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Social media has always stressed me the hell out because, by the time I joined, every platform I was on already had a very established culture I guess?
I waited a very long time to join instagram, and when I finally did, it was pretty deep into the influencer era and around the same time Meta was starting to lean harder into the advertising and engagement-bait (reels, non-chronological timeline where random posts were prioritized over ones from actual friends) so it never really felt like a fully social space to me. People I knew would spend hours with their friends asking each other for approval on curated posts about group hangouts, and I just felt like there were a bunch of "rules" about how to present yourself that I wasn't clued in on.
Being on here is refreshing because it's the first time I've ever experienced a young social network! There's no pressure, no expectation, no heavy advertising, no lifestyle influencers, no way to monetize your posts and turn it into a side hustle, etc. Everyone just kind of talks about stuff they enjoy!
It's made me realize why so many people are nostalgic for the myspace and early instagram days for sure haha
I waited a very long time to join instagram, and when I finally did, it was pretty deep into the influencer era and around the same time Meta was starting to lean harder into the advertising and engagement-bait (reels, non-chronological timeline where random posts were prioritized over ones from actual friends) so it never really felt like a fully social space to me. People I knew would spend hours with their friends asking each other for approval on curated posts about group hangouts, and I just felt like there were a bunch of "rules" about how to present yourself that I wasn't clued in on.
Being on here is refreshing because it's the first time I've ever experienced a young social network! There's no pressure, no expectation, no heavy advertising, no lifestyle influencers, no way to monetize your posts and turn it into a side hustle, etc. Everyone just kind of talks about stuff they enjoy!
It's made me realize why so many people are nostalgic for the myspace and early instagram days for sure haha
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that is so fascinating... i haven't thought about how early social media adoption is a more common experience for millennials. it sounds really tough to join once the culture is already established
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