfectly. Snapchat really is that big a deal.

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by crazypyro »

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #77
[deleted] wrote: post #64

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Something I noticed growing up, even when I was a teen, was stuff like "what teens think today" seemed bullshity and something certain adults wanted to hear, which often never reflected my experiences. In this case, the HN-friendly Facebook bashing. Now as a middle-aged adult, its obvious its questionable writing. Its either PR of some kind or a half-assed article by someone with a teenage daughter and a deadline. A…

Sorry I deleted my comment. I felt it might have been perceived as a little harsh or quick to judgement. Funny, I guess the author did get one thing right, most of our generation is quick to delete anything that may be controversial for fear it'll be enshrined on the Internet forever....

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by joshstrange »

rando3826 wrote: post #81
joshstrange wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not too sure about that. All of my friends (I'm 23) have FB and while we all more or less hate it we wouldn't dream of not being on FB. It's the best way to connect with someone you meet (through friends, at a bar, etc) and you don't have to ask for a number. Just friend request, chat a little bit and if it works out swap numbers and move to SMS. Like your parent said I see FB as "essential social plumbing", not the…

> we wouldn't dream of not being on FB And 10 years ago I wouldn't dream of not having my ICQ friends. Your dreams are not the /most/ relevant.

I am not talking about the future, I'm talking about right now, at this moment. I can't predict the future but I can give my view point from this point in time and that's what I've done. I'm sorry that's not good enough for you.

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by crazypyro »

jonreem wrote: post #86
themodelplumber wrote: post #31

This is weird; the author possibly met with the CEO of Snapchat more than once recently: https://twitter.com/thatswattsup/status/546018511902867456 > Can't wait to visit my friends at @Snapchat again tomorrow :D https://twitter.com/thatswattsup/status/545326840940740608 > Loved hanging out with @evanspiegel yesterday, he's one of the nicest and more genuine guys I've met. Thanks for having me @Snapchat! ...influencer…

I'm about the same age as the poster and he's captured my age groups' experience of social media, including Snapchat, perfectly. Snapchat really is that big a deal.

Except these are all just anecdotes. I'm in the same age group and Snapchat use has definitely fallen off considerably on my college campus and some of my high school friends' campuses as well.

The only thing that would prove any of this is real data, which seems to be lacking in every claim....

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by aridiculous »

simbilou wrote: post #7

> I only know a handful of people (myself included) that believe Snapchat does delete your photos. Everyone else I know believes that Snapchat has some secret database somewhere with all of your photos on it. It takes a special kind of stupid to even consider the idea that the photos are _really_ deleted.

Well, then I guess you're calling a majority of the population (including doctors, lawyers, artist, musicians, etc) "stupid".

What you really mean is someone who doesn't understand how technology (and tech companies) work.

This could easily be mitigated if we enforced privacy laws saying that if you tell someone something is deleted, then it must actually be securely deleted. They might even be on the books already, just enforce them.

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