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Reading this brought a smile to my face. It took me back to the days of AIM chats, the silly screennames, Casio messagers that we could program to work as remotes for the school TVs to baffle teachers, et al... I never really considered how technology was evolving during that time of my life, but it definitely was, and I'm getting nostalgic just thinking about it :)
As someone who only recently graduated high school, many of the trends are ones I saw as well, but many I also did not see. At my school Google Talk ("gtalk") was as popular as Facebook chat. It is still used, but I personally prefer FB chat (for convenience). Not many people from my high school have a Twitter account, and many still don't. Even fewer use it regularly. I do see more and more friends using it though.…
I'm not sure, maybe it's a more fundamental thing. It was 8 years ago when I was in high school, and back then everybody used AIM (AIM profiles anyone?). And before that, kids in the 80's used BBS's. I guess kids today use 'gtalk'. It seems teenagers at a certain age just really want to be able to talk exclusively amongst friends, away from parents and prying public eyes.
Interesting but this screams white upper class. If I went back to my middle or high school, (Madison WI, which is hardly as diverse as other areas) I don't think it would be the case that every 8th grader has an iPhone or iPod touch.
You wouldn't write that, would you? So why is this an acceptable criticism?
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That's a good point. My school is often criticized as being a white upper class school, mainly because of it's location in my city. I thought about trying to mention this in my article, and in hindsight should have.
Why is "white upper class" a "criticism"?
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Thank you. I've actually thought of that one before. Since it is noticeable, maybe I'll try fixing it tonight.
A worthwhile idea. If you want a nice concise grammar & style reference, Strunk & White's The Elements of Style is a classic.
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/happy-birt...
http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/2549...
Interesting but this screams white upper class. If I went back to my middle or high school, (Madison WI, which is hardly as diverse as other areas) I don't think it would be the case that every 8th grader has an iPhone or iPod touch.
This seems rather harsh. Every 16 year-old at high school is going to have some limitation in experience. This is just his.
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That's a good point. My school is often criticized as being a white upper class school, mainly because of it's location in my city. I thought about trying to mention this in my article, and in hindsight should have.
> it's location "its location". You're 16, there is still hope that you can be a good speller, as opposed to most grown-ups :-)
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Why is "white upper class" a "criticism"?
You're supposed to feel guilty for being rich, these days. Specially if you're white. Double that if you're a male.
That last trend of people using Facebook less and Instagram more bolsters the justification for Instagram's large purchase. I wouldn't be surprised if Zuck can see that trend from their internal data, and the community at HN hasn't noticed it yet because it's happening with the younger generation first.
More interestingly, I'm recently seeing a love for Google again, especially with Hangouts. I wouldn't be surprised if this were the next big thing with teens.
I'm twenty - four years older than the author. Pretty crazy to compare our experiences... 5th grade (1/2): Everyone hangs out on Neopets, lots of people are excited about the GameCube. First time I ever heard of Google. 6th grade (2/3): Neopets is still popular (but popularity is starting to wane), people hang out on AIM, some start getting cell phones. lots of students carry their CD players to school and wear their…
Wow. I wonder if anyone's done a study on the societal effects of WOW as compared to "real" drugs.