Websites and apps are always popular, no matter what generation you grew up in. As technology has become more advanced and diverse so have the apps. When Facebook was open to the public in 2006, most people used it to connect with their family and friends that they hardly see; it was used to show your life to your friends. More recent apps like Instagram and Twitter are used for the same purpose but it’s typically geared more towards younger people.
The divide of apps wasn’t planned, it was just a natural occurrence. Most people use Instagram to show off selfies, Twitter to be funny, and Facebook to show their distant family that they are still doing well.
This commonality has become more separated over time, leading more young kids to get Instagram before Facebook; when ten years ago, kids were lying about their age to try and be cool and have a Facebook profile.
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Nowadays everybody and their grandmother has Facebook. I sometimes feel like the only person in America to be out of the world of social media.
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I completely agree. I now use Facebook for family rather than entertainment.
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Hi Alyssa, your analysis of Instagram, twitter and Facebook is absolutely correct. I find myself on Facebook less often than I do Instagram and twitter, just because people who are family or close is geared for Facebook while Instagram and twitter reflects people’s individual daily lives and inner thoughts about any and everything.
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