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Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by lazaroclapp »

fargolime wrote: post #179
swalsh wrote: post #14

I have never felt so old reading a post :D What I find interesting is the stark contrast to people's predictions from years ago. I can recall the speculation about how in a world of facebook our lives will be documented forever, and the problems that will cause. That very real concern seems to not only have been well received, but they seem to be taking precautions. Unexpected, but very encouraging!

Feeling old too. I do_not_get the need to post the highlights of your day throughout the day. It reeks of narcissism. I feel sorry for them, in my oldness.

Well, lets put it this way, you never told your group of friends while in school about something cool that happened and would make you look good? Many social media interactions are that type of chatter, nothing more, but over a different medium than speech.

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by FollowSteph3 »

I wonder how the usage progresses as you age. What's important at 15,20,25, and beyond are different. Not different demographics but the same people as they age through the different demographics. In other words how consistent would the diffeent media options change with time....

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by austenallred »

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…

The account is now deleted (or at least renamed, breaking the links)

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by rando3826 »

dntrkv wrote: post #220
shampine wrote: post #209

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It will, I can think of a ton of services I've used in the past that one day you just stop logging on. You don't even remember the last day of using them, just one day you stop. Then slowly everyone stops. (E.g., AOL, AIM, Geocities, IRC^, MySpace, and most recently Path & Instagram). I assume the same will happen in my life for Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc. One day I will just stop. ^I use IRC for dev stuff now, b…

Obviously nothing stays around forever. But there is a big difference between a trendy app that everyone uses for a couple years and then stops, and Facebook, which many people don't use on a daily basis but still keep it around because its usefulness outweighs the effort required to keep your account. I have friends who have deleted their Facebook accounts, only to come back a month later with a very basic account j…

Not at all obvious to the investors who value these companies at tens and hundreds of billions of dollars. They don't expect them to dissapear in 5-10 years

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by prawn »

canvia wrote: post #32
nostromo wrote: post #18

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I'm older than you and I definitely don't want a one stop shop. Currently I use Facebook to see photos of my extended family, LinkedIn for work & sales, Instagram to keep up with my cooler friends, Twitter to see trending news, StockTwits to see investing ideas... To me this is the future of social networking: many networks, each with a specialized purpose.

Would you use a personal aggregator that combined feeds from all those networks into one?

Not saying this is what people would want, but what if the aggregator shaped itself depending on what the person was doing, where they were, time of day, etc?

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by prawn »

MichaelGG wrote: post #232
dntrkv wrote: post #128

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24/m here. Snapchat has really taken over social communication in my group of friends. It's the number one way to stay in touch on a daily basis. I went from texting 4-5k messages a month, to less than a thousand. If I'm walking down the street and see something I want to share, I'm not gonna post it on Facebook or Instagram because it isn't important enough and you are opening yourself up to be judged by hundreds, i…

Can someone explain to me why adding ephemeral messaging to FB, Instagram, etc. hasn't been done? If Snapchat is really getting so much traction because of one trivial feature, it seems obvious to offer that same feature. My only interaction with these platforms is having done some work against their (rather poor) APIs, so I may be missing something terribly obvious.

Just a guess, but I'm in my thirties with a family. I use Twitter and Instagram. I like that Instagram is keeping a trail of moments that I want to keep and return to - photos of my children, etc. I'm also likely to have more discretionary income than a teenager and to perhaps be more useful to advertisers driving money in to social networks. Maybe Facebook's changes and direction are judged only on the financial return and if each change is boosting that, then so be it.

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by prawn »

fargolime wrote: post #179
swalsh wrote: post #14

I have never felt so old reading a post :D What I find interesting is the stark contrast to people's predictions from years ago. I can recall the speculation about how in a world of facebook our lives will be documented forever, and the problems that will cause. That very real concern seems to not only have been well received, but they seem to be taking precautions. Unexpected, but very encouraging!

Feeling old too. I do_not_get the need to post the highlights of your day throughout the day. It reeks of narcissism. I feel sorry for them, in my oldness.

I'm a 37 year old Instagram user. I like seeing what my friends and family are up to. Restaurants they've been to and enjoyed, things they've seen, activities with their kids, etc. I reciprocate and it gives me my own history to look back over, which I like too.

What's sad about that?

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by prawn »

jeffwass wrote: post #223
12423gsd wrote: post #174

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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,…

I never had a FB account. I'm 39 and married. Exactly what am I missing out on? I use email and text message for most correspondence, and have LinkedIn mainly as a virtual Rolodex so I can get in touch with old friends and colleagues. I don't get what I'm missing. Maybe I'm just in the wrong demographic?

I'm 37 and married, also never used Facebook. I think the difference is that we probably have established social circles and can also get drawn into more via a partner who may use Facebook.

I think OP is referencing going through high school and tertiary study without Facebook and I can see their point.

Re: A Teenager’s View on Social Media

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Post by thomasfoster96 »

I really don't like these "Teenager's view of social media' type posts. All of them make the mistake that teens only have time for two or three apps and that the teen demographic is very homogenous. I get a little disappointed when a post like this then gets reported as the demise of Facebook, because that's not really an accurate observation.

Looks like I better write a response post.

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