Friendster - no idea it even existed. The transparency of info sounds like fun. To that note, I think there’s a new wave of social media thinking being born out of Gen Z’ers (would love to know other Gen Z’ers opinions as well):
Although I’m not active on BeReal, the success of its concept makes sense. As Gen Z’e…
Friendster - no idea it even existed. The transparency of info sounds like fun. To that note, I think there’s a new wave of social media thinking being born out of Gen Z’ers (would love to know other Gen Z’ers opinions as well):
Although I’m not active on BeReal, the success of its concept makes sense. As Gen Z’ers, we’ve tried the 9 different profiles, deleting pictures that don’t get enough “likes”, restarting accounts, etc.. The new fun is just simply saying, “Here I am! This is me! Take it or leave it!”
I could see this trend continuing, and Broderick may be right: maybe Friendster was just ahead of its time.
Wow it's so interesting hear from someone who has never heard of Freindster! I guess internet culture is a lot more ephemeral than, say, music. Dead internet platforms are not going to come up in your Spotify feed.
It's also interesting to me that I've been thinking people were going to more and more confuse their true selves (whatever that means) with their online identity but now it looks like that trend is being completely inverted. It'll be fun to see.
Hoping, like you, to hear from more Gen Zers on this...
Thanks for writing, Anne!
Friendster - no idea it even existed. The transparency of info sounds like fun. To that note, I think there’s a new wave of social media thinking being born out of Gen Z’ers (would love to know other Gen Z’ers opinions as well):
Although I’m not active on BeReal, the success of its concept makes sense. As Gen Z’ers, we’ve tried the 9 different profiles, deleting pictures that don’t get enough “likes”, restarting accounts, etc.. The new fun is just simply saying, “Here I am! This is me! Take it or leave it!”
I could see this trend continuing, and Broderick may be right: maybe Friendster was just ahead of its time.
Wow it's so interesting hear from someone who has never heard of Freindster! I guess internet culture is a lot more ephemeral than, say, music. Dead internet platforms are not going to come up in your Spotify feed.
It's also interesting to me that I've been thinking people were going to more and more confuse their true selves (whatever that means) with their online identity but now it looks like that trend is being completely inverted. It'll be fun to see.
Hoping, like you, to hear from more Gen Zers on this...