A Teenager’s View on Social Media

Post by nols » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 10:40 PM UTC

calvin99 wrote: post #142

MarcScott wrote: post #134

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I was teaching a lesson on cryptography to a bunch of twelve year olds this morning, and with reference to https, I asked how many had used Facebook before school - no hands, how about Instagram - no hands, how about Snapchat - half the class put their hands up. It's definitely the most popular network amongst teens in my (UK) school.

Uh.. Could it be that people under 13 are not allowed on Facebook?

Post by jeffwass » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 10:48 PM UTC

12423gsd wrote: post #174

tambourine_man wrote: post #105

I wonder if I'd have a Facebook if I was a teenager today. It's hard enough not having one now, and even though I was never one to give in to social pressure, I wonder if it would be simply unbearable.

I went through college without a Facebook, but I made one shortly after graduating and I've been using it more and more (about 3 years). I now realize that in retrospect it was a huge mistake as I missed out on a lot . I think on a certain level, if you don't have a FB, people won't make the extra effort to try and contact you. Its most important social function is turning acquaintances into friends So just as a PSA,…

Post by miguelrochefort » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 10:59 PM UTC

jenius wrote: post #194

ahussain wrote: post #15

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Facebook is also great for events. You can invite people you know even if you don't have their other contact info. I think you might struggle to 'bring everyone over' to a better group service. Part of the draw of facebook is that is everyone is already 'over'.

While I agree that facebook is frequently used for events, I'd actually argue that it's horrible for events, there's just no other option. For any given event, about 2/3 of the people will never respond to the invite, of the people who did respond it's a complete tossup who will show up, the stupid "maybe" answer which is essentially the same as not responding at all because it means "almost definitely not, but I tec…

Post by the_duck » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 11:00 PM UTC

Post by _almosnow » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 11:08 PM UTC

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #4

bcRIPster wrote: post #2

While it's an interesting article, I think he's being a bit hyperbolic in translating his local experience out to a generalization. This isn't simply a 19 year olds experience. It is a white, suburban, middle-class, male attending a conservative university in a culturally regressive state. If nothing else, he's about as radically distant from an urban minority as you could get to the point where I'd imagine it is rea…

It is a white, suburban, middle-class, male attending a conservative university in a culturally regressive state. Which is the demographic that all of the services in question care about (except whatsapp) - which kind of proves the point.