I log on maybe once a month but I am constantly missing out on stuff. Like friends kid was hospitalized and everyone was sending cards and texts and I knew nothing about it until it was over. Or another friend who has cancer put up a fundraiser and when I finally saw it it was already closed.
I can't bring myself to log on more often because it is so depressing

My kids see social media as a place to go if you want to monetize content, but not as a place to merely be social.

My kids have Instagram etc but don’t post regularly, because they don’t want to post content that will live forever. They mainly are on YouTube watching stuff.

Can the disgusting food review people who eat slop in their cars please all go bankrupt and stop posting?

I'm not on social media, so I don't see anything. My kids don't have Insta or TikTok (and obviously no FB!), and just learn who's going where from text or in person.

But I agree that formally announcing to the world where your kid is going to college is a little gauche, regardless of the medium.

News and updates are being shared by schools on IG. Why? Why? Why?

I've noticed that now it's mostly content creators posting, people who literally make money from it so of course it makes sense. I have not posted in many years but use social media as a consumer of content daily. My kids (young adults) are the same.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid and all their friends rarely post if ever. They like having some privacy in their lives. I myself gave up Facebook years ago as I realized it just wasn’t healthy to seek online validation. Do you still post? Which platforms? Do your kids? How frequently? And these days AI is a real risk to your privacy are you worried about AI images of you or your loved one?

So you moved to this site to seek that validation ?

So you moved to this site to seek that validation ?

Anonymous wrote:My kid and all their friends rarely post if ever. They like having some privacy in their lives. I myself gave up Facebook years ago as I realized it just wasn’t healthy to seek online validation. Do you still post? Which platforms? Do your kids? How frequently? And these days AI is a real risk to your privacy are you worried about AI images of you or your loved one?

S9 you moved to this site to seek that validation ?

Thank God.

Aren't all of us (30s-40s) on Instagram?

The apps are getting borderline unusable with all of the ads and sponsored posts

Gen Z kids are doom scrolling on tiktok and instagram literally all day.

I’m gen X. Gave it up Facebook five years ago and no regrets. Never had instagram. One of my kids is not into it at all. Even refuses to have linked in account for career. The other kid is more social and maybe still doing snap chat or instagram. I would love for this trend to die completely. I honestly think it’s the downfall of our society. My ex husband was so swept up and influenced by all this - it helped ruin our marriage.

My kid and all their friends rarely post if ever. They like having some privacy in their lives. I myself gave up Facebook years ago as I realized it just wasn’t healthy to seek online validation. Do you still post? Which platforms? Do your kids? How frequently? And these days AI is a real risk to your privacy are you worried about AI images of you or your loved one?