Standort: fm4.ORF.at / Meldung: "Today's Webtip: A Teen's Take on Social Media"

Dave Dempsey

Dave digs the Dirt, webtips, IT-memes and other online geekery. Also as Podcast.

17. 3. 2015 - 10:45

Today's Webtip: A Teen's Take on Social Media

A 19 year old schools the olds on how the youngs use social media.

I've been online for a very long time.

So long that it has really had a huge impact on how I visualize online space and interaction. So long that a lot of the people I started out goofing off with have become the architects of things that already come and gone through the hype-cycle. So long that I have a friends list comprised of people I have known and followed through multiple technologies, networks and communities.

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One group that consists of people I met mostly through a FirstClass bulletin board at the beginning of the 90's, were trying to explain Instagram to someone who just didn't get it. In the flow of posts one person shared a link to an article that not only explains current teen usage of social media, but also provides one of the better overviews of the strengths and weaknesses of current offerings.

A Teenager’s View on Social Media, Written by an actual teen