Older millennial here - I am in a similar boat. I got to experience dial up, no internet, etc. all the final stages before our digital transformation.
Some of it is very good. Some of it is horrendously bad. Social media really went off the rails in 2012 - algorithmic content recommendations with endless scroll vs the chronological timeli…
Older millennial here - I am in a similar boat. I got to experience dial up, no internet, etc. all the final stages before our digital transformation.
Some of it is very good. Some of it is horrendously bad. Social media really went off the rails in 2012 - algorithmic content recommendations with endless scroll vs the chronological timeline. It’s a small thing, but a lot of tech journalists have covered how Facebook made that change, and its impact on the rest of online media.
That change really caused the current situation to flourish.
I see frightening parallels between baby boomers believing anything they read online (the irony) and Gen Z stewing in online misinformation. It’s pretty spooky. Not great, Bob!
Older millennial here - I am in a similar boat. I got to experience dial up, no internet, etc. all the final stages before our digital transformation.
Some of it is very good. Some of it is horrendously bad. Social media really went off the rails in 2012 - algorithmic content recommendations with endless scroll vs the chronological timeline. It’s a small thing, but a lot of tech journalists have covered how Facebook made that change, and its impact on the rest of online media.
That change really caused the current situation to flourish.
I see frightening parallels between baby boomers believing anything they read online (the irony) and Gen Z stewing in online misinformation. It’s pretty spooky. Not great, Bob!